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Author:

Fleitz, David L., 1955-

Title:

The Irish in baseball : an early history / David L. Fleitz.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

vii, 192 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
Irish American baseball players--History--19th century.
Irish Americans--History--19th century.
Ireland--History--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.

Contents:

Beginnings-the Irish in Boston -- The Irish White Stockings of Chicago -- Shamrocks, Trojans, and Giants -- Charlie Comiskey and the St. Louis Browns -- White Stockings, Colts, and Cubs -- Patsy Tebeau and the Hibernian Spiders -- Ned Hanlon and the Orioles -- The Heavenly Twins and the Boston Irish -- The umpires -- Comiskey and the White Sox -- McGraw and the Giants -- Wild Bill, Whiskey Face, and the tall tactician -- Red Sox and royal rooters.

Summary:

"Professional baseball took root in America in the 1860s during the same years that the sons of the first wave Irish famine refugees began to reach adulthood. This is a survey of the enormous contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786434198 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper)
9780786434190 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)298304638

LCCN:

2009001305

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)