William A. Cook

August Garry Herrmann

A Baseball Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

August Garry Herrmann entered the murky waters of 19th century machine politics in Cincinnati, serving as a trusted lieutenant to one of the most powerful political bosses in the country, George B. Cox. Herrmann, a gifted man who introduced modern management principles to municipal government and oversaw the committee that built Cincinnati's modern water works system, eventually did for baseball what he did for his home town, guiding it into a new century. Along with George B. Cox and Cincinnati mayor Julius Fleischmann, Herrmann bought the Cincinnati Reds from John T. Brush in 1902. By 1903 he had chaired the peace conference between the leagues that ushered in the modern game. With the leagues united, Herrmann was selected to head up the National Commission, a three-person ruling body that governed major league baseball in the years before the commissionership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780786430734
• ISBN-10: 0786430737
• Artikelnr.: 23017227

Autorenporträt

William A. Cook is the author of numerous books, including 11 on baseball history, and has appeared in productions on ESPN2 and the MLB Network. A former health care administrator and township councilman in North Brunswick, New Jersey, he resides in Manalapan, New Jersey.

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Table of Contents
Introduction     
I. Career Path to the Major Leagues     
II. The Rise of the American League     
III. The Machine Buys the Reds     
IV. The National Commission     
V. Fleischmann Re-elected and a World Series Begins     
VI. The Machine Crashes     
VII. The Ed Phelps Decision     
VIII. Tinker to Evers to Chance and a Little Help from Herrmann     
IX. Accolades for Herrmann and Merkle's Boner     
X. 1909-A Year of Tragedies and Triumphs     
XI. Batting Kings and a Feud with Fogel     
XII. The Fat Lady Sings for a Boss and a Palace     
XIII. Cobb Explodes and Taft Tumbles     
XIV. National League Melodrama     
XV. The Teflon Boss     
XVI. Herrmann's Joe Tinker Experiment     
XVII. War with the Feds Begins     
XVIII. Feds Fold and the Sisler Decision     
XIX. 1916-Grief and Turmoil for Herrmann     
XX. The Great War and the Great American Game     
XXI. 1919-Baseball's Achilles' Heel     
XXII. Herrmann Quits and the Scandal Breaks     
XXIII. The Black Sox Trial     
XXIV. Herrmann's Last Stand     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index