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Book Synopsis Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century by : Eddie Mitchell
Download or read book Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century written by Eddie Mitchell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy--spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chronicles some of the flamboyant, unruly and occasionally criminal behavior of baseball's early years.
Book Synopsis Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century by : Eddie Mitchell
Download or read book Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century written by Eddie Mitchell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy--spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chronicles some of the flamboyant, unruly and occasionally criminal behavior of baseball's early years.
Book Synopsis Moments in Baseball History by : Mark R. Brewer
Download or read book Moments in Baseball History written by Mark R. Brewer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other sport can begin to compare to the rich history and statistical record of baseball. It is part of what makes the game so alluring. In “Moments in Baseball History,” Mark R. Brewer examines twenty-two memorable games and the player at the center of that game. It should prove a feast for baseball fans.
Book Synopsis Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies by : Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls
Download or read book Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies written by Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gentleman when the game was hard-bitten, played by rough-and-ready lads out to win whatever the cost...." Australia had few sporting heroes in the years preceding its federation in 1901. But before its 20th-century Olympic trailblazers, and Depression-era icons such as Phar Lap and Don Bradman, came an Australian sporting pioneer who was celebrated on the most glamorous stage in the world--American major league baseball. Joe Quinn's story has long been lost in the land of his birth. This tale gallops from the deprivation of famine-ravaged Ireland through colonial Australia to the raucous ballfields of 19th-century America, with their unruly players and owners, brawls and adulation and backroom betrayals. Through 17 seasons in the major leagues, "Undertaker" Joe Quinn earned his place among the colorful characters who pioneered the modern game of baseball, as much for his ability to stand apart from their bad behavior as for his steadfastness on the field. Meet Australia's first professional baseball player and manager, whose willingness to "have a go" in the grand Australian tradition will live long in the minds of sports fans on both sides of the Pacific.
Book Synopsis American Reference Books Annual by : Juneal M. Chenoweth
Download or read book American Reference Books Annual written by Juneal M. Chenoweth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read professional, fair reviews by practicing academic, public, and school librarians and subject-area specialists that will enable you to make the best choices from among the latest reference resources. This newest edition of American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) provides librarians with insightful, critical reviews of print and electronic reference resources released or updated in 2017-2018, as well as some from 2019 that were received in time for review in the publication. By using this invaluable guide to consider both the positive and negative aspects of each resource, librarians can make informed decisions about which new reference resources are most appropriate for their collections and their patrons' needs. Collection development librarians who are working with limited budgets—as is the case in practically every library today—will be able to maximize the benefit from their monetary resources by selecting what they need most for their collection, while bypassing materials that bring limited value to their specific environment.
Book Synopsis The Culture and Ethnicity of Nineteenth Century Baseball by : Jerrold I. Casway
Download or read book The Culture and Ethnicity of Nineteenth Century Baseball written by Jerrold I. Casway and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolving in an urban landscape, professional baseball attracted a dedicated fan base among the inhabitants of major cities, including ethnic and racial minorities, for whom the game was a vehicle for assimilation. But to what extent were these groups welcomed within the world of baseball, and what effect did their integration--or, as in the case of African Americans, their ultimate inability to integrate--have on the culture of a pastime that had recently become a national obsession? How did their mutual striving for acceptance affect relations between these minorities? (In deep and long-lasting ways, as it turns out.) This book provides a carefully considered portrait of baseball as both a sporting profession--one with quick-changing rules and roles--and as an institution that reinforced popular ideas about cultural identity, masculinity and American exceptionalism.
Download or read book Inventing Baseball written by Bill Felber and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early Baseball in New Orleans by : S. Derby Gisclair
Download or read book Early Baseball in New Orleans written by S. Derby Gisclair and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1800s, New Orleans' local economy evolved from rural-agrarian into urban-industrial. With this transformation came newfound leisure time, which birthed the concept of organized sport. Though first considered a game for children, baseball became New Orleans' most popular pastime, and by 1859, numerous baseball clubs had been established in the city. This book traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from its earliest recorded games in 1859 through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.
Book Synopsis The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball by : David Nemec
Download or read book The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball written by David Nemec and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this volume, David Nemec completes his remarkable trilogy of 19th-century baseball biographies, covering every major league player, manager, umpire, owner and league official. It provides in-depth information on many figures unknown to most historians. Each detailed entry includes vital statistics, peer-driven analysis of baseball-related skills, and an overview of the individuals role in the game. Also chronicled are players first and last major league games, most important achievements, movements from team to team, and much more. By bringing attention to these overlooked baseball personalities, this reference work immeasurably enriches our knowledge of 19th century major league baseball.
Book Synopsis Nineteenth Century Baseball by : Marshall D. Wright
Download or read book Nineteenth Century Baseball written by Marshall D. Wright and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-01-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1871, ten of the United States' most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport's first major league: the National Association of Professional Baseball Players. The Philadelphia Athletics, with a record of 21-7, captured the new circuit's first championship. From the National Association through the American League's inaugural season in the final year of the century, this work is a year-by-year statistical history of the teams and players of the nineteenth century's major leagues. The teams are listed by league, with full rosters and complete statistics for each player. An introductory section for each year places the league in historical perspective. Exhaustive team and player indexes are also included.
Download or read book Strikeout written by James Hawking and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John WardNpitcher turned shortstop, author, lawyer, and president of the first union for professional athletesNwas married to the glamorous Helen Dauvray, a child star who re-invented herself on the Paris stage and as a wealthy producer on Broadway. This unique historical novel moves deftly between the field and the stands at actual games, turns to Ward's tangled personal life and describes the events that led to the formation of the Players League.
Book Synopsis Baseball's Union Association by : Justin Mckinney
Download or read book Baseball's Union Association written by Justin Mckinney and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hastily formed in 1883 as a rival, third major league, the Union Association upset the moguls of the baseball world and disrupted the status quo. Backed by Henry V. Lucas, an impetuous 26-year-old millionaire from St. Louis, the UA existed for one chaotic season in 1884. This first full-length history of the Union Association tells the captivating story of the league's brief and enigmatic existence. Lucas recruited a wild mix of disgruntled stars, misfits, crooks, has-beens, drunks, and the occasional spectator--along with a future star or two. The result was a bizarre experiment that sowed both turmoil and hope before fading into oblivion.
Book Synopsis The Summer of Beer and Whiskey by : Edward Achorn
Download or read book The Summer of Beer and Whiskey written by Edward Achorn and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a German-born biergarten owner who knew nothing about baseball bought the St. Louis Browns baseball team in an effort to sell more beer and unwittingly formed the American League and revitalized the sport.
Download or read book Roger Connor written by Roy Kerr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known today as “the Babe Ruth of the 1880s,” Hall of Famer Roger Connor was the greatest of the nineteenth-century home run hitters, his career total (138) having stood as the major league record for nearly 24 years—until it was broken by Ruth himself. When he retired in 1897, he was also tops in triples (233), second in walks and total bases, third in hits, and fourth in doubles. But Connor did more than swing from his heels. He was an expert bunter who averaged more than twenty stolen bases a year (some credit him with inventing the “pop-up” slide) and led the league four times in fielding. Called “The Gentleman of the Diamond,” the slugger was never ejected from a game in seventeen major league seasons. This biography sheds new light on the life and five-decade baseball career of one of the games most admired and beloved players.
Book Synopsis Baseball in the Nineteenth Century by : Jack Selzer
Download or read book Baseball in the Nineteenth Century written by Jack Selzer and published by Society for Amer Baseball Research. This book was released on 1986 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lyston Brothers by : Jimmy Keenan
Download or read book The Lyston Brothers written by Jimmy Keenan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lyston Brothers chronicles the 19th century baseball careers of three family members from Baltimore, Maryland. Starting out with limited information, author Jimmy Keenan uses every available resource to unearth information on this trio of ball playing siblings. Documenting the Lystons' days on the diamond, the book features biographical sketches of the famous and not so famous individuals they encountered along the way. Stories from this by-gone era of our national pastime along with narratives of contemporary events are interspersed throughout the text. The book is first and foremost a compilation of biographical information on three old-time ballplayers whose careers would have otherwise been lost to the passing of time. The Lystons' accomplishments on the diamond are highlighted as they play their way through the long forgotten amateur and minor leagues of the late 19th century. Games that include future and former major-league players, along with the occasional matchup with big league ballclubs, are featured throughout this family baseball memoir.
Book Synopsis Baseball in the Nineteenth Century by : Society for American Baseball Research
Download or read book Baseball in the Nineteenth Century written by Society for American Baseball Research and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
