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Willie Keeler : From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (376 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442246546
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Willie KeelerDDC classification:
  • 796.357092 B
LOC classification:
  • GV865.K44 -- .S73 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I: Early Life -- 1 Willie Keeler in American Culture -- 2 A Brooklyn Boyhood -- 3 Reaching the Big League -- Part II: The Baltimore Orioles -- 4 A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape -- 5 It's a Whole New Game They're Playing -- 6 The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly -- 7 And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club -- 8 Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost -- 9 A Clean Sweep -- 10 The Streak -- 11 Good vs. Evil -- 12 The Most Valuable Player in the Profession -- 13 Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy Market -- Part III: The Brooklyn Superbas: 1899-1902 -- 14 Hanlon's Superbas -- 15 The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top -- 16 Winning the Chronicle Cup -- 17 Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit 'Em Where They Ain't -- 18 Will Willie Stay, or Will Willie Go? -- 19 I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out of It -- Part IV: The New York Yankees -- 20 Crossing Brooklyn Bridge -- 21 A Disappointing First Season in New York -- 22 The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant -- 23 The Wild Pitch -- 24 The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season -- 25 Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb -- 26 Keeler Has His Last Good Season -- 27 A Last Hurrah in Baltimore -- 28 Willie Keeler's Work Has Been Unsatisfactory -- 29 Boys, I Guess My Time Has Come -- Part V: Life after Baseball -- 30 Keeler's Playing Career Comes to an End -- 31 We're Not All Lucky -- 32 The World Might Have Used Him Better Than It Has -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In addition to being one of baseball's most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I: Early Life -- 1 Willie Keeler in American Culture -- 2 A Brooklyn Boyhood -- 3 Reaching the Big League -- Part II: The Baltimore Orioles -- 4 A Dynasty Begins to Take Shape -- 5 It's a Whole New Game They're Playing -- 6 The Game of the Nineties Was Just Ugly -- 7 And Now We Have the Best Baseball Club -- 8 Another Pennant Won, Another Temple Cup Lost -- 9 A Clean Sweep -- 10 The Streak -- 11 Good vs. Evil -- 12 The Most Valuable Player in the Profession -- 13 Baltimore Had a Good Team and a Lousy Market -- Part III: The Brooklyn Superbas: 1899-1902 -- 14 Hanlon's Superbas -- 15 The League Shrinks, but Brooklyn Remains on Top -- 16 Winning the Chronicle Cup -- 17 Keep Your Eye Clear and Hit 'Em Where They Ain't -- 18 Will Willie Stay, or Will Willie Go? -- 19 I Am in Baseball for All I Can Get Out of It -- Part IV: The New York Yankees -- 20 Crossing Brooklyn Bridge -- 21 A Disappointing First Season in New York -- 22 The Yankees Pursue Their First Pennant -- 23 The Wild Pitch -- 24 The Yankees Struggle through an Injury-Marred Season -- 25 Willie Keeler and Ty Cobb -- 26 Keeler Has His Last Good Season -- 27 A Last Hurrah in Baltimore -- 28 Willie Keeler's Work Has Been Unsatisfactory -- 29 Boys, I Guess My Time Has Come -- Part V: Life after Baseball -- 30 Keeler's Playing Career Comes to an End -- 31 We're Not All Lucky -- 32 The World Might Have Used Him Better Than It Has -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In addition to being one of baseball's most accomplished batters, Willie Keeler was an integral part of two memorable teams: the Baltimore Orioles and the Brooklyn Superbas. This is the first biography of Keeler, the most prominent member of the first American League team in New York.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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