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The Game Must Go On

Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII

By: John Klima

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The Game Must Go On

Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII

By: John Klima

The story of American baseball during World War II, both the professional players who left to join the war effort including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Hank Greenberg, and the struggle to keep the game going on the home front by players including Pete Gray, a one-armed outfielder who played with the Browns, overcame the odds and became a shining example of baseball on the home front. Klima shows how baseball helped America win the war, and how baseball was shaped into the game it is today.

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431

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Macmillan

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1250064791

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9781250064790

A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

By: John C. Skipper

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A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

By: John C. Skipper

Earl Weaver put his best defensive players on the field early in the game rather than make late-inning defensive replacements, and he didn't like to bunt, figuring if you played for only one run that's all you'd get. Whitey Herzog, by contrast, became one of the greats by using players who could bunt and by playing for one run over and over again. Full coverage of them and 600 other major league managers over a 125 year period can be found in this work. The entries are based on interviews, standard data and anecdotes from owners, coaches, and players. Information includes birth and death dates, teams and dates managed, win-loss records, winning percentages, and standings. Lists are included of managers of 1,000 games or more, those with one-game careers, those with the best winning percentages, and those with the most wins. A complete list of managers in the history of each team is provided.

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381

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McFarland

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1476611122

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9781476611129

Fenway Park

A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America

By: John Powers,Ron Driscoll

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Fenway Park

A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America

By: John Powers,Ron Driscoll

Fenway Park. The name evokes a team and a sport that have become more synonymous with a city's identity than any stadium or arena in the country. Since opening in the same week of 1912 that the Titanic sank, the park's instantly recognizable confines have seen some of the most dramatic happenings in baseball history, including Carlton Fisk's "Is it fair?" home run in the 1975 World Series and Ted Williams's perfectly scripted long ball in his final at-bat. For 100 years, the Fenway faithful have been tested. They have known triumph and heartbreak, miracles and curses -- well, one curse in particular -- to such a degree that an entire nation of fans heaved a collective sigh of relief when Dave Roberts stole a base by a fingertip in 2004, triggering the most amazing comeback in the game's annals. To sit and watch a game at Fenway is to recognize that the pitcher is standing on the same mound where Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, and Babe Ruth pitched, that a hitter is in the same batter's box where Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron and Shoeless Joe Jackson dug in to take their swings. This is a ballpark that has embraced its odd construction quirks, including the bizarre triangle out in center field and the Green Monster that looms above the left fielder, and today -- for better and for worse -- it remains largely unchanged from the day it opened. In its long history, Fenway has hosted football, hockey, soccer, boxing, and so much more. It has provided a backdrop to hundreds of historic events having nothing to do with sports, including concerts, religious gatherings, and political rallies. It was the site of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's final campaign address, as well as visits by music luminaries from Stevie Wonder to Bruce Springsteen to the Rolling Stones. Through it all, the Boston Globe has been the consistent, respected chronicler of every important moment in park history. In fact, the newspaper played a remarkable role in Fenway's creation and evolution: the Taylor family -- founders and longtime owners of the Globe -- owned the ballclub in 1912, helped finance the new stadium, and renamed the team the "Red Sox". It is the Globe's insider perspective, combined with more than a century of exemplary journalism, that makes this book the definitive narrative history of both park and team, and a centennial collectors' item unlike any other. Its pages offer a level of detail that is unmatched, with exceptional writing and hundreds of rarely seen photographs and illustrations. This is Fenway Park, the complete story, unfiltered and expertly told.

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510

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Running Press Adult

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0762444908

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9780762444908

Fitz-John Porter. Speech of Hon. John Alexander Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, December 29,1882, and Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2 and 3, 1883

By: John Alexander Logan

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Fitz-John Porter. Speech of Hon. John Alexander Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, December 29,1882, and Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2 and 3, 1883

By: John Alexander Logan

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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186

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385315425

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9783385315426

Master the Postal Exams

By: John Gosney,Arco,Dawn Rosenberg McKay

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Master the Postal Exams

By: John Gosney,Arco,Dawn Rosenberg McKay

Offers information on salary and benefits, training and qualifications, and preparing for the right exam, and includes nine practice tests with answers and detailed explanation for every question.

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Peterson's

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0768927161

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9780768927160

Stormlash

By: John Elliott

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Stormlash

By: John Elliott

During the Brazilian dictatorship in the seventies, Robert, a British executive, lives and works in Brazil. Brought up in rough industrial England, he achieved what he wanted by fists and daring and survived years of night school to become an engineer. His wife has taken their children back to England, but he prefers Brazilian life and speaks Portuguese. But his social life is uneven. Unlucky in his relations with women, he is befriended by a disaffected army officer who later deserts to a guerrilla group, compromising Robert. He abhors the way men treat women and the way corruption is not punished. His company is failing. A Brazilian called Falcone is hired, claiming access to high government officers, but he is a fraud with criminal associates. Eventually Robert discovers and denounces Falcone who disappears but sends men to kill Robert, who himself has to flee Brazil along clandestine guerrilla safe houses.

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342

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AuthorHouse

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1546203567

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9781546203568

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

By: John S. Salmon

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The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

By: John S. Salmon

142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.

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Stackpole Books

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0811728684

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9780811728683

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The Game Must Go On

The Game Must Go On

A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

Fenway Park

Fenway Park

Fitz-John Porter. Speech of Hon. John Alexander Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, December 29,1882, and Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2 and 3, 1883

Fitz-John Porter. Speech of Hon. John Alexander Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, December 29,1882, and Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2 and 3, 1883

Master the Postal Exams

Master the Postal Exams

Stormlash

Stormlash

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

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