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Spitting on Diamonds : A Spitball Pitcher's Journey to the Major Leagues, 1911-1919.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826264824
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spitting on DiamondsDDC classification:
  • 796.357
LOC classification:
  • GV865.H577.A3 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Spitting on Diamonds -- Introduction -- 1 1909-1911 Warming Up -- 2 1911 At the Foot of the Master -- 3 1912 A Minor Influence -- 4 1913 Look Away, Dixie Land -- 5 1914 The Ball of Wax -- 6 1915 The Southern Star -- 7 1916 On the Wings of Angels -- 8 1917 On the Right Hand of Chance -- 9 1918 Spitting on Diamonds -- 10 1919 In the Eye of the Storm -- Epilogue 1920-1935 One Last Ride on the Merry-Go-Round -- Appendix I Bradley Hogg Career Statistics -- Appendix II Rosters, 1911-1919 -- Appendix III Major League Contracts -- Appendix IV The Value of a Dollar -- Appendix V 1918-1919 Philadelphia Phillies Payroll Ledger -- Appendix VI Legal Major League Spitball Pitchers: 1920 -- Appendix VII Hall of Fame Competition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Spitting on Diamonds -- Introduction -- 1 1909-1911 Warming Up -- 2 1911 At the Foot of the Master -- 3 1912 A Minor Influence -- 4 1913 Look Away, Dixie Land -- 5 1914 The Ball of Wax -- 6 1915 The Southern Star -- 7 1916 On the Wings of Angels -- 8 1917 On the Right Hand of Chance -- 9 1918 Spitting on Diamonds -- 10 1919 In the Eye of the Storm -- Epilogue 1920-1935 One Last Ride on the Merry-Go-Round -- Appendix I Bradley Hogg Career Statistics -- Appendix II Rosters, 1911-1919 -- Appendix III Major League Contracts -- Appendix IV The Value of a Dollar -- Appendix V 1918-1919 Philadelphia Phillies Payroll Ledger -- Appendix VI Legal Major League Spitball Pitchers: 1920 -- Appendix VII Hall of Fame Competition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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