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Puerto Rico's Winter League: A History of Major League Baseball's Launching Pad
ISBN: 9780786419708 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its inception in 1938, the Liga de Beisbol Professional de Puerto Rico has launched the careers of numerous island players, including Ruben Gomez, Jerry Morales, Orlando Cepeda, Vic Power, Ruben Sierra and the greatest of all Puerto Rican stars, Roberto Clemente. For many "imports," the league has been a stepping stone to major league stardom. In its early years, many of the league's stars came from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Monte Irvin and Roy Campanella were just a few of the African American stars who graced the Puerto Rican diamonds in the 1940s...
Since its inception in 1938, the Liga de Beisbol Professional de Puerto Rico has launched the careers of numerous island players, including Ruben Gome...
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The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball
ISBN: 9780786424689 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are today's major league baseball pitchers better than ever? Or do they pale in comparison to the great hurlers of 20, 30 or 40 years ago? This book tackles a debate that has been traveling baseball circles for several years. With changes in everything from the size of the playing field to the composition of the ball, it's a tall task to compare pitchers over the 170-year history of the sport in America. No stone is unturned as this work delves into every facet from the ancient roots of the game to the bigger size of today's players. The first chapters reach back to the first known "batting...
Are today's major league baseball pitchers better than ever? Or do they pale in comparison to the great hurlers of 20, 30 or 40 years ago? This book t...
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The St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940's
ISBN: 9780786426447 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though very few teams can accurately be called dynasties, the 1940s Cardinals certainly made a strong case. Detractors argue that World War II made the 40s an asterisk decade, with a huge loss of talent and significant changes to the ball and to the game itself. During that era, though, the Cardinals dominated the National League, winning four pennants and three World Series titles, and their rosters included names like Musial and Slaughter. This is the history of the Cardinals during the 1940s, a decade that saw many of the greatest St. Louis clubs while war and integration significantly...
Though very few teams can accurately be called dynasties, the 1940s Cardinals certainly made a strong case. Detractors argue that World War II made th...
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Ball, Bat and Bitumen: A History of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South
ISBN: 9780786435944 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon. Based on interviews with players, families of deceased players, and contemporary sources this history covers not only teams and leagues but their function within the mining communities of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia.
From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon. Based on interviews with players, families of dec...
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The Early Image of Black Baseball: Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890
ISBN: 9780786442065 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one that was not always positive but was nonetheless central in understanding the evolving black image in American culture. This work examines early black baseball as it was represented in the artwork and the popular press.
From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one that was not always p...
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Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875
ISBN: 9780786470129 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a biographical dictionary of the 325 men who played in the National Association between 1871 and 1875, with their playing record, together with what we know of their other baseball experience and their lives beyond baseball. The book also contains a dictionary of the 25 clubs who participated in the league, showing their history, their management, their uniforms and logos, their home grounds, and their performance in the league. About 150 player photographs are included and each club entry has two or three supporting images (18 are historical maps).
This is a biographical dictionary of the 325 men who played in the National Association between 1871 and 1875, with their playing record, together wit...
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Baseball's Comeback Players: Forty Major Leaguers Who Fell and Rose Again
ISBN: 9780786476541 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball's Top 40 Comebacks profiles forty big leaguers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading baseball careers. Details of each comeback is provided along with a summary of the players career. The players profiled range from Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Stan Musial; to near-greats like Tommy John and Luis Tiant; to journeyman performers like George McQuinn and Tony Cuccinello.
In the absence of widely accepted statistical standards to evaluate comebacks, the selection and ranking of the top comebacks is compiled in accordance with the following criteria:... Baseball's Top 40 Comebacks profiles forty big leaguers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading baseball careers. Details of each comeba...
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Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth's Shadow
ISBN: 9781476665351 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps familiar today as an answer to sports trivia questions, Ken Williams (1890-1959) was once a celebrity who helped bring about a new kind of power baseball in the 1920s. One of the great sluggers of his era (and of all time), he beat Babe Ruth for the home run title in 1922, and became the first to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season that year. Later recognized for his accomplishments, he was considered for but not inducted into the Hall of Fame. This first-ever biography of Williams covers his life and career, from his small town upbringing, to his unlikely foray into pro...
Perhaps familiar today as an answer to sports trivia questions, Ken Williams (1890-1959) was once a celebrity who helped bring about a new kind of pow...
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J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs: Trailblazers in Black Baseball
ISBN: 9781476662992 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878-1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. The only white owner in the Negro National League (NNL), Wilkinson earned a reputation for treating players with fairness and respect. He began his career in Iowa as a player, later organizing a traveling women's team in 1908 and the multiracial All-Nations club in 1912.
He led the Monarchs to two Negro Leagues World Series championships and numerous pennants in the NNL and the Negro American League. During the Depression he developed an ingenious...
Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878-1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. The only whit...
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The Pirates Unraveled: Pittsburgh's 1926 Season
ISBN: 9780786470709 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With virtually the same personnel that had won both the National League pennant and the World Series the previous season, the 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates were favored by the majority of preseason prognosticators to capture the pennant for the second year in a row. But they finished in third place, four and a half games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
That failure has largely been attributed to the alleged dissension caused by the presence of vice president and assistant to the manager Fred Clarke on the Pirate bench and to the ramifications of an attempt by several players to remove him,...
With virtually the same personnel that had won both the National League pennant and the World Series the previous season, the 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates ...
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George Weiss: Architect of the Golden Age Yankees
ISBN: 9780786472536 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Yankees were the strongest team in the majors from 1948 through 1960, capturing the American League Pennant 10 times and winning seven World Championships. The average fan, when asked who made the team so dominant, will mention Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford or Mickey Mantle. Some will insist manager Casey Stengel was the key. But pundits at the time, and respected historians today, consider the shy, often taciturn George Martin Weiss the real genius behind the Yankees' success.
Weiss loved baseball but lacked the ability to play. He made up for it with the savvy to...
The New York Yankees were the strongest team in the majors from 1948 through 1960, capturing the American League Pennant 10 times and winning seven Wo...
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The Detroit Wolverines: The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881-1888
ISBN: 9781476665078 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. This first ever history of the Wolverines covers the team's rise and abrupt fall and the powerful men behind it.
The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were t...
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Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete
ISBN: 9781476665320 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Herman "Babe" Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity. He soon with Christy Walsh, baseball's first publicity agent. Walsh sold Ruth's ghostwritten byline to a newspaper syndicate. Walsh's writers made him a hero, crafting his public image as a lovable scalawag. Drawing on primary sources, this book examines the stories, separating exaggerated facts from clear falsehoods.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity. He soon with Christy Walsh, baseball's first publicity agent. Walsh sold Ruth's ghostwr...
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Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer
ISBN: 9781476663944 / Angielski / Miękka / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cumberland Posey's life was an African American success story. In his athletic prime he was regarded as one of the best black baseball players in the East, organizer of a team that was the consensus national black champion for five years running. This book tells his story.
Cumberland Posey's life was an African American success story. In his athletic prime he was regarded as one of the best black baseball players in the ...
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The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957
ISBN: 9781476678276 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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George Mooney Gibson: Canadian Catcher for the Deadball Era Pirates
ISBN: 9781476679693 / Angielski / Miękka / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Major League Turbulence: Baseball in the Era of Drug Use, Labor Strife and Black Power, 1968-1988
ISBN: 9781476680583 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Frank Selee: Hall of Fame Manager of the Boston Beaneaters and Chicago Cubs
ISBN: 9781476682044 / Angielski / Miękka / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Johnny Vander Meer and the Cincinnati Reds
ISBN: 9781476681573 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Bill Dewitt, Sr.: Patriarch of a Baseball Family
ISBN: 9781476672601 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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