Author

Publication

2005 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC796.357/64/097471
  • LCCGV875.N42 D44 2005
  • LCCGV875.N42D42
and 1 more
  • LCCGV875.N42 D44 2005b

First Sentence

Although neither one of them ever seems to have mentioned it for posterity, John J. McGraw and Christopher Mathewson must surely have first encountered each other on the warm afternoon of Thursday, July 19, in the year 1900, at the Polo Grounds in the upper reaches of Manhattan on an occasion when, as was his wont, McGraw made an ass of himself.

Excerpt

Although neither one of them ever seems to have mentioned it for posterity, John J. McGraw and Christopher Mathewson must surely have first encountered each other on the warm afternoon of Thursday, July 19, in the year 1900, at the Polo Grounds in the upper reaches of Manhattan on an occasion when, as was his wont, McGraw made an ass of himself.

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Other Editions

  • The old ball game: how John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants created modern baseballGrove Press2005-01-01

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