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Middle Innings

Release on 2001-02-012001-02-01 by Dean A. Sullivan
Middle Innings

Author: Dean A. Sullivan

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

ISBN: 080329283X

Category: Sports & Recreation

Page: 276

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Dean A. Sullivan presents a fascinating array of provocative, unexpected, and illuminating materials that reveal the rich history of baseball. The 105 pieces in this work cover such topics as the Merkle Boner, Jim Thorpe, Christy Mathewson, the Black Sox scandal, Lou Gehrig, the death of Ray Chapman, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, and more from the storied major leagues. Lesser-known treasures celebrate semipro teams, boys' baseball fiction, Japanese baseball, college ball, black baseball, the minor leagues, women's teams, and other facets of the wonderful game of baseball.
Sports & Recreation
The Integration of the Pacific Coast League
Language: en
Pages: 200

The Integration of the Pacific Coast League

Authors: Amy Essington
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

While Jackie Robinson’s 1947 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers made him the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in the modern era, the rest of Major League Baseball was slow to integrate while its Minor League affiliates moved faster. The Pacific Coast League (PCL), a Minor League
Glimpses of Glory
Language: en
Pages: 152

Glimpses of Glory

Authors: Ron Gawthorp
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Ron Gawthorp is a semi-retired author who now lives in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. A veteran writer of some renown in community newspapers early in his life, he has returned to writing after working in the oilfi elds. His fi rst novel, Richer Than The Rockefellers, refl ected life
Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players
Language: en
Pages: 256

Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players

Authors: Pete Cava
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-02 - Publisher: McFarland

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City’s first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three games in a World Series; the
Pitching to the Pennant
Language: en
Pages: 346

Pitching to the Pennant

Authors: Joseph Wancho, Rick Huhn, Leonard Levin, Bill Nowlin, Steve Johnson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

The 1954 Cleveland Indians were one of the most remarkable baseball teams of all time. Their record for most wins (111) fell only when the baseball schedule expanded, and their winning percentage, an astounding .721, is still unsurpassed in the American League. Though the season ended with a heartbreaking loss
The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.
Language: en
Pages: 1112

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed.

Authors: Jonathan Fraser Light
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-25 - Publisher: McFarland

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part

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