Title:
Stealing games : how John McGraw transformed baseball with the 1911 New York Giants / Maury Klein.
ISBN:
9781632860248
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
Physical Description:
xxxii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
The rite of spring -- The groundwork. The mastermind ; The business of baseball ; The master builder ; Rivals ; Fresh blood ; Starting over ; Bitter aftertastes ; Coming together -- The season. April : all fired up ; May : home away from home ; June : dogfight ; July : dog days ; August : jinxes and charms ; September : road warriors ; October : sweet victory ; World Series : the long and short of It ; The McGraw dynasties -- The parade passing -- Appendix A. The 1908 Brush Committee report -- Appendix B. Statistics of the 1911 New York Giants.
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OCLC Number:
ocn907966068
Availability:
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