Forfeits and Successfully Protested Games in Major League Baseball
Forfeits and Successfully Protested Games in Major League Baseball

Author: David Nemec

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1476616299

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This chronologically organized book is the first to provide comprehensive coverage of forfeits and successful protests of major league baseball games, educating the reader on the rules and prevailing styles of play at the time that each of the games was played. In addition to the date, location, and source information, this work provides capsule biographies of many of the principal characters involved (including, for instance, the obscure one-game umpire who perpetrated the first forfeited game in major league history in 1871).

Base Ball 12
Base Ball 12

Author: Don Jensen

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-04-08

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1476641129

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Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball's early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. This volume, number 12, includes thirteen articles on topics ranging from the career of pitcher Harry Coveleski, Philadelphia baseball pioneer Thomas Fitzgerald, and a baseball power couple, James and Harriet Coogan, to early Brooklyn baseball, the game in Canada during World War I, and the amateur teams sponsored by typewriter companies.

Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century
Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century

Author: Eddie Mitchell

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-07-11

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1476629625

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During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy--spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in order to have the game called due to darkness was also acceptable. And drinking before a game was perhaps expected. Providing brief bios of dozens of players, managers, umpires and owners, this book chronicles some of the flamboyant, unruly and occasionally criminal behavior of baseball's early years.

Mike Donlin
Mike Donlin

Author: Steve Steinberg

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published:

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1496240227

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Blackguards and Red Stockings
Blackguards and Red Stockings

Author: William J. Ryczek

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1476625522

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It was a novel experiment as baseball's leading men formed the National Association, bringing order to the hodgepodge of professional and amateur clubs that made up the sport from the end of the Civil War through 1870. It was an imperfect beginning to organized professional sports in America--the league was plagued by gambling, contract jumping and rumors of dishonest play--but it laid the groundwork for the multi-billion-dollar enterprises of the 21st century. Like most sporting endeavors, it was entertaining, with the best players in the world displaying their talents throughout the northeastern and mid-western United States and, in 1874, during a ground-breaking journey to England. The present volume covers all the action--both on and off the field--of the NA's five years, providing the definitive history of the first professional sports league in the U.S.

Tip O'Neill and the St. Louis Browns of 1887
Tip O'Neill and the St. Louis Browns of 1887

Author: Dennis Thiessen

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-07-03

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1476672903

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In 1887, Tip O'Neill, left fielder for the St. Louis Browns, won the American Association batting championship with a .492 average--the highest ever for a single season in the Major Leagues. Yet his record was set during a season when a base on balls counted as a hit and a time at bat. Over the next 130 years, the debate about O'Neill's "correct" average diverted attention from the other batting feats of his record-breaking season, including numerous multi-hit games, streaks and long hits, as well as two cycles and the triple crown. The Browns entered 1887 as the champions of St. Louis, the American Association and the world. Following the lead set by their manager, Charles Comiskey, the Browns did "anything to win," combining skill with an aggressive style of play that included noisy coaching, incessant kicking, trickery and rough play. O'Neill did "everything to win" at the plate, leaving the no-holds-barred tactics to his rowdier teammates.

Sports Illustrated Baseball's Greatest
Sports Illustrated Baseball's Greatest

Author: The Editors of Sports Illustrated

Publisher: Sports Illustrated

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781618930552

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Who's the greatest slugger of all time, Babe Ruth or Ted Williams? Where do Derek Jeter and Cal Ripken Jr. rank on the list of the best shortstops? At third base, would you rather have Mike Schmidt or Brooks Robinson? Is Fenway or Wrigley the better ballpark? This book will end many arguments-and start some new ones. Sports Illustrated's has polled its Major League Baseball experts to determine the ultimate Top 10 in more than 20 categories. The rankings appear alongside stunning photography and classic stories from SI's archives. This is the best of the best in the major leagues, or, more simply, Baseball's Greatest.

The Official Rules of Softball
The Official Rules of Softball

Author: Amateur Softball Association of America

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781572432741

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The essential resource for players and fans of the game. Included are the sport's official playing rules, pitching regulations, referee signals, and field diagrams for fast and slow pitch, both 12 inch and 16 inch.