Deaf Players in Major League Baseball

A History, 1883 to the Present

R.A.R. Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

214 Seiten

2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7017-1 (ISBN)

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Recounts the great moments in the game of deaf major league players, from the first all-deaf barnstorming team to the only meeting of a deaf batter and a deaf pitcher in a major league game. The true story - often dismissed as legend - of William Hoy, together with umpire ""Silk"" O'Loughlin, bringing hand signals to baseball is told.

The first deaf baseball player joined the pro ranks in 1883. By 1901, four played in the major leagues, most notably outfielder William "Dummy" Hoy and pitcher Luther "Dummy" Taylor. Along the way, deaf players developed a distinctive approach, bringing visual acuity and sign language to the sport. They crossed paths with other pioneers, including Moses Fleetwood Walker and Jackie Robinson.

This book recounts their great moments in the game, from the first all-deaf barnstorming team to the only meeting of a deaf batter and a deaf pitcher in a major league game. The true story--often dismissed as legend--of Hoy, together with umpire "Silk" O'Loughlin, bringing hand signals to baseball is told.

R.A.R. Edwards is a professor of history at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Ohio—Field of Dreams

2. The Radical Deafness of William “Dummy” Hoy

3. A Tale of Two Umpires

4. Three Deaf Men and Eighteen Dummies:

Luther Taylor’s New York Giants

5. No Dummy: The Brief Career of Dick Sipek

6. Pride, of the Expos

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2020
Zusatzinfo	37 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-7017-X / 147667017X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7017-1 / 9781476670171
Zustand	Neuware