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The San Francisco Seals, 1946-1957: Interviews with 25 Former Baseballers
ISBN: 9780786411887 / Angielski / Miękka / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The San Francisco Seals were arguably the most successful minor league franchise ever. They held the attendance record through to the 1980s. They were Joe DiMaggio's first team. This volume includes interviews with team members from 1946 to 1957.
The San Francisco Seals were arguably the most successful minor league franchise ever. They held the attendance record through to the 1980s. They were...
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For It's One, Two, Three, Four Strikes You're Out at the Owners' Ball Game: Players Versus Management in Baseball
ISBN: 9780786411924 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many assume incorrectly that confrontations between baseball's players and management began in the 1960s when the Major League Baseball Players Association started showing signs of becoming a union to be reckoned with (The tensions of the 1960s prompted the owners to form the Player Relations Committee to deal with them and in February 1968, the two groups negotiated the games first Basic Agreement.) The struggles between players and management to gain the upper hand did not, however, start there - the two groups have had numerous clashes since baseball began (as well as since the 1968...
Many assume incorrectly that confrontations between baseball's players and management began in the 1960s when the Major League Baseball Players Associ...
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Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-1884
ISBN: 9780786412297 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brooklyn and its baseball teams played a prominent role in the early history of the game. The Excelsiors dominated the game for most of the 1860s. This study chronicles the early years of organised baseball in Brooklyn between 1855 and 1884.
Brooklyn and its baseball teams played a prominent role in the early history of the game. The Excelsiors dominated the game for most of the 1860s. Thi...
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Baseball in the Carolinas: 25 Essays on the States' Hardball Heritage
ISBN: 9780786413188 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of 25 non-fiction stories about baseball as it has been played in the Carolinas from its early days to the present.
A collection of 25 non-fiction stories about baseball as it has been played in the Carolinas from its early days to the present.
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The Pastime in the Seventies: Oral Histories of 16 Major Leaguers
ISBN: 9780786413478 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1970s represent one of the most turbulent times in baseball's history. This decade of disco was for baseball fans the decade of divisions and DH's. The major leagues grew by four teams in 1969, and aligned themselves into divisions for the first time. The owners added the designated hitter in 1973 to provide additional offense to a game they feared was becoming dull. Labor strife became a recurring problem during the early part of the decade, and it led to free agency. Herein are interviews with 16 players who played during the turbulent 1970s. John Montefusco, Fred Lynn, Ron Cey, Vida...
The 1970s represent one of the most turbulent times in baseball's history. This decade of disco was for baseball fans the decade of divisions and DH's...
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Scapegoats: Baseballers Whose Careers Are Marked by One Fateful Play
ISBN: 9780786413812 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work considers baseball players whose careers have been defined and misrepresented by one moment in which they botched a play, costing their teams an important victory (often a pennant or World Series win), and ever since have taken most of the blame for the team's breakdown.
This work considers baseball players whose careers have been defined and misrepresented by one moment in which they botched a play, costing their team...
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The Integration of Baseball in Philadelphia
ISBN: 9780786414239 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attempts to integrate Philadelphia baseball began as early as the 1860s, but all of them proved futile until 1953. This is an examination of how Philadelphia acquired a reputation as a tough place for African-American players. It follows the very slow and difficult progress of integration.
Attempts to integrate Philadelphia baseball began as early as the 1860s, but all of them proved futile until 1953. This is an examination of how Phila...
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The Single-Season Home Run Kings: Ruth, Maris, McGwire, Sosa and Bonds
ISBN: 9780786414413 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised edition reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players' season totals and fan reception are also considered.
This revised edition reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social change...
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Baseball and Richmond: A History of the Professional Game, 1884-2000
ISBN: 9780786414895 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early baseball in Richmond, Virginia, was very much about business. The game was a means of promoting Richmond and its various industries and attractions, but it was plagued by instability as a result of competing interests fighting for control of its fortunes in the city and frequent changes in ownership also due to competing interests vying to make a profit in any way they could on the game. As time passed, baseball became more established and eventually found its place in the city. Richmond's affiliation with baseball, from the years 1884 to 2000, is chronicled in this work. It covers the...
Early baseball in Richmond, Virginia, was very much about business. The game was a means of promoting Richmond and its various industries and attracti...
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Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball
ISBN: 9780786415625 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text concerns the owners of baseball teams - the men and women who invested their time and their fortunes in the sport. The book focuses on eight owners and examines their lasting influence on the game.
This text concerns the owners of baseball teams - the men and women who invested their time and their fortunes in the sport. The book focuses on eight...
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Stand and Deliver: A History of Pinch-Hitting
ISBN: 9780786415885 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Princeton Charlie Reilly, the first pinch-hitter ever, to today's pinnacle in pinch-hitting, Lenny Harris, this book enumerates the exploits and records of the best in this craft through the 2001 season. Among the statistics are many anecdotes of their performances. The decade-by-decade study of pinch-hitting begins in 1892 when it first became permissible to substitute players in major league baseball for reasons other than injury. In addition to focusing on the substitute batters who were the leaders in each era, there are chapters devoted to the characteristics of an effective...
From Princeton Charlie Reilly, the first pinch-hitter ever, to today's pinnacle in pinch-hitting, Lenny Harris, this book enumerates the exploits and ...
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September Streak: The 1935 Chicago Cubs Chase the Pennant
ISBN: 9780786415915 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chronicles the Chicago Cubs' 1935 season and the many on- and off-field events that impacted the game for years to come. Fans who had once turned to baseball for heroes and men of character now laughed at players' uncouth antics and fun-loving carousing reported in the morning newspapers.
Chronicles the Chicago Cubs' 1935 season and the many on- and off-field events that impacted the game for years to come. Fans who had once turned to b...
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Major League Baseball in the 1970s: A Modern Game Emerges
ISBN: 9780786415922 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the most powerful trends in baseball today have their roots in the 1970s. Baseball entered that decade seriously behind the times in racial relations, attitudes toward conformity versus individuality, and the manager-player relationship. In a sense, much of the wrenching change that American society as a whole experienced in the 1960s was played out in baseball in the following decade. Additionally, the game itself was rapidly evolving, with the inauguration of the designated hitter rule in the American League, the evolution of the closer, the development of the five-man starting...
Many of the most powerful trends in baseball today have their roots in the 1970s. Baseball entered that decade seriously behind the times in racial re...
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The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History, 1954-1967
ISBN: 9780786416103 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland - a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history. Even so, many of the players who were part of the world championship teams in Oakland in the 1970s began their careers in Kansas City. This work presents the relatively short history of the Kansas City franchise from 1954, when Arnold Johnson purchased the Philadelphia Athletics and moved the team to Kansas City because of the financial benefits the city provided, to 1967, when Charles Finley moved to team to Oakland (after unsuccessful...
The Athletics spent thirteen seasons in Kansas City before moving to Oakland - a colorful history despite one of the worst records in baseball history...
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The 1917 White Sox: Their World Championship Season
ISBN: 9780786416226 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chronicling the 1917 Chicago White Sox, this work looks at the team that took Charles Comiskey - one of the founding fathers of the American league - back to the World Series and restored the White Sox to the status of one of the game's elite.
Chronicling the 1917 Chicago White Sox, this work looks at the team that took Charles Comiskey - one of the founding fathers of the American league - ...
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The Great Shutout Pitchers: Twenty Profiles of a Vanishing Breed
ISBN: 9780786416769 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout baseball's history, only 20 pitchers have thrown 50 or more complete game shutouts. It is likely, the author contends, this list of baseball elite has likely seen its last inductee, as the emergence of relief pitchers and the increasing brevity of playing careers have changed the game.
Throughout baseball's history, only 20 pitchers have thrown 50 or more complete game shutouts. It is likely, the author contends, this list of basebal...
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The Cubs Win the Pennant!: Charlie Grimm, the Billy Goat Curse, and the 1945 World Series Run
ISBN: 9780786418169 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cubs' journey to the National League pennant in 1945 is detailed here. The author interviewed nine surviving members of the 1945 Cubs, including pitchers Erickson, Hank Borowy, Hank Wyse and Claude Passeau, second baseman Don Johnson, shortstop Lenny Merullo, backup catcher Dewey Williams, first baseman Phil Cavaretta, and more.
The Cubs' journey to the National League pennant in 1945 is detailed here. The author interviewed nine surviving members of the 1945 Cubs, including p...
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Beating the Breaks: Major League Ballplayers Who Overcame Disabilities
ISBN: 9780786418282 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few baseball fans are aware of the number of players with disabilities who have succeeded in the majors. Much of this unawareness is due to the affected players themselves who downplay weaknesses and tend to minimize their disabilities
Few baseball fans are aware of the number of players with disabilities who have succeeded in the majors. Much of this unawareness is due to the affect...
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The Lean Years of the Yankees, 1965-1975
ISBN: 9780786418466 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Yankees' history is filled with great achievements, outstanding performances, and unprecedented success. For more than 40 years, from 1921 to 1964, the Yankees and their fans had much to cheer about - the team won 29 pennants and 20 world championships and featured such greats as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford. Yankee haters waited endlessly for the fall of the seemingly unbeatable team from New York, and finally, in 1965, the Yankees began to flounder. The team didn't win anything for the next ten years. Each losing...
The New York Yankees' history is filled with great achievements, outstanding performances, and unprecedented success. For more than 40 years, from 192...
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Textile League Baseball: South Carolina's Mill Teams, 1880-1955
ISBN: 9780786418756 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mills owner, where the workers and their families lived. The new game of baseball quickly became a foundation of mill village life.
A rich tradition of textile league baseball in South Carolina is here reconstructed from newspaper accounts and interviews with former players and fans. Players such as Shoeless Joe Jackson and Champ Osteen made their marks as lintheads in these semipro leagues. The fierce rivalries between competing mills and... After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the...
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