Barney Dreyfuss: Pittsburgh's Baseball Titan

ISBN-13: 9781476679617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 241 str.

Brian Martin

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Acknowledgments viii
Preface 1
1. An Unshakeable Belief in Baseball 3
2. The Little Clerk, Big Dreams 15
3. A Fine Diversion 24
4. Louisville 33
5. Buying In 44
6. "I am tired of losing so much money…." 53
7. 1899: One Door Closes… 65
8. …Another Door Opens: The Colonels and a Captain 76
9. Success at Last 86
10. 1903: Making History 96
11. Riding High in the First Division: 1904 to 1908 106
12. Politics, Dirty Business and Tragedy 120
13. Champions 133
14. Departures and Decline 144
15. Retooling 154
16. Back on Top 165
17. Last Hurrah 176
18. After the Little Colonel 187
Epilogue 199
Chapter Notes 205
Bibliography 221
Index 225