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Ronald T. Waldo - Baseball's Roaring Twenties

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Ronald T. Waldo

Baseball's Roaring Twenties

2017

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5 Baseball Arbiters Taking Charge and Keeping the Peace S. 81-100

„… baseball justice was a common complaint fromplayers, managers, and fans. In some instances, individuals …” „… coach and firstlieutenant to manager Miller Huggins.BASEBALL ARBITERS TAKING CHARGE AND KEEPING THE …” „… fre-quently subjected to hardship courtesy of patrons, players, managers,and writers who tended to be …”

6 Rickey, McGraw, Mack, McCarthy, and Other Pilots Leading the Way S. 101-122

„… with author-ity over everyone under his command—the baseball manager, a faithfulfield general …” „… bombasticCHAPTER 6102methods or a professorial tone, baseball managers are measured bytheir accomplishments on the …” „… seasons, continued to excel as managers during thatdecade, a new wave of baseball leaders arrived on the …”

4 Yankees’ Swagger, Shanty, Tiny, Possum, and Interesting Diamond Incidents S. 61-80

„… , unique way wereinfluential in promoting baseball during the 1920s as fans flocked toballparks throughout …” „… team—whose achievements were unparalleled—seemed to grab the most headlines as baseball’s landscape continued …” „… baseball’s marquee team, winningAmerican League pennants in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, and 1928.Although …”

7 Bush League Madness and Players Wreaking Havoc in the Minors S. 123-142

„… known for his unique approach to baseball decided to gain experi-ence down on the farm as a manager …” „… years after Stengel was named the Mud Hens’ manager, out-fielder Heinie Mueller, who approached baseball …” „… baseball manager, was on full display as acaptivated audience absorbed each and every word. Casey’s topic …”

Notes S. 231-256

„… . “Billy Evans Resigns as General Manager of Cleveland Baseball Club,”Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine …” „… , October 26, 1917, 10.4. Billy Evans, “Branch Rickey, Most Unique Manager in Baseball,” Eve-ning …” „… 231NOTES1. SEEDY INDIVIDUALS, BLACK SOX, AND BASEBALL’S DIRTYLAUNDRY1. Ralph Davis, “Ralph Davis …”

9 Bad Boys, Problem Players, and Misunderstood Characters S. 163-182

„… specific form of baseball jurisprudence or punish-ment being enacted. Some of these problem players …” „… baseball’s supreme judge, other players expressed apprehensionwhen they were involved in incidents that …” „… ending—were not re-stricted to baseball players driving their own automobiles. On July 10,1925, the …”

3 Duster, Heinie, Casey, and Other Unique Major League Performers S. 41-60

„… notpreviously been privy to Duster’s magnificent baseball adventures—gota dose of his exploits.St. Louis manager …” „… and phenomenal diamond ex-ploits were a major contributing factor to baseball experiencing a re-birth …” „… during the 1920s. Jaded baseball fans, who had grown skepticalabout the game’s integrity following the …”

Preface

„… and zest to the baseball environment.Some players and managers who performed admirably during …” „… BASEBALL’SROARING TWENTIESBASEBALL’SROARING TWENTIESA DECADE OF LEGENDS,CHARACTERS,AND DIAMOND …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Waldo, Ronald T., 1961– author.Title: Baseball's Roaring Twenties : A Decade of Legends …”

1 Seedy Individuals, Black Sox, and Baseball’s Dirty Laundry S. 1-20

„… door closed in the grand game of baseball,an air of excitement and renewed purpose entered, as a new …” „… baseball era must reach their conclusion sothat a new age can dawn on the horizon, offering the glowing …” „… , as does baseball, these limitless prospects can betested when the dark clouds of corruption and …”

8 Clowning around, Indulgence, Dissipation, and Refusing to Embrace Volstead S. 143-162

„… straight.”—New York Giants pitcher Jack Scott, responding to manager JohnMcGraw, who when finding out his hurler …” „… that I won’t tolerate your drinking, no matter how manygames you win for me.”1Throughout baseball’s …” „… RoaringTwenties as baseball entered a new period. On occasion, this includedmen exhibiting a blithe and …”

10 Pennant Winners, World Series Clashes, and October Champions S. 183-202

„… ballpark’s upper tier1For the most part, eccentric baseball players who were troublesome onoccasion or …” „… every player was a burning desire to win and accomplish greatthings on the diamond. Since baseball is a …” „… barometerby which players, managers, and owners are measured. Throughout theRoaring Twenties, October heroes …”

2 The Big Bam Ushers in a New Baseball Era with Gusto S. 21-40

„… idol1Baseball’s owners realized the importance of selecting a strong manwho possessed a deep …” „… man who could root out evil andreturn baseball to the trusted institution it once was for devoted …” „… base-ball fans. Although Landis had set a precedent and sent a clear messageby issuing a lifetime ban to the …”

11 Bugs, Cranks, and Rooters Making Their Presence Known at the Ballpark S. 203-222

„… smell likeathletes.”—St. Louis Browns business manager Bill Friel in 1927,responding to ardent fan and …” „… look so filthy? Is it supersti-tion?”1Baseball’s rise in popularity during the 1920s was made …” „… betweenplayers, managers, and umpires, it was the fans in the stands whosespirit and devotion helped determine …”

Index S. 263-276

„… , 156–157Burns, Bill (former baseball player), 7, 18Burns, Bill (gatekeeper), 209Burns, George, 187Burt Lake …” „… “Andy,” 72–74; granddebut, 72; manager cursing his name,72Collins, Eddie, 59, 227Collins, Sarah, 78–79 …” „… Series, 205–206; time-tested old pal gag, 206Connolly, Thomas “Tommy,” xi, 81,83–84, 206; baseball …”

About the Author S. 277

„… Fame Player-Manager, wasreleased in December 2010. An avid baseball historian who also lovesfollowing …” „… communications. A member of theSociety for American Baseball Research, he embarked on his journey asan author …” „… writing about baseball history in 2008. His first book, FredClarke: A Biography of the Baseball Hall of …”

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Classic Baseball

2022

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Chapter 6 IN JACKIE’S MEMORY S. 123-138

„… LINEAs baseball’s first African American manager, Frank Robinson fulfilled Jackie Robinson’s vision but …” „… the uproar that would result when—as they often had to do with managers—they fired a Black manager …” „… 123Chapter 6IN JACKIE’S MEMORYTHE DAY THE KLAN PLAYED BALLIn 1925 a barnstorming baseball team of …”

Chapter 2 BASEBALL DURING WARTIME S. 19-38

„… 19Chapter 2BASEBALL DURING WARTIMETERROR IN THE TRENCHESTy Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Branch …” „… & DREAMS, SPRING 2017IntroductionMuch has been written about baseball players like Bob Feller, Ted …” „… Baseball owners, complying with the wishes of the federal government, reduced the 1918 season from 154 …”

Chapter 3 PERSONALITIES S. 39-84

„… watch,” says Zach, who plays baseball himself: third base, pitcher, outfield. “All over, kind of like …” „… manager, who hasn’t had the confidence to pencil him into the starting lineup this evening. Having a theme …” „… player the Twins have had in many years,” LoisMA. “Another reason why base-ball is great,” Blake R., and …”

Chapter 1 IMMORTAL MOMENTS S. 1-18

„… baseball history, perhaps in all sports—had lost little when it moved from New York to the West Coast in …” „… autobiography Baby Bull.“Those Dodger-Giant games weren’t baseball,” says Andy Pafko, a left fielder with the …” „… cleanup hitter Ron Fairly after they had combined for Los Angeles’ first run. Baseball’s code called for …”

Chapter 5 FOR LOVE OF THE GAME S. 105-122

„… pilgrimage with my dad to baseball’s mecca.MEMORIES & DREAMS, SUMMER 2019IntroductionWhen the editor of …” „… Baseball Hall of Fame. I knew he had always wanted to go there but now, being sick, he wouldn’t do it …” „… and to Comiskey and Wrig-ley in Chicago in the 1980s so we could watch baseball outdoors on grass …”

Chapter 4 BALTIMORE CHOPS S. 85-104

„… further intrigued by the contrast of him celebrating the greatest achievements of baseball’s best while …” „… ago.Hawkins, who is 72, grew up in Queens. A solitary and unathletic kid, he didn’t play baseball. “My sport …” „… a Wooton desk, wear-ing a gray sport coat, a blue shirt, and a necktie decorated with baseballs …”

Chapter 7 THE WORLD SERIES S. 139-150

„… lead over the Chicago Cubs. This fall classic was, as Baseball Magazine’s Clifford Bloodgood called it …” „… !” Tigers manager Steve O’Neill yelled from the third-base coach’s box. “That’s the payoff.” They were …” „… 2010 documentary film Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, he said, “I had taken Yom Kippur off …”

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Hal Bock - The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty

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The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty

2016

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10 Faces of the Franchise—Old and New S. 149-168

„… Fame player and pennant-winning manager.In college at Notre Dame, Anson organized the school’s …” „… him-self right at home with his new team. By 1879, he had beenappointed manager, or captain, leading to his …” „… neverbeen matched. Anson was a martinet as manager, with strict rulesfor his players, including a …”

7 And Then . . . S. 97-122

„… went on toassemble one of baseball’s most successful managerial resumes.He became the first manager to …” „… with the manager’s decision, heaved the baseball intoright field where it clanged off the tin facing …” „… Major League baseball. In Joe McCarthy’s second year as man-ager, the Yankees won the pennant by 13 …”

11 The Other Guys S. 169-182

„… in 1904 and 1905. McGrawwas the most powerful man in baseball at the time, so powerful infact that in …” „… baseball season that seemed like a great ideauntil McGraw briefly shot it down.Pittsburgh and New York were …” „… Deacon Phillippe, Sam Leever, and BabeAdams; and perhaps the greatest shortstop in baseball history,Honus …”

9 After the Dynasty S. 133-148

„… numbers during baseball’s Deadball Era. He became aCub almost by accident. Frank Selee, manager of the …” „… of the NationalLeague in the first decade of the 20th century.The Cubs had baseball’s deepest …” „… best pitching staff in baseball couldn’t preserve it.Consider that Chicago’s most frequent lineup in …”

2 Assembling the Dynasty S. 19-32

„… manager of theCubs, and he was less interested in baseball’s origins than he wasin winning games. He …” „… excellent judge of baseball talent, often moving playersfrom one position to another like a master chess …” „… historyfor managers with at least 1,000 games. He won five titles inBoston and then built the Cubs into a …”

4 Revenge S. 47-60

„… a great baseball player and I won’t allow him tobe driven off this club,” the manager said.5Trading …” „… Sox,and yet they had found a way to lose. No one was more upset withthe failure than manager Frank Chance …” „… of posi-tions. Mordecai Brown still anchored the best pitching staff inCHAPTER 448baseball. They were …”

12 Where They Played—Then and Now S. 183-196

„… city had a baseball historylong before Harry Caray began a tradition of leaning out of hisbroadcast …” „… game—white with a blue W for a Cubsvictory and blue with a white L for a loss.This cathedral of baseball …” „… Base-Ball Groundsburned to the ground in the fire. The team completed the 1871season on the road and did not …”

5 Once More with Feeling S. 61-84

„… hasbeen embraced as baseball’s anthem for over 100 years and issung religiously during the seventh inning …” „… at every Cubs game inWrigley Field. Neither man ever saw a baseball game, but theywere intrigued by …” „… the interest the sport was generating aroundAmerica. So their collaboration provided baseball with a …”

3 Who’s Hitless Now? S. 33-46

„… de-stroyed by an earthquake. Baseball became an afterthought be-cause of the devastation. Fires burned for …” „… Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Baseball re-sponded to the tragedy by temporarily lifting New York’s ban …” „… onCHAPTER 334Sunday baseball for an exhibition game between the PhiladelphiaAthletics and New York …”

6 104 Wins Are Not Enough S. 85-96

„… Cubs were on top of the baseball world. They had wonthree straight National League pennants. They were …” „… toCHAPTER 676be the best catcher in baseball. The problem for the Cubs wasthat he was also a world champion …” „… championship. There are varying versions of Kling’s movefrom baseball to billiards. Either he was granted a …”

Index S. 205-210

„… Professional BaseballLeague, 107All-Star Games, 182American League beginnings, 15–17Anson, Adrian “Cap …” „… , 173–174; Union Base-Ball Grounds burning, 173; WeeghamPark, 178; West Side Grounds (new),176; West Side …” „… Bartman, Steve, 120baseball, origins of, xxiii, 1, 29, 58–59. Seealso chronology of baseballbilliards …”

Preface

„… (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN9781442253315 (ebook)Subjects: LCSH: Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)—History—20th …” „… century. | Baseball players—United States—Biography.Classification: LCC GV875.C6 B63 2016 | DDC …” „… with a baseball mitt inmy hand, watching Hank Sauer bat during a Cubs game at Wri-gley Field (see the …”

1 Prelude to a Dynasty S. 1-18

„… dotted America’s landscape, baseball was notyet the country’s national pastime. It was, in fact, far …” „… brothers’experiments with a flying machine. Baseball was hardly main-stream, largely ignored by a country with other …” „… sea-sons including baseball’s first 100-win season in 1898 before thecore of his team was lured away from …”

8 Curses, Cats, and Other Calamities S. 123-132

„… baseball.There is good reason that the Cubs fan club was named theEmil Verban Society, honoring the memory of an …” „… a hundred years now. The Cubslast ruled baseball in 1908, a time when horseless carriages …” „… thingsdon’t happen overnight.”One day, during the depths of the baseball depression on theNorth Side of …”

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Frank Russo - The Cooperstown Chronicles

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The Cooperstown Chronicles

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Preface

„… is dedicated to the various players, managers,coaches, and umpires who have graced major …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataRusso, Frank, 1959–The Cooperstown chronicles : baseball's colorful characters, unusual lives …” „… 978-1-4422-3639-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3640-0 (ebook)1. Baseball players—United States—Social life …”

2 Beer Drinkers and Hell-Raisers S. 41-86

„… player-manager ofthe Rochester Bronchos of the Eastern League in 1902. He retiredfrom baseball for good after the …” „… American folk hero, Casey Stengel will forever be looked uponas one of baseball’s greatest managers, a …” „… manag-er was dead wrong and that he was as sound a baseball man as could befound. Stengel, of course, would …”

1 Bad to the Bone S. 1-40

„… baseball. He did manage to findwork in the game playing with semipro teams in California, Texas, andArizona …” „… makes the game of baseball sogreat is that it truly takes all kinds of personalities. The following are …” „… Barnie.Ned Hanlon was hired to manage the club near the end of thatseason, and eventually, under his …”

6 Unnatural Causes S. 213-240

„… situations during the course of their lifetime. The same holdstrue for baseball players. For more than 140 …” „… Athletics was Lip Pike, who wouldbecome professional baseball’s first Jewish star.On Sunday, September 1 …” „… as a man of “exceptional personal character” andwas well-liked in and out of baseball. The game the …”

3 Consumed by Consumption S. 87-128

„… professional baseball were spent as man-ager of the Easton Farmers of the Eastern Shore League. After coach-ing …” „… , scrofula, Pott’s disease, and the aforementioned white plague.Professional baseball players, like the …” „… Jennings, both members of the National Baseball Hallof Fame, died from tubercular spinal meningitis …”

4 Headhunters S. 129-168

„… 4HEADHUNTERSBrushbacks. Skull balls. Dusters. Chin music. Throughout the historyof baseball …” „… , there has been one death directly related to a batterbeing struck by a baseball thrown from the …” „… the majors. Afavorite of Cub manager Joe McCarthy, he was also drinking and brawl-ing buddies with …”

5 Suicide Is Painless S. 169-212

„… element has been taken out of the game of baseball and howwe look at players. This is unfortunate, since …” „… baseball “purists” do not recognize the NationalAssociation (1871–1875) as a professional league, even …” „… until his old teammate with the Brookfields, Philadel-phia Athletic manager Connie Mack, paid for a …”

7 Final Out S. 241-278

„… (1849–1879)Born in Ireland on May 27, 1849, Jimmy Hallinan played amateur base-ball with the Aetna Club of …” „… fortnight. Back with Chicago in 1878, Jimmy became dissatisfiedwhen Chicago manager Cap Anson used him in …” „… theMonumental City, as Oriole manager Ned Hanlon had coveted thehusky Brooklyn catcher for some time.Smith’s …”

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Robert Elias, Peter Dreier - Major League Rebels

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Major League Rebels

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Preface

„… throughout the sport’s history, some players—alongside executives, sports-writers, and managers—have …” „… baseball book as I’ve read in a long time. It restores a history that the minders of baseball would soon …” „… uses of baseball as a tool for U.S. empire.”—Dave Zirin, host of Edge of Sports“There’s a long pedigree …”

I: Resisting Labor Exploitation S. 1-120

„… barons, including the baseball tycoons.Ward reluctantly returned to the NL as player- manager of the …” „… one as a manager, guiding his teams to a 412-320 (.563) mark.The baseball barons pushed back the …” „… IRESISTING LABOR EXPLOITATION31The Players’ Revolt against Gilded- Age BaseballBaseball became part …”

II: Contesting the American Empire S. 121-214

„… policies. For more than a century, organized baseball has been a cheerleader for America’s many wars and …” „… wrote approvingly, “Baseball is war! It has followed the flag to the Philippines, to Porto Rico, and to …” „… Cuba.”2 Spalding supported America’s wars for expansion and enlisted baseball in the cause.In such …”

III: Conclusion S. 215-322

„… player and manager who organized baseball’s first players’ union and the Players’ League was inducted …” „… IIICONCLUSION2177Rebels for All SeasonsThroughout this book we have profiled baseball rebels who …” „… have challenged organized baseball and American society to live up to its ideals. Many got involved to …”

Index S. 323-344

„… Leaguers, 276“affluent society,” 43African Americans, xv, xvii, 12, 24, 44, 75–76, 79, 140; baseball’s door …” „… , Miguel, 52–53Ali, Muhammad, xviii, 140, 145, 153All American Girls Professional Baseball League, xviii …” „… American Baseball Guild (ABG), 81, 82; failed, 83American Family Insurance Company, 260324 I n d E …”

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