This work focuses on the Norfolk team (nicknamed the Mary Janes), which played in the Virginia, Eastern and Atlantic leagues. Much attention is given to the pla

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Offering the best in original research and analysis, Base Ball is an annually published book series that promotes the study of baseball's early history, from it

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