Describes not only every significant major league game in which Tris Speaker played, but also the careers of his teammates and opponents, the baseball of their day, and the way it changed within the context of the larger world around them.
Describes not only every significant major league game in which Tris Speaker played, but also the careers of his teammates and opponents, the baseball of their day, and the way it changed within the context of the larger world around them.
Charles C. Alexander, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Ohio University, has written 14 books, the last eight of which have dealt with American baseball history. He lives in Hamilton, Ohio.
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Table of Contents Foreword: "No Place for Me" xv 1. "I Played Baseball and Drove the Cows to Pasture" 1 2. "By No Means a Finished Outfielder" 17 3. "Well, There Goes Your World Series" 39 4. "For God's Sake, Men, Take the Money Away" 59 5. "Baseball Is a Business" 83 6. "New Life into a Half-Dead, Despondent City" 105 7. "The Inspiration of Speaker's Leadership" 135 8. "I Knew My Team" 153 9. "I Will Never be a Bench Manager" 177 10. "We'll Finish in the League Anyway" 205 11. "A Veritable Judas" 233 12. "A Sort of Twilight to His Career" 253 13. "My Name Is Tris Speaker" 277 Afterword: "Let Your Voices Soften to a Mere Whisper" 305 Notes 311 Bibliography 327 Index 337
Table of Contents Foreword: "No Place for Me" xv 1. "I Played Baseball and Drove the Cows to Pasture" 1 2. "By No Means a Finished Outfielder" 17 3. "Well, There Goes Your World Series" 39 4. "For God's Sake, Men, Take the Money Away" 59 5. "Baseball Is a Business" 83 6. "New Life into a Half-Dead, Despondent City" 105 7. "The Inspiration of Speaker's Leadership" 135 8. "I Knew My Team" 153 9. "I Will Never be a Bench Manager" 177 10. "We'll Finish in the League Anyway" 205 11. "A Veritable Judas" 233 12. "A Sort of Twilight to His Career" 253 13. "My Name Is Tris Speaker" 277 Afterword: "Let Your Voices Soften to a Mere Whisper" 305 Notes 311 Bibliography 327 Index 337
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