Rowdy Patsy Tebeau and the Cleveland Spiders: Fighting to the Bottom of Baseball, 1887-1899 - Couverture souple

Fleitz, David L.

 
9780786499472: Rowdy Patsy Tebeau and the Cleveland Spiders: Fighting to the Bottom of Baseball, 1887-1899
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786499478 ISBN 13 : 9780786499472
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2017

Synopsis

In an era of rowdy teams, the Cleveland Spiders (1887-1899) were baseball's rowdiest. Managed by Oliver "Patsy" Tebeau, a quick-tempered infielder, the Spiders seemed to heap abuse of one kind or another on everyone--umpires, opposing teams, even the fans. Their aggression never brought home the pennant, but Cleveland's battles with the league's top clubs, including an 1895 Temple Cup victory over the Baltimore Orioles, are now legendary.

Yet the story of the Spiders amounts to more than a 12 year free-for-all. There were top-flight players like Ed McKean, George Davis, Jesse Burkett, and Cy Young. There was the racially progressive signing of Holy Cross star Louis Sockalexis, the first American Indian in the major leagues. And then there was the team's final season, 1899, when a club ravaged by syndicalism set the standard for baseball futility.

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À propos de l?auteur

David L. Fleitz is a web developer and database analyst who lives in Troy, Michigan. A longtime SABR member, he has written nine other books on baseball history.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786499478
ISBN 13 
9780786499472
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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