Old Ball Game How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

Name: Old Ball Game How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
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ISBN: 9780802142474

ISBN-10: 0802142478

ISBN-13: 9780802142474

Edition: N/A

Authors: Frank Deford

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Frank Deford is one of our most beloved sports commentators, familiar to listeners of NPR and readers of Sports Illustrated. Now Deford retells the story of one of the most unusual friendships between two towering figures in baseball history. At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, college educated (at a time when only a tiny fraction of Americans had even finished high school), he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had one of the most devastating arms in all of baseball. New York Giants manager John McGraw, by contrast, was ferocious. Nicknamed "the Little…

Book details

List price: $14.00
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English