Doubleheaders

Charlie Bevis, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is a retired adjunct professor of English at Rivier University. He has written for Nine, The Cooperstown Symposium, The National Pastime and Base Ball, and is the author of several baseball books. He lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents


Preface

 1 deleteThe First Doubleheader

 2 deleteHoliday Two-Game Sets

 3 deleteEmergence of the Doubleheader

 4 deleteLure of the Doubleheader

 5 deleteEarly Holiday Doubleheaders

 6 deleteFirst Sunday Doubleheaders

 7 deleteTinkering with Doubleheaders

 8 deleteExpansion of the Holiday Doubleheader

 9 deleteMaturity of Doubleheaders

10 deleteScheduled Sunday Doubleheaders

11 deleteSwing-Shift and Other Wartime Doubleheaders

12 deleteTwi-Night and Day-Night Doubleheaders

13 deleteDecline of the Doubleheader

14 delete“Let’s Play Two”

15 deleteExtinction of the Scheduled Doubleheader

Appendix A: Doubleheader Milestones

Appendix B: Doubleheader Records

Appendix C: Doubleheaders by Year

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index