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Bushers
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Author : Ed Attanasio
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-09-28
Bushers written by Ed Attanasio and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Fifty fictional legendary baseball players and their illustrated biographies. Bushers takes a whimsical look at the Deadball Era, long before free agency, luxury boxes and enormous salaries. It's a wild collection of baseball's greatest goofballs, wannabes, could've-beens and never-wases, hailing from every state in the Union--representing actual towns like Nuttsville, Virginia; Parole, Maryland, and Sweet Lips, Tennessee. Bushers tells a tale of fame squandered by wrong-way baserunning, smelly feet, narcolepsy and uncontrollable sweat. With illustrations by Ed Attanasio and text written by Attanasio and Eric Gouldsberry, this graphic novel takes a funny look at baseball's early years through the eyes of two passionate lifelong fans.
You Know Me Al A Busher S Letters
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Author : Ring Lardner
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-25
You Know Me Al A Busher S Letters written by Ring Lardner and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-25 with Fiction categories.
Ring Lardner's "You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters" is a literary gem that takes a satirical and humorous look at the world of baseball through the eyes of the fictional baseball player Jack Keefe. Through a series of letters penned by Keefe, Lardner provides a unique and comical perspective on the antics, trials, and tribulations of professional baseball players during the early 20th century. With witty commentary and sharp humor, the book offers a hilarious and entertaining glimpse into the world of sports, making it a must-read for both baseball aficionados and lovers of clever comedy.
Decatur Recreation
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Decatur Recreation written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Decatur (Ill.) categories.
Baseball And Football Pulp Fiction
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Author : Michelle Nolan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-07-16
Baseball And Football Pulp Fiction written by Michelle Nolan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This first-ever volume focusing on sports pulp fiction devoted to America's two most popular pastimes of the 1935-1957 era--baseball and football--provides extensive detail on authors, along with examination of key plots, themes, trends and categories. Commentary relates the works to real-life baseball and football of the period. The history of the genre is traced, beginning with the debut of Dime Sport (later renamed Dime Sports), the first magazine from a major publisher to provide competition for Street & Smith's long-established Sport Story Magazine. Complementing the text is a complete catalog of fiction from the six major publishers who competed with S&S, also noting the cover themes for 1,054 issues.
Left On Base In The Bush Leagues
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Author : Gaylon H. White
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-05-30
Left On Base In The Bush Leagues written by Gaylon H. White and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
There was a time when no town was too small to field a professional baseball team. In 1949, the high point for the minor leagues, there were 59 leagues and 464 cities with teams, two-thirds of them in so-called bush leagues classified as C and D. Most of the players were strangers outside the towns where they played, but some achieved hero status and enthralled local fans as much as the stars in the majors. Left on Base in the Bush Leagues: Legends, Near Greats, and Unknowns in the Minors profiles some of the most fascinating characters from baseball’s golden era. It includes the stories of players such as Ron Necciai, the only pitcher in history to strike out 27 batters in a single game; Joe Brovia, one of the most feared hitters to ever play in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), who had to wait 15 years for a shot in the majors; and Pat Stasey, a mellow Irishman who “Cubanized” minor league baseball in Texas and New Mexico, helping to bring down the walls of segregation. Compelling and timeless, their stories touch on many issues that still affect the sport today. Left on Base in the Bush Leagues provides an entertaining glimpse into a time when baseball was a game and the players were regular guys who often held second jobs off the field. Featuring hundreds of personal interviews with the players, their teammates, managers, and opponents, this bookcreates a colorful tapestry of the minor leagues during the 1950s and 60s.
The Dickson Baseball Dictionary Third Edition
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Author : Paul Dickson
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-06-13
The Dickson Baseball Dictionary Third Edition written by Paul Dickson and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The definitive work on the language of baseball—one of the “Five Best Baseball Books” (Wall Street Journal). Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball” (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson’s brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This “impressively comprehensive” (The Nation) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado.
Bushville Wins
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Author : John Klima
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-07-03
Bushville Wins written by John Klima and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The rip-roaring story of baseball's most unlikely champions, featuring interviews with Henry Aaron, Bob Uecker and other members of the Milwaukee Braves, Bushville Wins! takes you to a time and place baseball and the Heartland will never forget. "Bushville hits the sweet spot of my childhood, the year my family moved to Wisconsin and the Braves won the World Series against the Yankees, a team my Brooklyn-raised dad taught us to hate. Thanks to John Klima for bringing it all back to life with such vivid detail and energetic writing." -- David Maraniss, New York Times bestselling author of Clemente and When Pride Still Mattered In the early 1950s, the New York Yankees were the biggest bullies on the block. They were invincible: they led the New York City baseball dynasty, which for eight consecutive years held an iron grip on the World Series championship. Then the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953, becoming surprise revolutionaries. Led by visionary owner Lou Perini, the Braves formed a powerful relationship with the Miller Brewing Company and foreshadowed the Dodgers and Giants moving west, sparking continental expansion and the ballpark boom. But the rest of the country wasn't sold. Why would a major league team move to a minor league town? In big cities like New York, Milwaukee was thought to be a podunk train station stop-off where the fans were always drunk and wouldn't know a baseball from a beer. They called Milwaukee Bushville. The Braves were no bushers! Eddie Mathews was a handsome home run hitter with a rugged edge. Warren Spahn was the craftiest pitcher in the business. Lew Burdette was a sharky spitball artist. Taken together, the Braves reveled in the High Life and made Milwaukee famous, while Wisconsin fans showed the rest of the country how to crack a cold one and throw a tailgate party. And in 1954, a solemn and skinny slugger came from Mobile to Milwaukee. Henry Aaron began his march to history. With a cast of screwballs, sluggers and beer swiggers, the Braves proved the guys at the corner bar could do the impossible - topple Casey Stengel's New York baseball dynasty in a World Series for the ages.
Characters From The Diamond
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Author : Ronald T. Waldo
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-03-17
Characters From The Diamond written by Ronald T. Waldo and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball during the late 1800s and the Deadball Era was filled with aggressive, hard-nosed players who had no qualms about exhibiting belligerent behavior while tenaciously achieving victory on the diamond. These unique and eccentric individuals helped the game grow in popularity through their brilliance on the field and their legendary exploits off it. From manager Miller Huggins fighting with a pitcher over thick, juicy steaks to Rube Waddell getting arrested for tossing doughnuts at the coiffure of a waitress, their stories kept baseball fans entertained throughout the season—and still entertain us today. In Characters from the Diamond: Wild Events, Crazy Antics, and Unique Tales from Early Baseball, Ronald T. Waldochronicles the adventures of an unparalleled group of players, managers, and umpires whose tales continue to define that era of baseball. From the days of Chris Von der Ahe when his St. Louis Browns dominated the American Association to the Great War, this book presents an array of unique stories, peculiar accounts, and humorous anecdotes involving the men who were the very fabric of the game during that time period. Baseball icons such as John McGraw, Willie Keeler, Ty Cobb, Frank Chance, Rube Waddell, and Mike Donlin are profiled in this book, while numerous lesser-known players—including Arthur Evans, Jack Rowan, Bill Kellogg, Bill Bailey, Ping Bodie, and William Dugan—are also given their moment in the sun alongside their more famous baseball brethren. Characters from the Diamond breathes life back into baseball from the late nineteenth century and Deadball Era. Illuminating, entertaining, and noteworthy, these stories surrounding some of the game’s most unique individuals paint a humorous, off-beat picture of an often-forgotten era for baseball lovers everywhere.
Laurel And Thorn
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Author : Robert J. Higgs
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Laurel And Thorn written by Robert J. Higgs and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs turns to the works of Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Higgs views the athlete in literature not as an artistic creation but as one who reflects the tastes, attainments, beliefs, and ideals of his society. The athletes he describes as Apollonian are the know-it-alls, of whom Lardner's Busher Keefe is an example; the Dyonisian, as exemplified by Irwin Shaw's Christian Darling, worships his body as an end in itself. The Adonic seeks knowledge for the sake of self-realization and lives in a world of tension, pain, struggle, and hope. Such a figure is Wolfe's Nebraska Crane. Higgs finds in contemporary American literature a clear rejection of the Apollonian and Dyonisian models and an acceptance of the Adonic.
Great Dictionary Of Atomic Typographic Errors In English I Substitution Of A Single Letter By Contiguity Canadian Multilingual Standard I 1 A F
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Author : Cornéliu Tocan
language : en
Publisher: Créatique
Release Date : 2022-12-28
Great Dictionary Of Atomic Typographic Errors In English I Substitution Of A Single Letter By Contiguity Canadian Multilingual Standard I 1 A F written by Cornéliu Tocan and has been published by Créatique this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-28 with Reference categories.