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Dennis Snelling The Whiz Kids (Hardback). Author: Dennis Snelling. The team succeeded under the watchful eye of its young owner, whose father handed him the team, and a college professor manager, only to see it slowly crumble as the slowest in the National League to integrate. Further DetailsTitle: The Whiz Kids Condition: New Subtitle: How the 1950 Phillies Took the Pennant, Lost the World Series, and Changed Philadelphia Baseball Forever Author: Dennis Snelling Format: Hardback EAN: 9781496242686 ISBN: 9781496242686 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Genre: Sports & Hobbies Topic: History, Home Garden & Pets Release Date: 06/01/2025 Description: Before the 1950 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies were infamous for a record-breaking lack of achievement that dated from their conception in 1883 through the 1940s. When twenty-eight-year-old Robert Carpenter Jr. took over in 1944, the Phillies had won only a single National League title in more than sixty years. For the next five years, Carpenter and the newly hired general manager, Herb Pennock, would overhaul the team’s operations, building a farm system from scratch and spending a fortune on young talent to build a team that would gain immense popularity and finally bring a National League pennant in 1950. Nicknamed the “Whiz Kids” because they had so many players under thirty, the team caught lightning in a bottle for one season. Although they lost the World Series to the New York Yankees, the team became legendary in Philadelphia and beyond. The Whiz Kids is about a team that shocked everyone by winning, and then shocked everyone by never winning again. It includes a cast of characters and unusual storylines: a first baseman targeted for murder by a woman he had never met; a young catcher from Nebraska, Richie Ashburn, who became a Hall of Fame center fielder and later voice of the team for nearly three decades; a left fielder who lived and played in the shadow of his legendary father, then inspired Ernest Hemingway with the most legendary swing of a bat in franchise history; and a thirty-three-year-old bespectacled relief pitcher who won the Most Valuable Player Award with an undertaker as his personal pitching coach. The team succeeded under the watchful eye of its young owner, whose father handed him the team, and a college professor manager, only to see it slowly crumble as the slowest in the National League to integrate.The Whiz Kids recounts the history of a team that, though hand-built to be champions, fell short-yet remains legendary anyway. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Release Year: 2025 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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