Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century: Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues - Softcover

Mitchell, Eddie

 
9781476664873: Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century: Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1476664870 ISBN 13: 9781476664873
Verlag: McFarland, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy--spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chronicles some of the flamboyant, unruly and occasionally criminal behavior of baseball's early years.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eddie Mitchell has been a baseball fan for 63 years. Upon retirement he took up his passion by being an assistant high school coach for 12 years, helping to win four state championships. He lives in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1476664870
ISBN 13 
9781476664873
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
234
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