Even the Browns (eBook)

Baseball During World War II

William B. Mead (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
272 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14537-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Now the Baltimore Orioles, the St. Louis Browns won their only pennant in 1944. This lighthearted look at America's Pastime during World War II reminisces about charity games, cigarette drives, and the bumbling Browns themselves.

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"e;A thoroughly diverting and occasionally surprising exploration of a slice of baseball history heretofore largely ignored . . . marvelously informative and fun to read."e; - Sports Illustrated"e;Mr. Mead describes the Browns and baseball's war years with wit and irony."e; - The New York Times"e;In this delightful rambling history, the author sees wartime baseball in its unique social context."e; - Time Now known as the Baltimore Orioles, the bumbling St. Louis Browns won their only American League pennant in 1944 - during an era when the game's brightest stars were in the military. This lighthearted look at America's Pastime during World War II recalls charity games, cigarette drives, and the Browns themselves, a team stocked with a one-armed outfielder and other unlikely players. A joy to read, this trip through baseball's past was written by William B. Mead, a veteran Washington journalist and author of several other baseball books.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Baseball Wins the War2. The Browns Break Water3. Hammerin' Hank and Losing Pitcher: Baseball's Peacetime Soldiers4. Pearl Harbor5. Branch Rickey: Championships on the Cheap6. The Browns Become Beggars7. Hardships on the Home Front8. Sergeant DiMaggio and Other Baseball Patriots9. The 1943 Runaways10. Patching a Brown Purse with Sow's Ears11. That Glorious 1944 Season12. Winning for Dear Old Navy13. The Halt, the Lame, and the One-Armed Outfielder14. 1945: Neither Team Can WinIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.1.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Baseball
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1940s • 1944 • American League • americas pastime • baltimore orioles • Baseball • Baseball in World War II • cardinals • charity games • cigarette drives • Disability • first person • History • history of baseball • Home Front • Interviews • Major League Baseball • Military • MLB • Nonfiction • Nostalgia • one armed outfielder • Oral History • outfielder • Pennant • Pete Gray • Reference • Social History • soldiers • Sports History • St Louis Browns • streetcar series • war • wartime • world series • World War Two • ww2
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14537-9 / 0486145379
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14537-2 / 9780486145372