Baseball's Roaring Twenties
Subtitle: a decade of legends, characters, and diamond adventures
By: Ronald T. Waldo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781442274259
Subjects: Baseball players; Baseball; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Seedy Individuals, Black Sox, and Baseball's Dirty Laundry; title: The Big Bam Ushers in a New Baseball Era with Gusto; title: Duster, Heinie, Casey, and Other Unique Major League Performers; title: Yankees Swagger, Shanty, Tiny, Possum, and Interesting Diamond Incidents; title: Baseball Arbiters Taking Charge and Keeping the Peace; title: Rickey, Mcgraw, Mack, Mccarthy, and Other Pilots Leading the Way; title: Bush League Madness and Players Wreaking Havoc in the Minors; title: Clowning Around, Indulgence, Dissipation, and Refusing to Embrace Volstead; title: Bad Boys, Problem Players, and Misunderstood Characters; title: Pennant Winners, World Series Clashes, and October Champions; title: Bugs, Cranks, and Rooters Making Their Presence Known at the Ballpark; title: Turning the page on Another Great Baseball Era; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author.