Major League Bride

Author : Kathleen Lockwood
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786460281

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Major League Bride by Kathleen Lockwood Pdf

"My day-to-day existence," writes Kathleen Lockwood, "rested on the ability of my husband to throw a tiny leather ball over ninety-five miles an hour past a large wooden bat." If that sounds like hyperbole, consider this: In the 12 years that followed their wedding in 1970, Kathleen and major leaguer Skip would move 35 times. The couple and their growing family endured three player strikes, a handful of trades and trade rumors, and the steady threat of a career-ending arm injury. Kathleen built lifelong friendships with other players' wives, managed their homes and cared for their children, and shared in the cycle of triumph and defeat that is life in the major leagues.

Author : Deborah Donnelly
Publisher : Dell
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440242857

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Bride and Doom by Deborah Donnelly Pdf

With baseball, bimbos, and one explosive secret threatening Carnegie Kincaid's safety, this wedding planner needs a new plan. Or else the bride could be next up--to die--in this latest installment of Donnelly's series. Original.

Author : Chris Zantow
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476637204

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Building the Brewers by Chris Zantow Pdf

 When the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta after the 1965 season, many impassioned fans grew indifferent to baseball. Others--namely car dealer Bud Selig--decided to fight for the beloved sport. Selig formed an ownership group with the goal of winning a new franchise. They faced formidable opposition--American League President Joe Cronin, lawyer turned baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, and other AL team owners would not entertain the notion of another team for the city. This first ever history of baseball's return to Milwaukee covers the owners, teams and ballparks behind the rise and fall of their Braves, the five-year struggle to acquire a new team, the relocation of a major league club a week prior to the 1970 season and how the Brewers created an identity and built a fan base and a contending team.

Author : Frank P. Jozsa, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786457236

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Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations by Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. Pdf

This study considers the importance of location for new and relocated major league franchises in the more than 130 years since the National League was founded. Included are an analysis of market differences and similarities, team performances and demographics and area economic comparisons. Market data are used to predict future expansions and relocations of major league teams.

Author : Brian E. Cooper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786454457

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Ray Schalk by Brian E. Cooper Pdf

This is the first book-length biography of Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk, once described as the yardstick against which all other catchers were measured. For years the top defender at his position, Schalk was also a fiery leader on the field, and he guided two teams to the World Series. (One of those teams, however, was the 1919 Black Sox, whose conspiracy to throw the Series left Schalk with a deep and abiding sense of betrayal.) After he retired as a player, the Illinois native spent decades as a manager or coach on the collegiate, minor league, and major league levels. Schalk entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.

Author : Rebecca Hagan Lee
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101655818

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Barely A Bride by Rebecca Hagan Lee Pdf

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Author : Rick Swaine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786453344

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The Integration of Major League Baseball by Rick Swaine Pdf

This book is a record of the men and events, team by team, during Major League Baseball's integration. It focuses especially on the owners, executives and managers who were the heroes, villains or spectators of integration, and it sheds new light on the unheralded champions of integration and on those whose culpability has so far been overlooked. Individual chapters cover each of baseball's integration-era teams, and a final chapter covers expansion teams of the 1960s. Each team's responsible individuals are examined, its acquisition, deployment and treatment of black players documented, and the effect of its integration actions on team performance analyzed. Appendices provide populations of integration-era Major League cities, first black players by team, first black players in various minor leagues, rosters of black players by team, a timeline of black player milestones, and a list of black All-Star selections through 1969.

Author : Matthew Silverman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762793235

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Swinging '73 by Matthew Silverman Pdf

Interest and attendance were dropping, and football was ascending. Stuck in a rut, baseball was dying. Then Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, a second-division club with wife-swapping pitchers, leaving the House That Ruth Built not with a slam but a simper. He vowed not to interfere—before soon changing his mind. Across town, Tom Seaver led the Mets’ stellar pitching line-up, and iconic outfielder Willie Mays was preparing to say goodbye. For months, the Mets, under Yogi Berra, couldn’t get it right. Meanwhile, the A’s were breaking a ban on facial hair while maverick owner Charlie Finley was fighting to keep them underpaid. But beneath the muttonchops and mayhem, lay another world. Elvis commanded a larger audience than the Apollo landings. A Dodge Dart cost $2,800, gas was a quarter per gallon. A fiscal crisis loomed; Vietnam had ended, the vice president resigned, and Watergate had taken over. It was one of the most exciting years in the game’s history, the first with the designated hitter and the last before arbitration and free agency. The two World Series opponents went head-to-head above the baby steps of a dynasty that soon dwarfed both league champions. It was a turbulent time for the country and the game, neither of which would ever be the same again.

Author : Don Miers
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491770719

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Minor-League Buzz, Major-League Life by Don Miers Pdf

Buzz Meyers grew up in the 1960s, so it should be no surprise what hes all about: baseball, sex, rock n rolland baseball. Toiling at different jobs, he cant help but think how wonderful it would be to work at a ballpark, and he gets his chance when he becomes the sales and concessions manager for the Hampton Roads Monitors, a minor-league team near Virginia Beach. He might not be a player, but this is the next best thing, and while he puts in long hours, he also gets the chance to party and meet baseball legends, upcoming stars, and a cast of unforgettable characters. The longer he stays in the business, the more he realizes hes partying a little too much, and he starts trying new things, including giving back to his community, lecturing, acting, singing, and even hosting his own radio show. When he runs for elected office at the same time his team is engaged in a heated pennant race, he has no idea what to expect. But no matter what happens, he can bask in the satisfaction of having lived a major-league life in the minors.

Author : Charles F. Faber
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786462094

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Major League Careers Cut Short by Charles F. Faber Pdf

Since 1876, approximately 16,000 young men have enjoyed at least a taste of glory by appearing in big league games, many of them only a few times. By the end of the 2009 season, out of the millions who have aspired, fewer than three thousand individuals had had the good fortune to be a major league regular for five or more seasons. The median age at which they hung up their spikes was 35. However, 197 men played in their last big league contest at the age of 30 or younger. With a focus on the stories of 15 greats and near-greats, this book provides information on these 197 men. Why did their careers end so soon? The reasons are varied and include drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, illness, injury, banishment, and declining ability among others.

Author : Joan M. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Baseball team owners
ISBN : 1933370548

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Baseball's First Lady by Joan M. Thomas Pdf

Late in life, Cardinals owner M. Stanley Robison willed his club and ballpark to his niece, Helene Britton. Operating among baseball's magnates of the day, she attended owners' meetings as an equal and took an active role in running her club-- all at a time when society dictated that a lady should not attend a baseball game without a male escort.

Author : Dennis Purdy
Publisher : ESPN
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345520470

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Kiss 'Em Goodbye by Dennis Purdy Pdf

The fascinating sports history of defunct teams in baseball, hockey, basketball and more! THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . . Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now. Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths the real stories of dozens of vanished teams that once graced—and often disgraced—North America’s big leagues. Like the St. Paul Apostles, the only major league team never to have played a home game; Card-Pitt, the NFL’s World War II doormat; and the Philadelphia Quakers of the NHL, a team owned jointly by bootleggers and a retired boxer who climbed back into the ring to help meet payroll. In obituaries for both big-city franchises that skipped town (the Baltimore Colts, the Brooklyn Dodgers) and small-town teams that had their brief moment of glory (the Tonawanda Kardex, the Pottsville Maroons), Kiss ’Em Goodbye commemorates mysterious fires, waterlogged basketball courts, fields tended by goats (“cheaper than mowers!”), and uniforms that broke team budgets. It’s all here in a fascinating, hilarious, page-turning celebration of teams that prove it’s not whether you win or lose, but that you once played the game.

Author : James L. Conyers, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786473199

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Race in American Sports by James L. Conyers, Jr. Pdf

These essays critically examine the issue of race in college and professional sports, beginning with the effects of stereotypes on black female college athletes, and the self-handicapping of black male college athletes. Also discussed is the movement of colleges between NCAA designated conferences, and the economic impact and effects on academics for blacks. An essay on baseball focuses on changes in Brooklyn during the Jackie Robinson years, and another essay on how the Leland Giants became a symbol of racial pride. Other essayists discuss the use of American Indian mascots, the Jeremy Lin spectacle surrounding Asians in pro sports, the need to hire more NFL coaches of color, and ideals of black male masculinity in boxing. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1985 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9784057664101

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American League All-Stars by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Roy Kerr
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786490110

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Buck Ewing by Roy Kerr Pdf

Buck Ewing (1859-1906) was regarded by contemporaries as the greatest catcher and all-around player of his era. A lifetime .300-hitter, he played every position on the diamond and led the league in fielding at two different positions. The first National League hitter to reach double digits in home runs, Ewing once stole six bases in a game, pioneered the snap forearm throw to catch runners napping, averaged 35 steals a season, and is the only catcher to lead his team in stolen bases (53 in 1888). Off the field, Ewing's personality proved as multifaceted as his playing skills. Considered both affable and modest, he still received criticism from fellow players for negotiating contracts directly with the National League and was wrongly accused of faking injuries. This revealing biography provides a detailed exploration of Ewing's life and career, shedding new light on one of baseball's most talented and versatile players.