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Iowa Baseball Greats

Don Doxsie
Iowa Baseball Greats Book PDF

Author : Don Doxsie
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786498949

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Iowa Baseball Greats by Don Doxsie Pdf

In the world of sports, Iowa is probably best known for wrestling but the state has also produced more than 200 major league baseball players. Sixteen of them are profiled here, including six Hall of Famers, the game's brightest star of the 19th century, an American League batting champion, the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts seven years in a row, the only catcher to catch two back-to-back no-hitters and one of the most dominant pitchers in American League history. They made their presence felt off the field, too. One helped fortify the game's racial barriers. One helped tear them down. One invented devices that changed the game. Two wrote instructional books on baseball. One became famous so young that he graced the cover of national magazines before graduating from high school. Each has a compelling story, some interwoven with the game's greatest moments.

Iowa Baseball Greats

Don Doxsie
Iowa Baseball Greats Book PDF

Author : Don Doxsie
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476622927

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Iowa Baseball Greats by Don Doxsie Pdf

In the world of sports, Iowa is probably best known for wrestling but the state has also produced more than 200 major league baseball players. Sixteen of them are profiled here, including six Hall of Famers, the game's brightest star of the 19th century, an American League batting champion, the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts seven years in a row, the only catcher to catch two back-to-back no-hitters and one of the most dominant pitchers in American League history. They made their presence felt off the field, too. One helped fortify the game's racial barriers. One helped tear them down. One invented devices that changed the game. Two wrote instructional books on baseball. One became famous so young that he graced the cover of national magazines before graduating from high school. Each has a compelling story, some interwoven with the game's greatest moments.

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy

W. P. Kinsella
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy Book PDF

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : New York : Ballantine Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345342305

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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W. P. Kinsella Pdf

Gideon Clarke is out to prove to anyone who will listen, that the champion Chicago Cubs actually traveled to Onamta, Iowa, in the summer of 1908 for an exhibition game against the all-stars from the Iowa Baseball Confederacy that lasted 2,000 incredible innings in the rain. No one remembers but Gideon is determined to remind them....

The Baseball Whisperer

Michael Tackett
The Baseball Whisperer Book PDF

Author : Michael Tackett
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780544386396

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The Baseball Whisperer by Michael Tackett Pdf

“Field of Dreams was only superficially about baseball. It was really about life. So is The Baseball Whisperer . . . with the added advantage of being all true.” —MLB.com From an award-winning journalist, this is the story of a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys would come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers—and men. Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the cornfields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a man named Merl Eberly, who specialized in second chances and lost causes. The statue was a gift from one of Merl’s original long-shot projects, a skinny kid from the Los Angeles ghetto who would one day become a beloved Hall-of-Fame shortstop: Ozzie Smith. The Baseball Whisperer traces the “deeply engrossing” story (Booklist, starred review) of Merl Eberly and his Clarinda A’s baseball team, which he tended over the course of five decades, transforming them from a town team to a collegiate summer league powerhouse. Along with Ozzie Smith, future manager Bud Black, and star player Von Hayes, Merl developed scores of major league players. In the process, he taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility. More than a book about ballplayers in the nation’s agricultural heartland, The Baseball Whisperer is the story of a coach who put character and dedication first, reminding us of the best, purest form of baseball excellence. “Mike Tackett, talented journalist and baseball lover, has hit the sweet spot of the bat with his first book. The Baseball Whisperer takes one coach and one small Iowa town and illuminates both a sport and the human spirit.” —David Maraniss, New York Times-bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered

Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players

Pete Cava
Indiana Born Major League Baseball Players Book PDF

Author : Pete Cava
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786499014

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Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players by Pete Cava Pdf

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 man who caught most of Cy Young's record 511 career wins; one of the game's first star relievers; the player who held the record for consecutive games played before Lou Gehrig; an obscure infielder mentioned in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip; baseball's only one-legged pitcher; Indiana's first Mr. Basketball, who became one of baseball's greatest pinch-hitters; the first African American to play for the Cincinnati Reds; the only pitcher to throw a perfect game in the World Series; the skipper of the 1969 "Miracle Mets"; the pitcher for whom a ground-breaking surgical procedure is named; and the only two men to have played in both the World Series and the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Sixty-One in '61

Robert M. Gorman
Sixty One in 61 Book PDF

Author : Robert M. Gorman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476672625

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Sixty-One in '61 by Robert M. Gorman Pdf

Much has been written about Roger Maris and the historic summer of 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record yet little is known about the pitchers on the other side of the tale. One of the many knocks against Maris was that he faced inferior pitching in an American League watered down by expansion from eight to 10 teams. But was that really the case? Did Maris face has-beens and never-weres while Ruth confronted the cream of AL pitching? Who were these starters and relievers and how good were they? Drawing on first-hand accounts, interviews and a range of contemporary sources, this study covers each of Maris' 63 home runs that season, including the lost one and his game-winning World Series dinger. Biographies of each of his 48 victims cover the pitcher's career, pitching style and the circumstances of the game. Maris faced some really fine pitching that summer despite what many contended then--and now.

Beating the Breaks

Rick Swaine
Beating the Breaks Book PDF

Author : Rick Swaine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786418282

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Beating the Breaks by Rick Swaine Pdf

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, considering them just one of the chinks in the armor that everyone must deal with. More than 20 players who have overcome their disabilities to have major league careers are profiled in this work. The book is divided by type of disability suffered: missing or partially missing limbs or extremities (Jim Abbott, Hugh "One Arm" Daily, Pete Gray, Monty Stratton, Bert Shepard); injured or diseased limbs (Lou Brissie, Whitey Kurowski, Eddie Kazak, Charley Gelbert, Bo Jackson, Dave Dravecky); disfigured extremities (Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Charley "Red" Ruffing, Hal Peck, Carlos May, Gil Coan, Jim Mecir); impaired organ function, vision, and hearing (William "Dummy" Hoy, George "Specs" Toporcer, Chick Hafey, Ron Santo, Russ Christopher, Joe Hoerner, John Hiller, Danny Thompson, Walt Bond); and neurological and psychological disorders (Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tony Lazzeri, Jimmy Piersall, Jim Eisenreich).

Baseball in Northwest Iowa

Joan Wendl Thomas
Baseball in Northwest Iowa Book PDF

Author : Joan Wendl Thomas
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467125147

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Baseball in Northwest Iowa by Joan Wendl Thomas Pdf

While new railroad tracks cut through Northwestern Iowa in the mid-19th century, hardy pioneers cultivated the fertile soil, and the burgeoning sport of baseball took root and flourished. An integral element of the developing culture, it promoted community pride. Eight Northwestern Iowa towns supported professional teams by 1912, the first being Sioux City in 1888. Over time, that city's clubs produced hall-of-fame shortstop Dave Bancroft and initiated the still-existing American League. Homegrown talent from an abundance of professional, semiprofessional, and amateur clubs throughout the area's 19 counties yielded 38 major-league players before 1960 and more since.

Spitballers

Charles F. Faber,Richard B. Faber
Spitballers Book PDF

Author : Charles F. Faber,Richard B. Faber
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786482627

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Spitballers by Charles F. Faber,Richard B. Faber Pdf

On September 10, 1934, grizzled reliever Burleigh Grimes helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to an inconsequential 9-7 win over the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds. For Grimes, the September contest marked his 270th and final win. For baseball, it marked the last time a legal spitballer would win a major league contest. Though the pitch had been banned in 1920, the American and National leagues both agreed to grant two exemptions per team to spitballers who were already in the majors. In 1921, both leagues agreed to extend grandfather provisions to cover the veteran spitball pitchers for the remainder of their careers. Under the extended rule, 17 pitchers were granted exemptions for their careers. This work looks at the lives and careers of these 17: Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Jack Quinn, Urban Shocker, Stan Coveleskie, Bill Doak, Ray Caldwell, Clarence Mitchell, Dutch Leonard, Ray Fisher, Dick Rudolph, Allen Sothoron, Phil Douglas, Allan Russell, Doc Ayers, Dana Fillingim and Marvin Goodwin.

Kid Nichols

Richard Bogovich
Kid Nichols Book PDF

Author : Richard Bogovich
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786465224

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Kid Nichols by Richard Bogovich Pdf

This is the first full-length biography of Kid Nichols (1869-1953), who won 30 or more games a record seven times and was the youngest pitcher to reach 300 career victories. Much new light is shed on Nichols' early life in Madison, Wisconsin, along with important influences and experiences as a teenager living in Kansas City. Nichols' professional career is documented by drawing heavily from publications of the era and his own words. The high regard in which he was held by fans, teammates and even opponents is contrasted with his contentious relationship with team owners. Nichols' period of restlessness, ambition and risk-taking following his long stint with Boston's National League team is detailed, as is the campaign to get him into the Hall of Fame. The book includes previously unpublished photos from his descendants' archives, many more than a century old.

Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore

Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow
Hawkeye Legends Lists Lore Book PDF

Author : Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1571671781

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Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow Pdf

In this book, Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore, lowa's grand athletic history is chronicled in its most complete form ever and its athletes and teams of yesteryear are brought back to life. This book also lists the great and not-so-great moments in lowa athletic history in the 'Charts' features. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate Hawkeye individuals and teams that rank in the school's history. Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore is a must for anyone who is loyal to the Black and Gold and is the perfect gift for your favourite Hawkeye fan.

Shoeless Joe

W. P. Kinsella
Shoeless Joe Book PDF

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Baseball
ISBN : OCLC:1011700213

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Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella Pdf

An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield to bring back to life his hero, baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. To complete his fantasy, the farmer kidnaps reclusive author J.D. Salinger and takes him to a baseball game. Winner of the 1982 Books In Canada First Novel Award and the 1983 Canadian Authors' Literary Award. Winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.

Baseball Team Names

Richard Worth
Baseball Team Names Book PDF

Author : Richard Worth
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786468447

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Baseball Team Names by Richard Worth Pdf

Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers.") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center); from the minors, the Tucson Waddies (slang for cowboy) and, later, the Montgomery Biscuits (for the would-be concessions staple); from overseas, the Adelaide, Australia, Bite (a shark reference but also a pun for bight) and the Bussum, Netherlands, Mr. Cocker HCAW (the sponsoring restaurant chain, followed by the acronym for the official team name, Honkbalclub Allan Weerbaar). This comprehensive reference book explains the nicknames of thousands of major and minor league franchises, Negro League and early independent black clubs, and international teams--from 1869 through 2011.

Sweet '60

Bill Nowlin,Clifton Blue Parker
Sweet 60 Book PDF

Author : Bill Nowlin,Clifton Blue Parker
Publisher : SABR, Inc.
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781933599496

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Sweet '60 by Bill Nowlin,Clifton Blue Parker Pdf

Sweet ’60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates is the joint product of 44 authors and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) who have pooled their efforts to create a portrait of the 1960 team which pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the last 60 years. Game Seven of the 1960 World Series between the Pirates and the Yankees swung back and forth. Heading into the bottom of the eighth inning at Forbes Field, the Yankees had outscored the Pirates, 53-21, and held a 7–4 lead in the deciding game. The Pirates hadn’t won a World Championship since 1925, while the Yanks had won 17 of them in the same stretch of time, seven of the preceding 11 years. The Pirates scored five times in the bottom of the eighth and took the lead, only to cough it up in the top of the ninth. The game was tied 9–9 in the bottom of the ninth. At 3:36, Bill Mazeroski swung at Ralph Terry’s slider. As Curt Smith writes in these pages: “There goes a long drive hit deep to left field!” said Gunner. “Going back is Yogi Berra! Going back! You can kiss it good-bye!” No smooch was ever lovelier. “How did we do it, Possum? How did we do it?” Prince said finally, din all around. Woods didn’t know—only that, “I’m looking at the wildest thing since I was on Hollywood Boulevard the night World War II ended.” David had toppled Goliath. It was a blow that awakened a generation, one that millions of people saw on television, one of TV’s first iconic World Series moments.

Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies

Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls
Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies Book PDF

Author : Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786479801

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Joe Quinn Among the Rowdies by Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls Pdf

"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.