1921

Lyle Spatz is the author of many books, including Bad Bill Dahlen: The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star and Yankees Coming, Yankees Going: New York Yankee Player Transactions, 1903 through 1999. Steve Steinberg is the author of Baseball in St. Louis, 1900–1925 and numerous articles on early twentieth-century baseball, including feature articles for the annual New York Yankees official yearbooks. Charles C. Alexander is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University. He is the author of several baseball books, including Spoke: A Biography of Tris Speaker and John McGraw (available in a Bison Books edition).

"1921 is a well crafted and enjoyable read that is highly recommended."—Bill Lamb, SABR Black Sox Scandal Research Committee Newsletter

• List of Illustrations   Foreword by Charles C. Alexander    Preface     Acknowledgments    Part 1. The Preseason1. Prelude to the World Series      2. Baseball Confronts the Black Sox Scandal     3. The Shady Side of Baseball's Flagship Franchise    4. Ruppert and Huston Arrive, Ready to "Go to the Limit"    5. "You can't compare him with anybody else. He's Babe Ruth."     6. The Giants Fail to Get Rogers Hornsby  7. Ed Barrow Comes to New York      8. "We fear only Cleveland"   9. "I do not fear any club in the National League"     Part 2. The Season10. "My job is to knock em a mile"    11. "This home run business is being carried too far" 12. The Trials and Tribulations of John McGraw  13. Cobb and Speaker Await as the Yankees Head West   14. "The Yanks are the best worst team in either league"    15. Setbacks on the Road and in the Commissioner's Office   16. The Giants Solidify Their Lineup      17. "You can't play your outfielders in the middle of the next block"   18. "Lay off Huggins and hope nothing happens to the Babe"  19. A Terrible August for the Giants . . . So Far     20. "Let's go get em while the getting's good"    21. "It is no time in which to count McGraw and his men out of any race"      22. Ascent to First and Then a Demoralizing Loss      23. "It was the greatest game ever played"      24. The Giants Clinch and the Repercussions Get Ugly  25. A Pennant for the Yankees, At Last     Part 3. The Postseason26. Prelude to the World Series, Part 2   27. Game 1, Wednesday, October 5: "Who said the Yanks were slow and clumsy and dull?"     28. Game 2, Thursday, October 6: The Yankees Again Win with an Inside Game    29. Game 3, Friday, October 7: The Giants' Offense Comes Alive    30. Game 4, Sunday, October 9: The Giants Finally Get to Carl Mays, or So It Seems  31. Game 5, Monday, October 10: Ruth's Gameness and Hoyt's Guts   32. Game 6, Tuesday, October 11: The Series Is Evened, but without RuthIs It Really Even? 33. Game 7, Wednesday, October 12: "Give me another game against those Yankees, and they'll get even less"    34. Game 8, Thursday, October 13: "New York and baseball are proud of the Yanks and the Giants"     Epilogue    Appendix 1. 1921 Yankees and Giants Regular Season Batting and Pitching Appendix 2. 1921 al and nl Batting and Pitching Leaders     Appendix 3. 1921 World Series Box ScoresAppendix 4. 1921 Yankees and Giants World Series Batting and Pitching   Notes Bibliography      Index