Robert Dean Emslie spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball, eight as a player and forty-nine as an umpire. His thirty-five seasons as a National League umpire included the three most contentious decades umpires ever faced, the 1890 to 1920 era, when the game transitioned from amateur to professional sport.
Robert Dean Emslie spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball, eight as a player and forty-nine as an umpire. His thirty-five seasons as a National League umpire included the three most contentious decades umpires ever faced, the 1890 to 1920 era, when the game transitioned from amateur to professional sport.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Larry R. Gerlach is professor emeritus of history at the University of Utah and past president of the Society for American Baseball Research. He is the author of The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires (Bison Books, 1994), and coeditor of The SABR Book of Umpires and Umpiring.
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: From Gentleman Arbiter to Folk Villain 1. Grounding in Guelph 2. Coming of Age in London 3. Pitching for Pay 4. Curveball Artist 5. Comeback Trail 6. Learning to Call ’Em 7. Reaching the Majors 8. To the Bushes and Back 9. The Not-So-Gay Nineties 10. Standing the Gaff 11. Deadball Veteran 12. Dean of Umpires 13. Umpire Supervisor 14. Late Innings Epilogue: Lion of the League Notes Index
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: From Gentleman Arbiter to Folk Villain 1. Grounding in Guelph 2. Coming of Age in London 3. Pitching for Pay 4. Curveball Artist 5. Comeback Trail 6. Learning to Call ’Em 7. Reaching the Majors 8. To the Bushes and Back 9. The Not-So-Gay Nineties 10. Standing the Gaff 11. Deadball Veteran 12. Dean of Umpires 13. Umpire Supervisor 14. Late Innings Epilogue: Lion of the League Notes Index
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