The emerald diamond
Subtitle: how the Irish transformed America's greatest pastime
By: Charley Rosen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N. Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780062089885
Subjects: Irish American baseball players; Baseball; History
Description: Chronicles the Irish and their impact on baseball, citing influential Irish figures on and off the diamond, exploring their many contributions and interweaving interviews with modern-day Irish players, managers, and executives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-305).
Table of contents: title: The Irish game; title: Humble beginnings. Arrival ; Present-day interview : Glenn Patrick Sherlock ; Blocked at home plate ; NINA ; The first Irish stars ; More Irish firsts ; Present-day interview : Eric O'Flaherty; title: The Emerald Age. They would be giants ; Molly Maguires ; Superstar ; Brotherhood ; Present-day interview : Ryan Roberts ; Spikes up ; Last slide ; Nice guys finish first ; Kill the ump ; More Irish record setting ; Present-day interview : Barry Enright; title: A new century. The Delahanty brothers ' A new league ; Mr. Mack ; Present-day interview : Ruth Mack Clark ; Take me out to the ball game ; Faustian bargain ; Scandal and war ; They're all good Irish names ; The alert Irishman ; Homer in the gloamin' ; A real Casey ; Present-day interview : John Flaherty ; Wartime; title: Postwar to the present. The fabulous fifties ; The crazy Sixties ; Green and gold ; The hidden potato trick ; Century's end and Irish resurgence ; Eire apparent : a visit to the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame.