This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death.
This biography traces the early life of George Edward Waddell in western Pennsylvania, the fits and starts of his first years in professional baseball, his big years with the A's, and his subsequent fade into obscurity and his early death.
Alan H. Levy is a professor of American history at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. In addition to his writings about sports (football, boxing, baseball), he is the author of several books on American music, including a biography of the noted composer Edward MacDowell.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Pregame 1. Throwing Rocks at the Crows 2. A Cup of Coffee and Off to College 3. Wake Up, Mr. Clarke, I'm Here 4. A Second Cup of Coffee 5. Tiger Rube 6. The Senator from Ohio 7. The Prodigal 8. My New Kentucky Home 9. Back Home 10. Punxsutawney Rube 11. Beer Town 12. Back to the Burgh 13. That Poor Pig 14. World Series 15. Get Him the Hell Off My Ball Team 16. Life in the Big City 17. The Theater Type 18. Last Place 19. The Great Mathewson 20. A Big Toad 21. Loo-Loo Land 22. The Planets Shrink in Fear 23. Goodbye, John McGraw 24. A Blaze to Glory 25. If He Does That Again, I'll... 26. Animal Crackers 27. A Rocky Start 28. Summer of Chaos 29. Unhand That Woman! 30. Coon Hunts and Straight Baseball 31. The Cy Young Series 32. Mardi Gras 33. When the Breaks Fall Your Way 34. Cy Young Again 35. Pennant Drive 36. A Fatal Straw Hat 37. Usual Spring High Jinks 38. Bum Thumb 39. Hitless Wonders 40. Mule Fritters 41. Turkish Bath 42. Oh, That Ty Cobb! 43. Divorce, Rube Style 44. McAleer's Gamble 45. Rube's Gonna Pitch 46. He Who Laughs Last 47. The Browns in a Pennant Race 48. Winter Games 49. Disappointment and Pathos 50. A Fateful Day in Boston 51. New Jersey 52. The Minors 271 53. Rube on the Mississippi 54. Minnesota Rube 55. Levees and Whiskey 56. Floods 57. The Crease in His Nose Postgame Rube Waddell's Lifetime Statistics Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Pregame 1. Throwing Rocks at the Crows 2. A Cup of Coffee and Off to College 3. Wake Up, Mr. Clarke, I'm Here 4. A Second Cup of Coffee 5. Tiger Rube 6. The Senator from Ohio 7. The Prodigal 8. My New Kentucky Home 9. Back Home 10. Punxsutawney Rube 11. Beer Town 12. Back to the Burgh 13. That Poor Pig 14. World Series 15. Get Him the Hell Off My Ball Team 16. Life in the Big City 17. The Theater Type 18. Last Place 19. The Great Mathewson 20. A Big Toad 21. Loo-Loo Land 22. The Planets Shrink in Fear 23. Goodbye, John McGraw 24. A Blaze to Glory 25. If He Does That Again, I'll... 26. Animal Crackers 27. A Rocky Start 28. Summer of Chaos 29. Unhand That Woman! 30. Coon Hunts and Straight Baseball 31. The Cy Young Series 32. Mardi Gras 33. When the Breaks Fall Your Way 34. Cy Young Again 35. Pennant Drive 36. A Fatal Straw Hat 37. Usual Spring High Jinks 38. Bum Thumb 39. Hitless Wonders 40. Mule Fritters 41. Turkish Bath 42. Oh, That Ty Cobb! 43. Divorce, Rube Style 44. McAleer's Gamble 45. Rube's Gonna Pitch 46. He Who Laughs Last 47. The Browns in a Pennant Race 48. Winter Games 49. Disappointment and Pathos 50. A Fateful Day in Boston 51. New Jersey 52. The Minors 271 53. Rube on the Mississippi 54. Minnesota Rube 55. Levees and Whiskey 56. Floods 57. The Crease in His Nose Postgame Rube Waddell's Lifetime Statistics Bibliography Index
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