The Original Curse Did The Cubs Throw The 1918 World Series To Babe Ruth S Red Sox And Incite The Black Sox Scandal
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The Original Curse Did The Cubs Throw The 1918 World Series To Babe Ruth S Red Sox And Incite The Black Sox Scandal
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Author : Sean Deveney
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 2009-10-02
The Original Curse Did The Cubs Throw The 1918 World Series To Babe Ruth S Red Sox And Incite The Black Sox Scandal written by Sean Deveney and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF EIGHT MEN OUT . . . the untold story of baseball’s ORIGINAL SCANDAL Did the Chicago Cubs throw the World Series in 1918—and get away with it? Who were the players involved—and why did they do it? Were gambling and corruption more widespread across the leagues than previously believed? Were the players and teams “cursed” by their actions? Finally, is it time to rewrite baseball history? With exclusive access to surprising new evidence, Sporting News reporter Sean Deveney details a scandal at the core of baseball’s greatest folklore—in a golden era as exciting and controversial as our sports world today. This inside look at the pivotal year of 1918 proves that baseball has always been a game overrun with colorful characters, intense human drama, and explosive controversy. "The Original Curse is not just about baseball. It is a sweeping portrait of America at war in 1918. . . . In the end, the proper question is not, ‘How could a player from that era fix the World Series?’ It’s, ‘How could he not?’” —Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports, from the Introduction "Sean Deveney plays connect-the-dots in this intriguing account of a possible conspiracy to throw the 1918 World Series. Thoroughly researched and well written, The Original Curse is a must-read for baseball fans and anyone who loves a good mystery. Is Max Flack the Shoeless Joe of the 1918 Cubs? Deveney lays out the case and let's readers decide if the fix was in." —Paul Sullivan, Cubs beat writer, Chicago Tribune "This book gives the reader a fun and honest look at baseball as it used to be-- the good guys, the gamblers, the cheaters, the drunks, the inept leaders. But, more than that, it puts those characters into the context of Chicago, Boston and America at the time of World War I, and you wind up with a unique way to explain the motivations of those characters." —David Kaplan, host, Chicago Tribune Live and WGN's Sports Central “Deveney’s painstaking study of the 1918 World Series between the Cubs and Red Sox argues that the Black Sox scandal was not an aberration and might have had an antecedent. Deveney’s scholarship does not detract from his ability to spin a good tale: his tendency to imagine players’ conversations will remind readers of Leigh Montville’s The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth.... A welcome companion to Susan Dellinger’s Red Legs and Black Sox: Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series, Deveney’s book contributes greatly to our understanding of this decisive period in baseball and American morals." —Library Journal
Bargaining With Baseball
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Author : William B. Gould IV
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Bargaining With Baseball written by William B. Gould IV and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In 1995, William B. Gould IV, then chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cast the deciding vote to obtain the injunction that ended the longest strike in baseball history. Sixteen years of peaceful relations between baseball labor and management have followed, as well as unprecedented prosperity in a relationship that had just endured 30 years of strikes and lockouts. This study, which clearly illustrates the practical impact of law on America's pastime, considers the 140-year sweep of labor-management relationships and conflict, exploring player-owner disputes, the development of free agency, the collective bargaining process, and the racial integration of baseball, among other topics. It concludes with a discussion of the "steroids era," the problem with maintaining Jackie Robinson's legacy in the 21st century, and globalization.
The Chicago Cubs
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Author : Rich Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2017-10-03
The Chicago Cubs written by Rich Cohen and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The New York Times bestselling author of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football “knocks it out of the park” (Vanity Fair) in this captivating blend of sports reportage and memoir, exploring the history of the 2016 World Series champions, the Chicago Cubs. When Rich Cohen was eight years old, his father took him to see a Cubs game. On the way out of the park, his father asked him to make a promise. “Promise me you will never be a Cubs fan. The Cubs do not win,” he explained, “and because of that, a Cubs fan will have a diminished life determined by low expectations. That team will screw up your life.” Cohen became not just a Cubs fan but one of the biggest Cubs fans in the world. In this book, he captures the story of the team, its players and crazy days. Billy Sunday and Ernie Banks, Three Finger Brown and Ryne Sandberg, Bill Buckner, the Bartman Ball, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo—the early dominance followed by a 107 year trek across the wilderness. It’s all here, in The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse—not just what happened, but what it felt like and what it meant. Featuring extensive interviews with players, owners, and coaches, this mix of memoir, reporting, history, and baseball theology—forty years in the making—has never been written because it never could be. Only with the 2016 World Series can the true arc of the story finally be understood.
Under Pallor Under Shadow
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Author : Bill Felber
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2011
Under Pallor Under Shadow written by Bill Felber and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A real-time account of the tumultuous 1920 baseball season, focusing on the dramatic last half.
The Battle That Forged Modern Baseball
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Author : Daniel R. Levitt
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2012
The Battle That Forged Modern Baseball written by Daniel R. Levitt and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Chronicles the 1913-1915 battle between baseball's newly-formed Federal League versus the established National and American leagues, and discusses the short- and long-term impact on the game.
Blackball The Black Sox And The Babe
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Author : Robert C. Cottrell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2001-12-18
Blackball The Black Sox And The Babe written by Robert C. Cottrell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Nineteen-twenty was a crucial year not just for the Chicago White Sox but for the game of baseball, in the aftermath of the 1919 World Series scandal. This work is both a collective biography of four individuals whose careers in baseball were forever altered in 1920 and an examination of the 1920 baseball season as a whole. It highlights four legendary personalities--Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the longtime commissioner of Major League Baseball; Babe Ruth, the great pitcher and slugger who changed the game forever; Buck Weaver, the true lone innocent among the Black Sox players who threw the 1919 World Series; and Rube Foster, the fine pitcher, imaginative manager, and great administrator of blackball who founded the Negro National League. Key events that affected the season and the history of baseball are discussed. Nineteen-twenty was the year that Ruth shattered his own home run record and began a hitting spree that brought in record numbers of fans to the ballparks. It was the year that Rube found a way for large numbers of African-Americans to play the game meaningfully, before loyal crowds, despite Jim Crow laws that kept them out of the majors and minors. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
When Boston Still Had The Babe
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Author : Bill Nowlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
When Boston Still Had The Babe written by Bill Nowlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Baseball players categories.
Until Red Sox fans could relax (a bit) after expunging The Curse, it seemed taboo to study their last championship year, 1918, an overlooked season in the shadow of World War I with players leaving for military service or war-related work.Thirty researchers from the Society for American Baseball Research offer biographies of each man on this intriguing team, ranging from Babe Ruth and Harry Hooper to Red Bluhm, who batted only once.
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal
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Author : Dan Helpingstine
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Release Date : 2019-09-23
The 1919 Black Sox Scandal written by Dan Helpingstine and has been published by Arcadia Publishing Library Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-23 with categories.
All kinds of spurious rumors had swirled around the 1919 World Series. Allegations about a fixed game between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies on August 31, 1920, began a chain of events that led to a grand jury indicting eight White Sox players for conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds the year before. Outside the courtroom, Shoeless Joe Jackson, just coming off his best overall offensive season with .382 average, was reportedly confronted by a young fan pleading for a denial from his hero. Jackson would later deny the encounter ever occurred and also deny any guilt in the World Series fix. In the almost 100 years since eight White Sox players were banned for life, there has been little historical closure due to a fleeting consensus on a scandal that almost took down Major League Baseball.
Forbidden Citizens
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Author : Martin Gold
language : en
Publisher: The Capitol Net Inc
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Forbidden Citizens written by Martin Gold and has been published by The Capitol Net Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with History categories.
"Described as 'one of the most vulgar forms of barbarism, ' by Rep. John Kasson (R-IA) in 1882, a series of laws passed by the United States Congress between 1879 and 1943 resulted in prohibiting the Chinese as a people from becoming U.S. citizens. Forbidden citizens recounts this long and shameful legislative history"--Page 4 of cover.
Change Up Mystery At The World Series The Sports Beat 4
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Author : John Feinstein
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2009-08-11
Change Up Mystery At The World Series The Sports Beat 4 written by John Feinstein and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes at the World Series in this exciting baseball mystery. When teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the World Series, the talk of the tournament is Norbert Doyle—a late call-up for an underdog team. But the more they learn about him, the more conflicting stories they hear. Bit by bit they piece together the shocking truth about this rising star, but once the secret’s out, there’s no going back. . . . John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel.