In 1884, professional baseball was still in its infancy. The National League was less than a decade old, the National Association (which had been around since 1871) was now defunct, the American Association (which began two years earlier) were nipping at the NL's heels, and a new league-the Union Association-was in its first year. With all that going on, a hard-playing, hard-drinking club out of tiny Wilmington, Delaware-the Quicksteps-were so dominating...