LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william h brewster

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  • That Lively Railroad Town
    William H. Brewster
    That Lively Railroad Town tells the intertwined stories of minor and major league baseball at the turn of the twentieth century. In central New York, a small town used its championship semi-pro team to ease the stigma of a salacious local murder case, while its former second baseman led a boycott of major league player contracts to break the National League’s monopoly and set t...
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    14,28 €

  • The Workingman’s Game
    William H. Brewster
    Professional baseball in the late 1890s was at a dangerous crossroads. Attendance was low, team rosters were unstable, and monopolistic major league owners were shrinking the game to avoid losing money. Meanwhile, players were refining their craft and organizing themselves in order to expand the game and improve their prospects. The roots of the players’ efforts were on the min...
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    13,57 €