The First World Series and the Baseball Fanatics of 1903

Abrams, Roger I.

ISBN 10: 1555536441 / ISBN 13: 9781555536442

Verlag: Northeastern University Press, 2005

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Recapturing the drama and color of this historic sporting event, Roger I. Abrams shows how the first world series (Boston Americans vs. Pittsburgh Pirates) provided a unique lens to view American life and culture at the dawn of the twentieth century.

It is a fascinating story brimming with colorful, larger-than-life characters: legendary players Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Fred Clarke, Big Bill Dineen, and Deacon Phillippe on the field; and Mike "Nuf Ced" McGreevey, "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, and the boisterous Boston Royal Rooters, cheering, chanting, and singing in the grandstands. This is also the story of how the post-season play gave disparate classes in society--Brahmins, industrialists, Irish politicians, Jewish immigrants--the rare opportunity to join in common support of their local teams and heroes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: ROGER I. ABRAMS is Richardson Professor of Law at Northeastern University. A leader in the field of sports law, he is the author of The Money Pitch: Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration and Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law. He lives in the Boston area.

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Titel: The First World Series and the Baseball ...
Verlag: Northeastern University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Paperback
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