Standing the Gaff: The Life and Hard Times of a Minor League Umpire - Couverture souple

Johnson, Harry

 
9780803275799: Standing the Gaff: The Life and Hard Times of a Minor League Umpire
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ISBN 10 : 080327579X ISBN 13 : 9780803275799
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1994

Synopsis

Harry "Steamboat" Johnson brought to early baseball great integrity and a pugnacious style. Toughness-being able to "stand the gaff"-was essential during his long career afs an umpire. From 1909 to 1935 Johnson umpired in exhibition games and minor leagues (except for the 1914 season in the National League) from Los Angeles to Toronto. When fans screamed "Kill the umpire!" he responded he'd rather die on a baseball field than anywhere else. With disarming directness and humor, Steamboat Johnson tells what it was like umpiring for various leagues (the wild Western was nicknamed "101 Ranch"), being on the road (lonely because umpires could not fraternize with players), and getting into all sorts of jams (he once took on Ty Cobb in a 1922 exhibition game between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals). "Standing the gaff" meant surviving the wrath of players-and of fans, who hurled insults and pop bottles. After a game, Steamboat would be escorted to his hotel by the police. Johnson instructs would-be umpires, answers questions from fans, and names the best players he ever saw. Until now, Standing the Gaff, originally published in 1935, has been hard to find. This Bison Book edition makes it available to buffs and social historians and those curious about baseball in its rowdy adolescence. In a new introduction, Larry R. Gerlach tells more about Steamboat's life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Larry R. Gerlach is a professor of history at the University of Utah and the author of The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires, also a Bison Book.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
080327579X
ISBN 13 
9780803275799
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
148
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780817352745: Standing the Gaff: The Life And Hard Times of Minor League Umpire

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0817352740 ISBN 13 :  9780817352745
Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2005
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