When the Dodgers were bridegrooms
Subtitle: Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn's back-to-back pennants of 1889 and 1890
By: Ronald G. Shafer
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N. C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780786458998
Subjects: Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team); Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); History
Description: "In 1883, urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined forces to create the club that would become the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the "Bridegrooms" by sportswriters after several players got married, they won their first major league pennants in 1889 and 1890 under pioneering manager Bill "Gunner" McGunnigle"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.