Research Catalog

Title

The emerald diamond : how the Irish transformed America's greatest pastime / Charley Rosen.

Author

Rosen, Charles.

Publication

New York, N. Y. : Harper, c2012.

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Description

xi, 305 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Chronicles the Irish and their impact on baseball, citing influential Irish figures on and off the diamond, exploring their many contributions and interweaving interviews with modern-day Irish players, managers, and executives.

Subject

• Baseball > Ireland > History
• Irish American baseball players

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-305).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Irish game -- Humble beginnings. Arrival ; Present-day interview : Glenn Patrick Sherlock ; Blocked at home plate ; NINA ; The first Irish stars ; More Irish firsts ; Present-day interview : Eric O'Flaherty -- The Emerald Age. They would be giants ; Molly Maguires ; Superstar ; Brotherhood ; Present-day interview : Ryan Roberts ; Spikes up ; Last slide ; Nice guys finish first ; Kill the ump ; More Irish record setting ; Present-day interview : Barry Enright -- A new century. The Delahanty brothers ' A new league ; Mr. Mack ; Present-day interview : Ruth Mack Clark ; Take me out to the ball game ; Faustian bargain ; Scandal and war ; They're all good Irish names ; The alert Irishman ; Homer in the gloamin' ; A real Casey ; Present-day interview : John Flaherty ; Wartime -- Postwar to the present. The fabulous fifties ; The crazy Sixties ; Green and gold ; The hidden potato trick ; Century's end and Irish resurgence ; Eire apparent : a visit to the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame.

ISBN

• 9780062089885 :
• 0062089889 :

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Harvard Library