The Cincinnati Reds 1900 1950

Author : Kevin Grace
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439615416

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The Cincinnati Reds: 1900-1950 by Kevin Grace Pdf

In the first half of the twentieth century, the Cincinnati Reds--though only rarely dominant on the field--exerted considerable influence over the world of organized baseball. The creation of the World Series, baseball's first "de facto" commissioner, nighttime baseball beneath the lights, radio broadcasts, and modern groundskeeping--all innovations in major league baseball that can be attributed to the Cincinnati Reds. The 1919 Reds played in one of the most infamous sporting events ever, winning the World Series over the scandal-ridden Chicago "Black Sox." They returned to the Fall Classic in 1939 and 1940 without controversy, winning the championship in "40. This is the era of The Palace of the Fans and Crosley Field, of a 15-year-old pitcher turned Cincinnati legend, and of Hall of Famers Ed Roush, Eppa Rixey, and Ernie Lombardi.

Author : Kevin Grace
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 153161969X

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Cincinnati Reds: 1900-1950 by Kevin Grace Pdf

In the first half of the twentieth century, the Cincinnati Reds--though only rarely dominant on the field--exerted considerable influence over the world of organized baseball. The creation of the World Series, baseball's first "de facto" commissioner, nighttime baseball beneath the lights, radio broadcasts, and modern groundskeeping--all innovations in major league baseball that can be attributed to the Cincinnati Reds. The 1919 Reds played in one of the most infamous sporting events ever, winning the World Series over the scandal-ridden Chicago "Black Sox." They returned to the Fall Classic in 1939 and 1940 without controversy, winning the championship in '40. This is the era of The Palace of the Fans and Crosley Field, of a 15-year-old pitcher turned Cincinnati legend, and of Hall of Famers Ed Roush, Eppa Rixey, and Ernie Lombardi.

Author : Robert B. Payne
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449053598

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Let There Be Light by Robert B. Payne Pdf

"The book ... will show the evolutionary process that took 50 years (1880 to 1930) before minor league baseball adopted the idea of playing baseball at night. After breaking into the minors, it only took five years before the Majors grudgingly accepted the idea proposed by Leland 'Larry' MacPhail and Powel Crosley to light up Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The book will have 70 photographs, 17 documents, diagrams, charts, and letters and over 90 pages of history, stories, and events. The end result is a history of modern day lighted baseball fields. ... The first World Series night game was played in 1971. But, by 1985, every World Series game is played at night."--Back cover.

Author : Rusty McClure,Michael A. Banks
Publisher : Ternary Publishing LLC
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578603220

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Crosley by Rusty McClure,Michael A. Banks Pdf

Set in the vibrant Industrial Age and filigreed with family drama and epic ambition, Crosley chronicles one of the great untold tales of the twentieth century. Crosley is a once-in-two-lifetimes book, examining the conquests of Powel Crosley, Jr., one of the most original innovators of the twentieth century, and Lewis Crosley, his brother who engineered the successful culmination of all Powel's plans.

Author : Joe Heffron,Jack Heffron
Publisher : Clerisy Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781578605545

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The Local Boys by Joe Heffron,Jack Heffron Pdf

The Local Boys tells the stories of men who achieved the boyhood dream of playing for the hometown team. From Ethan Allen to Don Zimmer, they're all here, including Charlie "Bushel Basket" Gould, who played on the first team in 1869 to Junior Griffey, soon to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Alongside big-name stars like Dave Parker and Buddy Bell, fans will find those like Eddie Hunter, who played only one inning in 1933, never got to bat, and never fielded a ball. Every player receives a one- or two-page profile, many of which are based on original interviews with the players or surviving family members. Going beyond statistics, each profile brings the player to life through stories that have never before been told in print. An indispensible look at Cincinnati baseball history, The Local Boys makes an ideal gift for any Reds fan.

Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317459477

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Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia by Steven A. Riess Pdf

A unique new reference work, this encyclopedia presents a social, cultural, and economic history of American sports from hunting, bowling, and skating in the sixteenth century to televised professional sports and the X Games today. Nearly 400 articles examine historical and cultural aspects of leagues, teams, institutions, major competitions, the media and other related industries, as well as legal and social issues, economic factors, ethnic and racial participation, and the growth of institutions and venues. Also included are biographical entries on notable individuals—not just outstanding athletes, but owners and promoters, journalists and broadcasters, and innovators of other kinds—along with in-depth entries on the history of major and minor sports from air racing and archery to wrestling and yachting. A detailed chronology, master bibliography, and directory of institutions, organizations, and governing bodies—plus more than 100 vintage and contemporary photographs—round out the coverage.

Author : Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803284159

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The Colonel and Hug by Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz Pdf

From the team’s inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering group that played as second-class citizens to the New York Giants. With four winning seasons to date, the team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and his partner, Cap “Til” Huston. Three years later, when Ruppert hired Miller Huggins as manager, the unlikely partnership of the two figures began, one that set into motion the Yankees’ run as the dominant baseball franchise of the 1920s and the rest of the twentieth century, capturing six American League pennants with Huggins at the helm and four more during Ruppert’s lifetime. The Yankees’ success was driven by Ruppert’s executive style and enduring financial commitment, combined with Huggins’s philosophy of continual improvement and personnel development. While Ruppert and Huggins had more than a little help from one of baseball’s greats, Babe Ruth, their close relationship has been overlooked in the Yankees’ rise to dominance. Though both were small of stature, the two men nonetheless became giants of the game with unassailable mutual trust and loyalty. The Colonel and Hug tells the story of how these two men transformed the Yankees. It also tells the larger story about baseball primarily in the tumultuous period from 1918 to 1929—with the end of the Deadball Era and the rise of the Lively Ball Era, a gambling scandal, and the collapse of baseball’s governing structure—and the significant role the Yankees played in it all. While the hitting of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig won many games for New York, Ruppert and Huggins institutionalized winning for the Yankees.

Author : Partners Book Distributing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015071443108

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Great Lakes and Midwest Catalog by Partners Book Distributing Pdf

Author : Chad Dotson,Chris Garber,Marty Brennaman
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633199897

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Big 50: Cincinnati Reds by Chad Dotson,Chris Garber,Marty Brennaman Pdf

The Big 50: Cincinnati Reds is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that made the Reds the Reds. Experienced sportswriters Chad Dotson and Chris Garber recount the living history of the Reds, counting down from No. 50 to No. 1. Big 50: Reds brilliantly brings to life the Reds remarkable story, from Johnny Bench and Barry Larkin to the roller coaster that was Pete Rose to the team's 1990 World Series championship and Todd Frazier's 2015 Home Run Derby win.

Author : Henry L. Taylor Jr.,Walter Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135650650

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Historical Roots of the Urban Crisis by Henry L. Taylor Jr.,Walter Hill Pdf

This collection of 12 new essays will tell the story of how the gradual transformation of industrial society into service-driven postindustrial society affected black life and culture in the city between 1900 and 1950, and it will shed light on the development of those forces that wreaked havoc in the lives of African Americans in the succeeding epoch. The book will examine the black urban experience in the northern, southern and western regions of the U.S. and will be thematically organized around the themes of work, community, city buliding, and protest. the analytic focus will be on the efforts of African Americans to find work and build communities in a constant ly changing economy and urban environments, tinged with racism,hostility, and the notions of white supremacy. Some chapters will be based on original research, while others will represent a systhesis of existing literature on that topic.

Author : Charles C. Alexander
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803259255

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John McGraw by Charles C. Alexander Pdf

"There has been only one manager-and his name is McGraw."-Connie Mack. "Diligently researched and artfully written, John McGraw illuminates not only the man but the transformation of America and its national pastime between 1890 and 1930."-San Francisco Chronicle. "Absorbing. . . . Alexander is a lively writer and a crisp storyteller."-New York Times. "From a historian of Alexander's stature one can expect more than just another sports book, and the result is not disappointing. With great erudition and meticulous research, he brings to life not only a game and its competitors but a whole period of U.S. history."-America. "Sports biography at its best: an entertaining, scholarly treatment of the life and times of a legendary figure. . . . Alexander portrays famed Giant manager John McGraw without sentimental bias."-Library Journal. "He ate gunpowder every morning, " complained one umpire, "and washed it down with warm blood." That described John McGraw, who in the 1890s was the rowdiest member of the ferocious Baltimore Orioles, the club that pioneered the hit-and-run, the cutoff, the squeeze play, and the "Baltimore chop." In 1902 he began his thirty-season reign as manager of the Giants, winning ten pennants-a record matched only by Casey Stengel. His career in baseball spanned forty years and two eras-from the game's raucous early days to its emergence as big business. Charles C. Alexander, a professor of history at Ohio University, Athens, and the author of Ty Cobb, calls John McGraw "perhaps the single most significant figure in baseball's history before Babe Ruth transformed the game with his mammoth home runs and unparalleled showmanship."

Author : C. King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136769160

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Native Americans and Sport in North America by C. King Pdf

Taking examples from the United States and Canada, this comprehensive text offers compassionate and critical accounts of the Native American sporting experience. It challenges popular images of indigenous athletes and athletics; it explores Native American participation in and appropriation of EuroAmerican sports; and it unpacks social categories,

Author : Martin C. Babicz,Thomas W. Zeiler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442235854

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National Pastime by Martin C. Babicz,Thomas W. Zeiler Pdf

From its modest beginnings in rural America to its current status as an entertainment industry in postindustrial America enjoyed worldwide by millions each season, the linkages between baseball’s evolution and our nation’s history are undeniable. Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity – baseball has been held up as our national pastime: the single greatest expression of America’s values and ideals. Combining a comprehensive history of the game with broader analyses of America’s historical and cultural developments, National Pastime encapsulates the values that have allowed it to endure: hope, tradition, escape, revolution. While nostalgia, scandal, malaise and triumph are contained within the study of any American historical moment, we see in this book that the tensions and developments within the game of baseball afford the best window into a deeper understanding of America’s past, its purpose, and its principles.

Author : Benjamin G. Rader
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780252075506

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Baseball, 3rd Ed. by Benjamin G. Rader Pdf

A succinct history of baseball, newly revised and updated

Author : Frank Jozsa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319259932

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National League Franchises: Team Performances Inspire Business Success by Frank Jozsa Pdf

This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the National League and their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as competitive, popular, and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific information and relevant demographic, economic, and financial data, this brief will highlight when and how well these MLB teams performed and the financial status and significance of their organization as a member of an elite professional baseball league. The brief also investigates the success of teams in terms of wins and losses based on home attendance at their ballparks, market value, and revenue. Furthermore, it compares the history, productivity, and prosperity of the franchises among rivals in their division like the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets in the National League East Division, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds in the Central Division, and Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants in the West Division. This brief will be on interest to practitioners and scholars who research the sports industry, college and university professors who teach undergraduate and graduate students majoring in sports administration, business, economics and management, and fans of the sport.