Where They Ain't

Greedy owners, spoiled players, disillusioned fans -- all hallmarks of baseball in the ''nineties. Only in this case, it''s the 1890s. We may think that business interests dominate the sport today, but baseball''s early years were an even harsher and less sentimental age, when teams were wrenched from their cities, owners colluded and the ballplayers held out, and the National League nearly turned...