John Rossi offers not only an expert overview of baseball over the past 175 years, he shows how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society over time. The National Game chronicles baseball's popular successes and financial failures, its interleague wars and continuing struggles between owners and players, and its accommodations to radio and television without neglecting the colorful players and managers who have won the hearts of fans. "A succinct, knowledgeable synopsis...recommended." Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post.