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Baseball in the Mahoning Valley : From Pioneers to the Scrappers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kovach, Paul M.
- Series:
- Sports
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Mahoning River Valley (Ohio and Pa.)--History.
- Baseball teams--Mahoning River Valley (Ohio and Pa.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The History Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Around the horn in the Mahoning Valley The history of baseball in Ohio's Mahoning Valley has been, to say the least, eventful.Murder, the Civil War, the hot dog, a presidential assassination and one of the deadliest known volcanic eruptions all shaped America's pastime in the Valley.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- The Prelude: Krakatoa
- 1. "Dustin' the Cobwebs"
- 2. Bud Fowler, Niles, Ohio, and the 1883 Blues/Grays Game
- 3. Baseball, Crime and the Ignominious Exit of James Ward Jr.
- 4. Opdyke's Mahoning Valley Tigers and the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
- 5. Jimmy McAleer, Jumbo Cartwright, Ed McKean, the Rise of Youngstown Baseball and the "Cleveland Connection"
- 6. The Ballad of Bud Fowler, Parts One and Two
- 7. Niles Native William McKinley and the First Celebrity Pitch
- 8. "Miracle Man" John D. "Bonesetter" Reese
- 9. Cy Young, Ed McKean, Jimmy McAleer, Nig Cuppy, Bobby Wallace and the 1895 Temple Cup Champions
- 10. Harry M. Stevens, the "Cosmopolitan Concessionaire"
- 11. How Joe McGinnity Won a Pennant
- 12. Billy Evans and the "Greatest Pitcher the World Has Ever Known"
- 13. Napoleon Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Terry Turner, John Scheible and the Greatest Pennant Race in Cleveland History
- 14. George Burns, Stan Coveleski, George Uhle, Marty Hogan and the World Champion 1920 Cleveland Indians
- 15. Mahoning Valley Negro League Stars and Modern-Day Heroes
- 16. "We Want Baseball! We Want Baseball!"
- 17. The Scrappers' Greatest Year: The 2016 "Believeland" Indians
- Appendix: The Mahoning Valley Scrappers: A Short History
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439677629
- 143967762X
- OCLC:
- 1402866257
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