Play Ball! The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime Episode 14, Baseball Grows through the Press Episode 14, Baseball Grows through the Press.

Streaming video - 2019

How did early newspaper editors cover baseball games and decide what, exactly, to write about? What makes Henry Chadwick such a monumental figure in early baseball writing? How did the introduction of the box score help baseball reporters with their jobs? How did post-game access to players change the nature of reporting?