Lyle Spatz

Hugh Casey

The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Brooklyn Dodger

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hugh Casey was one of the most colorful members of the iconic Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1940s. He played with the likes of Jackie Robinson, Dixie Walker, Joe Medwick, and Pete Reiser, and along the way he helped redefine the role of the relief pitcher. This book covers Casey's life and career in great detail, the first to truly do so.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9781442277595
• ISBN-10: 1442277599
• Artikelnr.: 45798063

Autorenporträt

Lyle Spatz recently stepped down after 25 years as the chairman of SABR's Baseball Records Committee. He is the recipient of SABR's Bob Davids and Henry Chadwick, and Seymour Medal awards, and among the books he has written or edited are biographies of Bill Dahlen, Willie Keeler, Dixie Walker and Hugh Casey.

Inhaltsangabe

Photographs Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Blood of
the Old South Chapter 2: A Sense That Good Times Were Coming to Brooklyn
Chapter 3: Brooklyn's Best Pitcher Chapter 4: A Legitimate Pennant
Contender Chapter 5: Beanballs, Spikings, and Rhubarbs Chapter 6: Casey
Fuels a Feud with the Cubs Chapter 7: Building a Champion Chapter 8: Casey
the Workhorse Chapter 9: National League Champions Chapter 10: A Dramatic
World Series Ends a Memorable Season Chapter 11: The Pitch That Got Away
Chapter 12: A Memorable Night with Ernest Hemingway Chapter 13: Becoming a
Full-Time Relief Pitcher Chapter 14: You're in the Navy Now Chapter 15:
Baseball Enters a New Era Chapter 16: The Return of Peace Brings the Return
of Wars with St. Louis and Chicago Chapter 17: A Restaurant Launched and a
Pennant Lost Chapter 18: A History-Making Addition Chapter 19: Burt Shotton
Replaces Leo Durocher Chapter 20: The Hugh Casey Theory of Relief Pitching
Chapter 21: Holding Off the Cardinals Chapter 22: The Mainstay of the 1947
World Series Chapter 23: A World Series Hero and a Successful Restaurateur
Chapter 24: Falling, Literally and Figuratively Chapter 25: Casey and the
Dodgers Part Ways Chapter 26: The Pirates and the Yankees Chapter 27: A
Pennant and a Paternity Suit Chapter 28: A Wonderful Guy Who Never Hurt
Anyone-but Himself Chapter 29: Remembering Hugh Casey Notes Bibliography
Index About the Author