A Ball Player's Careerhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ball-player-s-career-a-by-adrian-c-anson-1852-1922--6328533The memoir follows his years with Rockford, Philadelphia, and especially Chicago, where he became captain, first baseman, manager, and one of the era’s most successful hitters. Alongside accounts of pennant races and famous players, Anson recalls clubhouse life, evolving rules, managerial strategies, international tours, and the challenging conditions faced by nineteenth-century teams.
The book is also a revealing historical document whose attitudes reflect its period. Anson’s outspoken support for racial segregation remains a serious and inseparable part of his legacy and baseball’s early history.
Combining personal anecdotes with firsthand observations of the sport’s formative years, this audiobook offers valuable insight for listeners interested in baseball history, sporting memoirs, and the complicated figures who shaped America’s national pastime.
]]>enArtsCopyright Linahttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c9edaf3393513daf99edf2a5e3ca3adf.jpgA Ball Player's Careerhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ball-player-s-career-a-by-adrian-c-anson-1852-1922--6328533Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:30:22 +0000Adrian C. AnsonLinafeeds@spreaker.comThe biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably baseball's first superstar. - Summary by cavaetThe memoir follows his years with Rockford, Philadelphia, and especially Chicago, where he became captain, first baseman, manager, and one of the era’s most successful hitters. Alongside accounts of pennant races and famous players, Anson recalls clubhouse life, evolving rules, managerial strategies, international tours, and the challenging conditions faced by nineteenth-century teams.
The book is also a revealing historical document whose attitudes reflect its period. Anson’s outspoken support for racial segregation remains a serious and inseparable part of his legacy and baseball’s early history.
Combining personal anecdotes with firsthand observations of the sport’s formative years, this audiobook offers valuable insight for listeners interested in baseball history, sporting memoirs, and the complicated figures who shaped America’s national pastime.
]]>falseserialChapter One: My Birthplace and Ancestryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-one-my-birthplace-and-ancestry--62210991https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210991Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson585false1fullChapter Two: Days at Marshalltownhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-two-days-at-marshalltown--62211004https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211004Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson727false2fullChapter Three: Some Facts About the National Gamehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-three-some-facts-about-the-national-game--62211007https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211007Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson819false3fullChapter Four: Further Facts and Figureshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-four-further-facts-and-figures--62210998https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210998Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson897false4fullChapter Five: The Game at Marshalltownhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-five-the-game-at-marshalltown--62211012https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211012Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson815false5fullChapter Six: My Experience at Rockfordhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-six-my-experience-at-rockford--62211023https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211023Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson813false6fullChapter Seven: With the Atheltics of Philadelphiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-seven-with-the-atheltics-of-philadelphia--62211001https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211001Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson797false7fullChapter Eight: Some Minor Diversionshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-eight-some-minor-diversions--62211015https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211015Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson648false8fullChapter Nine: We Ball Players Go Abroadhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-nine-we-ball-players-go-abroad--62210992https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210992Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson849false9fullChapter Ten: The Argonauts of 1874https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-ten-the-argonauts-of-1874--62210994https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210994Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson709false10fullChapter Eleven: I Win One Prize and Others Followhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-eleven-i-win-one-prize-and-others-follow--62211027https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211027Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson604false11fullChapter Twelve: With the National Leaguehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twelve-with-the-national-league--62210993https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210993Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson737false12fullChapter Thirteen: From Fourth Place to the Championshiphttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirteen-from-fourth-place-to-the-championship--62211026https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211026Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson883false13fullChapter Fourteen: The Champions of the Early Eightieshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-fourteen-the-champions-of-the-early-eighties--62210996https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210996Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson824false14fullChapter Fifteen: We Fall Down and Rise Againhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-fifteen-we-fall-down-and-rise-again--62211013https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211013Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson987false15fullChapter Sixteen: Ball-Players Each and Every Onehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-sixteen-ball-players-each-and-every-one--62211036https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211036Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson785false16fullChapter Seventeen: While Fortune Frowns and Smileshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-seventeen-while-fortune-frowns-and-smiles--62211025https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211025Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson791false17fullChapter Eighteen: From Chicago to Denverhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-eighteen-from-chicago-to-denver--62210997https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210997Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson913false18fullChapter Nineteen: From Denver to San Franciscohttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-nineteen-from-denver-to-san-francisco--62211009https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211009Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson790false19fullChapter Twenty: Two Weeks in Californiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-two-weeks-in-california--62210999https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62210999Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson967false20fullChapter Twenty-One: We Visit the Hawaiian Islandshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-one-we-visit-the-hawaiian-islands--62211008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211008Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson1404false21fullChapter Twenty-Two: From Honolulu to Australiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-two-from-honolulu-to-australia--62211041https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211041Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson916false22fullChapter Twenty-Three: With Our Friends in the Antipodeshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-three-with-our-friends-in-the-antipodes--62211049https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211049Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson957false23fullChapter Twenty-Four: Ball Playing and Sight Seeing in Australiahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-four-ball-playing-and-sight-seeing-in-australia--62211005https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211005Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson944false24fullChapter Twenty-Five: Afloat on the Indian Seahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-five-afloat-on-the-indian-sea--62211011https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211011Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson888false25fullChapter Twenty-Six: From Ceylon to Egypthttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-six-from-ceylon-to-egypt--62211016https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211016Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson963false26fullChapter Twenty-Seven: In the Shadow of the Pyramidshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-seven-in-the-shadow-of-the-pyramids--62211019https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211019Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson730false27fullChapter Twenty-Eight: The Blue Skies of Italyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-eight-the-blue-skies-of-italy--62211017https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211017Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson914false28fullChapter Twenty-Nine: Our Visit to La Belle Francehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-twenty-nine-our-visit-to-la-belle-france--62211047https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211047Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson881false29fullChapter Thirty: Through England, Scotland and Irelandhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-through-england-scotland-and-ireland--62211020https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211020Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson1230false30fullChapter Thirty-One: "Home, Sweet Home"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-one-home-sweet-home--62211022https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211022Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson1337false31fullChapter Thirty-Two: The Revolt of the Brotherhoodhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-two-the-revolt-of-the-brotherhood--62211024https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211024Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson940false32fullChapter Thirty-Three: My Last Years on the Ball Fieldhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-three-my-last-years-on-the-ball-field--62211050https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211050Tue, 01 Oct 2024 01:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson1034false33fullChapter Thirty-Four: If This Be Treason, Make the Most of Ithttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-four-if-this-be-treason-make-the-most-of-it--62211051https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211051Tue, 01 Oct 2024 01:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson869false34fullChapter Thirty-Five: How My Winters Were Spenthttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-five-how-my-winters-were-spent--62211018https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211018Tue, 01 Oct 2024 01:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson560false35fullChapter Thirty-Six: With the Knights of the Cuehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-six-with-the-knights-of-the-cue--62211029https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211029Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:10:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson849false36fullChapter Thirty-Seven: Not Dead, But Sleepinghttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-seven-not-dead-but-sleeping--62211030https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211030Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson677false37fullChapter Thirty-Eight: L'Envoihttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chapter-thirty-eight-l-envoi--62211040https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62211040Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:50:00 +0000Adrian C. Anson1468false38full