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Bad Boys, Bad Times : The Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Prewar Years, 1937-1941.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longert, Scott H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
- Cleveland Indians (Baseball team).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- In 1937, the Great Depression was still lingering, but at baseball parks across the country there was a sense of optimism. Major League attendance was on a sharp rise. Tickets to an Indians game at League Park on Lexington and East 66th were 1.60 for box seats, 1.35 for reserve seats, and .55 for the bleachers.
- Contents:
- A troublesome off-season
- A major scare
- Broadway and a moose
- Rollicking Rollie
- Vitt takes over
- Jeff and Johnny
- Municipal Stadium
- Let there be light
- Feller reaches the top
- The new guys arrive
- Feller in the record books
- The players revolt
- The pennant race is on
- Uncle Sam wants you
- Goodbye to Ol' Os'
- Another player-manager.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780821446799
- 0821446797
- OCLC:
- 1120742669
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