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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465704103321

Autore

Dewey Donald <1940->

Titolo

The black prince of baseball : Hal Chase and the mythology of the game / / Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-9966-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

796.357092

Soggetti

Baseball players - United States

Baseball - Betting - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Cats and Cradles; Playing the Fields; Games for Sale; Yankee Dandy; Consolation Prizes; Broadway Lights; Aftershocks; Inlaws and Outlaws; Managing Crisis; Second Thoughts; Poxes on the House; Peaceful Coexistence; Captain Outrageous; Chase in Charge; Breakdowns; Affairs to Remember; Relocations; The Second City; A Federal Case; Non-Support; The Red Prince; War Clouds; Laying Down; Fibbers and Magee; Burning Bridges; Giant Acquittals; The Wild Bunch; Dirty Laundry; Out at Home

Still Crazy After All These YearsBlame Games; On the Borderline; Arizona Traveler; When Hustlers Meet; The Nuclear Family and Other Meltdowns; Last Licks; The Extra Innings; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover