The Irish in Baseball by David L Fleitz
Professional baseball took root in America in the 1860s during the same years that the sons of the first wave of Irish famine refugees began to reach adulthood, and the Irish quickly demonstrated a special affinity for baseball. This is a survey of the enormous contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together. Chapters cover Irish immigrants in Boston; the Chicago White Stockings; the Shamrocks, Trojans and Giants; Charlie Comiskey; Patsy Tebeau and the Hibernian Spiders; Ned Hanlon and the Orioles; Hugh Duffy and Tommy McCarthy, the Heavenly Twins; umpires; John McGraw; Wild Bill Donovan, Patrick Joseph Whiskey Face Moran, and Connie Mack; the Red Sox and the Royal Rooters; and more.
“thorough..Fleitz loves the game and its history as only a devoted fan could. And it is those devoted fans—the keepers of prodigious amounts of statistics on their favorite players and voluminous detailed histories of their favorite teams—who will most enjoy this new history”—Nine.
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780786434190 |
| ISBN 10 | 0786434198 |
| Title | The Irish in Baseball |
| Author | David L Fleitz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Year published | 2009-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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