Bill DeWitt, Sr. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bill DeWitt, Sr. write by Burton A. Boxerman. This book was released on 2021-09-29. Bill DeWitt, Sr. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1954, one year after Baltimore bought the St. Louis Browns, the New York Yankees hired former Browns executive and owner William O. DeWitt as assistant to general manager George Weiss. "DeWitt," the news announced, "was considered an astute baseball man who would have a definite role to play with the Yankees." Baseball fans had assumed that once the Browns were no longer the American League's doormats, DeWitt would quietly retire. But for DeWitt, a shrewd protege of Branch Rickey, his years with the Browns began a long and fascinating career, including his years as owner and general manager of the Cincinnati Reds. This first ever biography focuses on the career of a baseball executive who contributed greatly to America's pastime.
The Cardinals Way
The Cardinals Way - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cardinals Way write by Howard Megdal. This book was released on 2016-02-23. The Cardinals Way available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chronicles the history and tradition of the St. Louis Cardinals, from the era when they were managed by Branch Rickey in the years following World War I to the present day.
Plunkett's Sports Industry Almanac 2009
Plunkett's Sports Industry Almanac 2009 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plunkett's Sports Industry Almanac 2009 write by Jack W. Plunkett. This book was released on 2008. Plunkett's Sports Industry Almanac 2009 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A guide to the business side of sports, teams, marketing and equipment - a tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. It contains trends, statistical tables, and an industry glossary. It includes over 350 one page profiles of sports industry firms, companies and organizations.
The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals
The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals write by Edited by Charles F. Faber. This book was released on . The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals were one of the most colorful crews ever to play the National Pastime. Sportswriters delighted in assigning nicknames to the players, based on their real or imagined qualities. What a cast of characters it was! None was more picturesque than Pepper Martin, the “Wild Horse of the Osage,” who ran the bases with reckless abandon, led his teammates in off thefield hijinks, and organized a hillbilly band called the Mississippi Mudcats. He was quite a baseball player, the star of the 1931 World Series and a significant contributor to the 1934 championship. The harmonica player for the Mudcats was the irrepressible Dizzy Dean. Full of braggadocio, Dean delivered on his boasts by winning 30 games in 1934, the last National League hurler to achieve that feat. Dizzy and his brother Paul accounted for all of the Cardinal victories in the 1934 World Series. Some writers tried to pin the moniker Daffy on Paul, but that name didn’t fit the younger and much quieter brother. The club’s hitters were led by the New Jersey strong boy, Joe “Ducky” Medwick, who hated the nickname, preferring to be called “Muscles.” Presiding over this aggregation was the “Fordham Flash,” Frankie Frisch. Rounding out the club were worthies bearing such nicknames as Ripper, “Leo the Lip,” Spud, Kiddo, Pop, Dazzy, Ol’ Stubblebeard, Wild Bill, Buster, Chick, Red, and Tex. Some of these were aging stars, past their prime, and others were youngsters, on their way up. Together they comprised a championship ball club. “The Gas House Gang was the greatest baseball club I ever saw. They thought they could beat any ballclub and they just about could too. When they got on that ballfield, they played baseball, and they played it to the hilt too. When they slid, they slid hard. There was no good fellowship between them and the opposition. They were just good, tough ballplayers.” — Cardinals infielder Burgess Whitehead on "When It Was A Game," HBO Sports, 1991
Dugouts and Diamonds
Dugouts and Diamonds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dugouts and Diamonds write by Jim Reeves. This book was released on 2022-06-29. Dugouts and Diamonds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This deep dive on the Texas Rangers by Jim Reeves, an award-winning, ex-sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, captures all the drama, humor, craziness and pathos. And tells how this journalist got his riveting stories. ''Few writers know baseball and people like Reeves, who has produced an intimate and entertaining recollection far removed from other grinding sports franchise histories. The Texas Rangers he portrays are humorous, heroic, and, quite often, heartbreakers. It's all here, from front office wheeling and dealing to zany clubhouse and press box moments; serious superstars to whimsical wannabes. In a word: Delightful.'' --Carlton Stowers, three-time Edgar Award winner and author of Oh Brother How They Played the Game'
