Charlie Bevis

Doubleheaders

A Major League History

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Produktbeschreibung

Award-winning author Charlie Bevis explores the long history of the major league doubleheader from its beginnings in the late 19th century up to the present day. Emphasizing its significance within baseball and popular culture, Bevis describes the twin bill's role in holiday celebrations, its one-time identity as Sunday sporting event, and the part it played in baseball's survival during the Depression and World War Two.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780786442140
• ISBN-10: 078644214X
• Artikelnr.: 29506902

Autorenporträt

Charlie Bevis, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is a retired adjunct professor of English at Rivier University. He has written for Nine, The Cooperstown Symposium, The National Pastime and Base Ball, and is the author of several baseball books. He lives in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1 deleteThe First Doubleheader
2 deleteHoliday Two-Game Sets
3 deleteEmergence of the Doubleheader
4 deleteLure of the Doubleheader
5 deleteEarly Holiday Doubleheaders
6 deleteFirst Sunday Doubleheaders
7 deleteTinkering with Doubleheaders
8 deleteExpansion of the Holiday Doubleheader
9 deleteMaturity of Doubleheaders 10 deleteScheduled Sunday Doubleheaders 11 deleteSwing-Shift and Other Wartime Doubleheaders 12 deleteTwi-Night and Day-Night Doubleheaders 13 deleteDecline of the Doubleheader 14 delete"Let's Play Two" 15 deleteExtinction of the Scheduled Doubleheader Appendix A: Doubleheader Milestones Appendix B: Doubleheader Records Appendix C: Doubleheaders by Year Chapter Notes Bibliography Index