The Sporting News: First Hundred Years， 1886-1986

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1886-1900:<br > GROWING PAINS<br >Wlhen the first issue of The Sporting News eighth， the Browns rallied for three runs to tie the<br > rolled off the press in mid.March of 1886， score. A two-run triple by Arlie Latham ~nt the 8，0..~ 0<br > major league baseball， represented by the Sportsman s Park spectators into a frenzy.<br >National League and the American Association， was In the last half of the lOth， with the score still d~td-<br >suffering from acute growing pains， locked， Curt Welch ted off and was struck by a pitch.<br > Nicholas E， Young， the fifth president of the 10- When Anson protested that Welch had stood too cl ~se<br >year.old National League， issued orders that were to the plate and made no effort to avoid the pitch， the<br >blithely ignored. Franchises were moved like pawns umpire ordered the center fielder to bat again. Welch<br >on a chessboard. Umpires， frequently recruited from promptly singled to center field and advanced to third<br >neighborhood saloons for five dollars per game， freely on an error and a sacrifice. In the hope of picking off<br >favored the home team to guarantee continued em- Welch， who was taking a big lead， Chicago catcher<br >ployment. And club executives quarreled endlessly in King Kelly signaled for a pitchout， but the pitch was<br >what was commonly referred to as the "National Pas- too high. The ball glanced off Kelly s mitt as Welch<br >time." stormed across the plate with the winning run. The<br > The dominant team in the National League in the world championship belonged to the Browns.<br >nlid， lBS0s was the Chicago White Stockings， managed "Fans went crazy over the victory，" one scribe re-<br >by Adrian (Cap) Anson. Its counterpart in the Ameri- ported. "Many wept tears of joy， turned somersaults，<br >can Assodation was the St. Louis Browns， piloted by handsprings， and threw hats， umbrellas and handker-<br >Charles Cornlskey， like Arisen a first baseman， chiefs. Some made runs for the players. As each man<br > . In the faU of 1885， the two pennant-winning teams was captured in turn he would be ~arried off the field-<br > hi a seven，game series to determine the fore- Then 3，000 waited outside the dressing room and<br >most chlb ill Organized Baseball. The first .game w.as cheered each player as he reappeared."<br >pl~ed ill Chk~ago， the next three in St. Lores， one m After the game， Vonder Ahe wrote to Spalding sug-<br >Pittahurgh and two in Cincinnati. Each team won gesting an exhibition game in Cincinnati. The Chicago<br > official wanted no more of the Browns. He replied:<br > r~ $am~，~wlaile another contest ended in a tie. One<br > cage victory was a forfeit， which resulted from Co- "We must decline with our compliments. We know<br >，llliskcy，plllltng his team off the field in protest of an when we have had enough. P.S.: Anson joins me in the<br >i~ph~ s~decision， above message."<br > ~ .WIle/! tile two teams repeated as league champions Next to Anson， Michael Joseph (King) Kelly was the<br >ill t~ll~i， anothor series-this one t~r~r o~az~ and White Stockh~gs most glittering performer. In that<br >|e~J_llt01l barnstorming tour-was proposed by Chris 1886 season， the catcher-outfielder led the l~ague in<br > Von tler Abe， owner of the Browns. In a letter to AI- batting (.388) and contributed 53 stolen bases. Kelly，<br > I~rt G， $1mlding， owner of the White Stockings， Von who had a flair for the theatrical on the basepaths，<br > Abe mggttstt~l a serie6 of five， seven or nine games， prompting cries of "Slide， Kelly， slide[" from the<br > with the wfiinlng team to take all the gate receipts. The crowd， was a flee spirit with an ingenious nfind. For<br > ~hlfllon~ was accepted. The seven.game arrangement instance， King Kel is credited by some with devisin8<br > w~ ~roed upon， with the first three games to be the hit-and-run play.<br > played in Chicago and the remaining games in St. In February 1887， Kelly was sold to Boston for<br > Louis. $10，000， a shocking figure in a day when most player.~<br > The teams split the first four games before the were receiving $2，000 in annu ，d salary. Kelly agreed t~<br > Browns gained an edge in the fifth contest， 10-3. The terms with Boston quickly， not because of the $2，0~<br > sixth gmne matched John Clark.son， Chicago s 35-game figure on his contract， but because of the $3，000 that nc<br > winner against Bob Caruthers， who had won 30 deci- was offered for "the use of his picture" in team adver.<br > stons for the Browns. For seven innings， Clarkson tising，<br > hurled magnificently， allowimz no runs. but in the King Kelly s superiority on the diamond wa，<br >

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阅读完这本书，我最大的感受是它提供了一个极其扎实但缺乏“温度”的参考框架。它完美地充当了“事实核查中心”，任何关于某个年份或某个冠军头衔的疑问，都能在这里找到对应的记录。然而，体育的魅力远不止于这些客观数据。它关乎情感的宣泄，关乎一代人的集体记忆，关乎那些在看台上挥洒青春的狂热瞬间。这本书在描绘这些“情境”方面显得力不从心。例如，它或许会记录下一场著名比赛的最终得分和关键球员的表现，但却无法捕捉到那个瞬间，整个城市陷入狂喜或悲痛的氛围。我希望作者能运用更多的文学手法，去描绘那些历史时刻是如何渗透进普通人生活的，体育是如何塑造了民族性格和地区认同的。这本书更像是对一个巨大体育帝国进行的高效、冷峻的财务审计报告，而非一本充满激情的、能让人感受到汗水与泪水交织的传记合集。它为历史学家提供了坚实的骨架，但对于寻求精神共鸣的普通读者来说，这副骨架显得过于清瘦和缺少血肉。

当我试图在书中寻找关于特定小众运动或地区性联赛的记录时，才发现其内容明显倾向于那些主流、票房号召力强的赛事和明星。这对于一本声称记录“百年”历史的综合性出版物而言，是一个可以理解的侧重，但多少也反映了一种历史书写的局限性。体育精神的多元性并未得到充分体现。那些在地方社区默默耕耘、为体育的普及做出贡献的小型联赛、业余队伍，以及那些推动边缘化运动发展的先驱人物，在书中几乎是隐形的。这种“大者恒大”的叙事方式，虽然符合商业逻辑，却让这本书在史学意义上显得不够完整和包容。我个人对那些在逆境中坚持自己运动梦想的“无名之辈”的故事抱有浓厚兴趣，他们往往更能体现体育精神的真谛——坚持、奉献与社区支持。然而，本书似乎更热衷于记录那些已然被历史高度美化的巨星事迹，而对于那些默默无闻的贡献者，则显得吝啬笔墨。因此，这本书与其说是体育史的全景图，不如说是一幅着重描绘了“大都会”和“超级明星”的画卷。

这本书的装帧和印刷质量，老实说，与它所承载的历史厚度并不完全匹配。考虑到其主题跨越了一个世纪的体育里程碑，我原本期望看到的是更高标准的图片处理和排版设计。许多从早期报纸上扫描下来的插图，清晰度实在不敢恭维，人物面孔模糊不清，运动场景更是难以辨认。这极大地削弱了视觉冲击力，而体育史的魅力很大程度上是依赖于那些定格的瞬间——运动员飞跃的姿态、球迷狂热的表情、胜利者振臂高呼的场景。在那个影像技术尚未成熟的年代，每一张留存下来的照片都弥足珍贵，理应得到最好的呈现。此外，版面设计显得过于密集和拥挤，缺乏足够的留白来让读者的大脑喘息和消化信息。每页都被密密麻麻的文字和表格塞满，让人在长时间阅读后产生强烈的视觉疲劳感。它仿佛是在用一种最经济的方式，把所有能找到的资料一股脑地塞进了这本有限的篇幅里，而牺牲了作为一本现代出版物应有的美感和易读性。这让我想起早年间图书馆里那些资料室的书籍，它们承载着知识，却也带着阅读上的沉重负担。

阅读完前三分之一，我深深体会到一种知识的重量感，但这种重量并非来自故事的跌宕起伏，而是来自其百科全书式的全面性。这本书的宏大叙事结构，试图囊括整整一百年的体育变迁，这无疑是一项艰巨的任务。然而，在试图覆盖一切的过程中，我感觉很多关键的历史节点和人物传记都被轻描淡写地带过了，如同在巨大的时间线上快速滑动。例如，某一特定时期内，某项运动规则的重大变革是如何影响球队战术和球员生涯的细节，书中仅用了寥寥数语带过，而大量篇幅却用于记录某一年份的季末排名和赞助商更迭。这种取舍让我感到有些困惑，毕竟，真正推动体育史前行的往往是那些规则和观念的根本性转变，而非仅仅是数字上的记录。我期待看到的是对这些深层驱动力的探讨，比如体育的商业化进程是如何一步步侵蚀其纯粹性的？不同社会思潮（如民权运动、两次世界大战）是如何在体育场上得到体现和反思的？这本书提供了充足的“是什么”，却在“为什么”和“怎么样”上留下了巨大的空白。它更像是一份详尽的年鉴索引，而不是一本深入剖析体育文化演变的论著，这使得整体阅读体验略显扁平化，缺乏层次感。