Bibliograph

The New York game, baseball and the rise of a new city, Kevin Baker

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The New York game, baseball and the rise of a new city, Kevin Baker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-492) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The New York game

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1382525084

Responsibility statement

Kevin Baker

Sub title

baseball and the rise of a new city

Summary

"A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part one: Origins. City game -- The whirlpool and the volcano -- "The snap, go, fling" -- "One or more colored persons" -- The professionals -- Making the Welkin Ring -- A league -- "Lies, damned les, and..." -- Drawing the color line -- "We are the people!" -- "Work of the sneaky order" -- Strike! -- Consolidation -- Part two: The inside game, 1901-1919. "Scholastic contests" -- "Truxton against the world" -- The Christian gentleman -- The bad guys come to town -- Subterraneans -- "The man with the corkscrew brain" -- Ballyhoo -- Bonehead -- The great brain -- Various catastrophes -- The flock takes flight -- The other game in town -- "Gossip is a dangerous thing" -- The big fix -- Part three: The Babe in Nighttown, 1920-1929. The city in the air -- The Babe -- The big money -- Death in the afternoon -- The franchise -- A giant mistake -- Welcome to Goatville -- Dazzy and Daffy -- "Anything can happen now" -- Out of the shadows -- The greatest team, part I -- The brass cuspidor and paradise in the Bronx -- The virtuous city: New York in the Great Depression, 1929-1939. "Sluttish to the last degree" -- The virtuous city is born -- "The attendance was robbed" -- Last call -- The quiet men -- "The 'coonsberry' rules" -- The powerhouse -- The greatest team. Again. Biscuit pants and the dage -- "And always play the game" -- Singing in the dark: the city in time of war, 1939-1945. The waiting game -- The world of tomorrow -- The redheaded league -- Brooklyn becomes the world -- The stolen season -- The streak -- Brooklyn's own DiMaggio -- The wait for next year begins -- Hail and farewell -- The cave of the winds -- Life during wartime -- The fire this time

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Baseball and the rise of a new city

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