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Waite Hoyt
A Biography of the Yankees'' Schoolboy Wonder
E-bok, 2003
303 kr
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Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to …
Jim Thorpe
A Biography
E-bok, 2011
293 kr
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Most biographies of Jim Thorpe (1888-1953) emphasize his Olympic glory and his remarkable abilities in track and football. Thorpe''s 1912 gold medals in the decathalon and pentathalon and his talent on the gridiron rank him high among outstanding athletes of the twentieth century. That Thorpe also …
Big Klu
The Baseball Life of Ted Kluszewski
E-bok, 2012
303 kr
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During the mid-1950s, an unlikely star stood alongside baseball standouts Mickey Mantle, Henry Aaron and Willie Mays--a slugger with a funny name and muscles so bulging that he had to cut the sleeves off his uniform to swing freely. Ted Kluszewski played little baseball in his youth, making a name …
King of the Bootleggers
A Biography of George Remus
E-bok, 2014
273 kr
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As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. Even though he was a lifelong teetotaler, Remus built one of the nation''s largest illegal liquor empires with little regard to …
August "e;Garry"e; Herrmann
A Baseball Biography
E-bok, 2014
394 kr
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August Garry Herrmann entered the murky waters of 19th century machine politics in Cincinnati, serving as a trusted lieutenant to one of the most powerful political bosses in the country, George B. Cox. Herrmann, a gifted man who introduced modern management principles to municipal government and …
Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877
The Taint of Gambling at the Dawn of the National League
E-bok, 2014
294 kr
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By the mid-1870s, gambling in baseball threatened the public''s confidence in the sport and its very existence as a professional enterprise. Recognizing this, Chicago owner William A. Hulbert and seven of his colleagues formed the National League, dedicating it to such high-minded ideals as …
Bibb Falk
The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet. He brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at the University of Texas before being signed by the Chicago …
Johnny Temple
All-Star Second Baseman
E-bok, 2016
303 kr
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Cincinnati Reds leadoff hitter Johnny Temple batted over .300 three times between 1954 and 1959. A tobacco chewing and tough-talking hustler, he had a fiery disposition on the field, which led many sportswriters, teammates and opposing players to refer to him as a throwback to baseball''s early …
