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Author |
: David L. Fleitz |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2009-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786453047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786453044 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Irish in Baseball by : David L. Fleitz
Professional baseball took root in America in the 1860s during the same years that the sons of the first wave of Irish famine refugees began to reach adulthood, and the Irish quickly demonstrated a special affinity for baseball. This is a survey of the enormous contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together. Chapters cover Irish immigrants in Boston; the Chicago White Stockings; the Shamrocks, Trojans and Giants; Charlie Comiskey; Patsy Tebeau and the Hibernian Spiders; Ned Hanlon and the Orioles; Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, the "Heavenly Twins"; umpires; John McGraw; "Wild Bill" Donovan, Patrick Joseph "Whiskey Face" Moran, and Connie Mack; the Red Sox and the Royal Rooters; and more.
Author |
: Charley Rosen |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2012-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062089915 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062089919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Emerald Diamond by : Charley Rosen
“The Emerald Diamond is a must read. It is a remarkable story about the achievements of the Irish throughout the history of baseball in America.” -Jay P. Dolan New York Times bestselling sportswriter Charley Rosen, author of The Bullpen Diaries and More than Just a Game, delivers a one-of-a-kind instant classic perfect “for anyone who is Irish and loves baseball.” The history of the Irish in baseball is much richer than anyone realizes. From early discrimination to later domination, from Mike Kelly, a society star in the 1880s, to the managerial fame of Connie Mack (né McGillicuddy), early Irish players and managers helped shape the game of baseball in every way. From the first curveball to the first players' unions, Irishmen took America's national pastime and made it their own, turning it into the glorious game we know today, as more recent players have kept alive the Irish tradition of setting records. A wild, fun, fact-filled celebration of the Irish in baseball, The Emerald Diamond intersperses interviews with current players with tales of such players as Dan Brouthers, who at 6'2" and well over 200 pounds, was the game's home-run king until Babe Ruth came along; and includes lively anecdotes about such colorfully nicknamed ballplayers. Just a few of the great Irish athletes featured as well are Mickey Cochrane (for whom Mickey Mantle was named); Charles Comiskey; Ed Walsh, the last pitcher to win 40 games in a single season; and Ed Delahanty, whose prodigious life and mysterious death continue to be a source of intrigue. With decade-by-decade profiles of exciting Irish figures on the field and off, The Emerald Diamond also offers important discussion on cultural and political themes relevant to their times.
Author |
: Pat O’Neill |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 286 |
Release |
: 2021-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476642604 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476642605 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball by : Pat O’Neill
In his day, perhaps no one in baseball was better known than Irish-born Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan. For 50 years, America's sportswriters sang his praises, genuflected to his genius and bought his blarney by the barrel. Damon Runyon dubbed him "The Celebrated Carpetbagger of Baseball." Cunning, fast-talking, witty and sober, Sullivan was the game's first player agent, a groundbreaking scout who pulled future Hall of Famers from the bushes, an author, a playwright and a baseball evangelist who promoted the game across five continents. He coined the term "fan" and was among the first to suggest the designated hitter--because pitchers were "a lot of whippoorwill swingers." But he was also a convert to the Jim Crow attitudes of his day--black ballplayers were unimaginable to him. Unearthing thousands of contemporaneous newspaper accounts, this first exhaustive biography of "Hustlin'" Ted Sullivan recounts the life and career of one of the greatest hucksters in the history of the game.
Author |
: Patrick R. Redmond |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 479 |
Release |
: 2015-03-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476605845 |
ISBN-13 |
: 147660584X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835-1920 by : Patrick R. Redmond
Jerrold Casway coined the phrase "The Emerald Age of Baseball" to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams' rosters. But one can easily agree--and expand--that the period from the mid-1830s well into the first decade of the 20th century and assign the term to American sports in general. This book covers the Irish sportsman from the arrival of James "Deaf" Burke in 1836 through to Jack B. Kelly's rejection by Henley regatta and his subsequent gold medal at the 1920 Olympics. It avoids recounting the various victories and defeats of the Irish sportsman, seeking instead to deal with the complex interaction that he had with alcohol, gambling and Sunday leisure: pleasures that were banned in most of America at some time or other between 1836 and 1920. This book also covers the Irish sportsman's close relations with politicians, his role in labor relations, his violent lifestyle--and by contrast--his participation in bringing respectability to sport. It also deals with native Irish sports in America, the part played by the Irish in "Team USA's" initial international sporting ventures, and in the making and breaking of amateurism within sport.
Author |
: Jerrold I. Casway |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015058700124 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball by : Jerrold I. Casway
"Delahanty's career spanned the last decades of the nineteenth century during a time when the sons of post-famine Irish refugees dominated the sport and changed the playing style of America's national pastime. In this "Emerald Age" of baseball, Irish-American players comprised from 30 to 50 percent of all players, managers, and team captains. Baseball for Delahanty and other young Irishmen was a ticket out of poverty and into a life of fame and fortune. The allure and promise of celebrity and wealth, however, were disastrous for Delahanty. He found himself enmeshed in desperate contract dealings and a gambling addiction that drove him to alcohol abuse.
Author |
: Roger I. Abrams |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2005-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1555536441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781555536442 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First World Series and the Baseball Fanatics of 1903 by : Roger I. Abrams
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.
Author |
: Ron Kaplan |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 567 |
Release |
: 2018-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496209887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496209885 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die by : Ron Kaplan
Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.
Author |
: Kevin Martin |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2020-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538142318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1538142317 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Irish Whales by : Kevin Martin
In the early 1900s, the Olympic Games track and field throwing events were dominated by a group of Irish-born weight throwers representing the United States. Of immense size and with a larger-than-life presence, these athletes came to be known as the “Irish Whales.” In The Irish Whales: Olympians of Old New York, Kevin Martin shares the untold story of these Irish American athletes who competed with unparalleled distinction for the United States. James Mitchell, John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan, Pat McDonald, Paddy Ryan, and Con Walsh won a total of eighteen medals in the Olympic Games between 1900 and 1924 and completely dominated the world stage in their chosen athletic disciplines. They were lionized in the American and Irish press and became folk heroes among Irish-American immigrant communities. Almost all of these men were further distinguished by their membership in the fabled Irish American Athletic Club of New York and careers with the New York Police Department. The story of the Irish Whales is the very embodiment of the American Dream and exemplifies the triumph of many Irish emigrants in the New World. Featuring a wonderful collection of original photographs, The Irish Whales tells the dramatic stories of these international athletes and their extraordinary sporting successes.
Author |
: Michael Leo Donovan |
Publisher |
: Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1589790340 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781589790346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Yankees to Fighting Irish by : Michael Leo Donovan
A fascinating and insightful look at the legends, facts, and fiction behind your favorite sports teams' names.
Author |
: Thomas W. Gilbert |
Publisher |
: Godine+ORM |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2020-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781567926880 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1567926886 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis How Baseball Happened by : Thomas W. Gilbert
The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year