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Ultimate Cleveland Indians time machine book
- Title
- Ultimate Cleveland Indians time machine book / Martin Gitlin.
- Author
- Gitlin, Marty
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-7737 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vi, 218 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "As the anchor titles in a new 'Time Machine' Lyons Press baseball series, The Ultimate Cleveland Indians Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Indians' greatest moments--including World Series appearances and individual achievements--but would focus also on some very unusual seasons and events, such as the team's 20-134 season of 1899 (the absolute worst in baseball history), the 'Crybabies' of 1940 (who received this nickname after complaining about their manager to such as extent that fans even turned on them), or the infamous 'Ten Cent Beer Night of 1974' (when thousands of drunken fans stormed the field and forced the team to forfeit). Of course there are other events to recall, like 17-year-old Bob Feller making his debut and striking out 17 batters in 1936, or Albert Belle famously pointing at his muscle after a playoff opponent claimed (rightly) that he had corked his bat and one of his teammates sneaked into the umpire's room to steal it back so the umps could not find out that it was corked. There are dozens of impressive, wild, wacky and wonderful stories over the years regarding Indians history and Gitlin is the perfect person to write it with his trademark humor and thorough knowledge of Indians lore"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The sinking, stinking Spiders -- The loss of Joss -- Tragedy and triumph -- Revealing Rapid Robert -- The Cleveland Crybabies -- The Jackie Robinsons of the American League -- The greatest triumph -- The mistimed slump -- The rise and fall of Herb Score -- Launching the "Colavito curse" -- The sad saga of Sudden Sam -- The tragic tale of Tony Horton -- The night that will live in infamy -- Putting the cherry on top -- Drowning in free agent waters -- The rise and fall of Super Joe Charboneau -- The SI jinx or crummy pitching? -- Heartbreak on Little Lake Nellie -- Batgate -- The mad dash -- That "vacant look" in Mesa's eyes -- Return from the dead -- Midges are our friends -- Backs against the wall -- The merit of Merritt -- The streak -- The life and death of Chief Wahoo.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-7737
- ISBN
- 9781493040223
- 1493040227
- LCCN
- 2018052777
- OCLC
- 1048940067
- Author
- Gitlin, Marty, author.
- Title
- Ultimate Cleveland Indians time machine book / Martin Gitlin.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Gitlin, Marty. Ultimate Cleveland Indians time machine book. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2019] 9781493040230 (DLC) 2018059227
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-7737