Friend and fellow baseball fan Sam Maxwell was kind enough to offer his Bedford and Sullivan Podcast for Monday's commemoration of Henry Chadwick whom passed away in 1908, 112 years ago today. Our guest was Andrew J. Schiff author of "The Father of Baseball" A Biography of Henry Chadwick. While the book indeed chronicles Chadwick's life and career, this work also serves as an education into 19th century America and its still burgeoning post-war sensibilities. One is left wondering how is it that an Englishman in New York City one day decides he will transform a little known game of baseball into America's National Pastime.
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