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The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, C..., Deford, Frank-image

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, C..., Deford, Frank

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Item Weight: 12.3 Oz Item Width: 6 in Item Length: 9 in Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated Book Title: Old Ball Game : How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball Topic: Baseball / History, Baseball / Essays & Writings, Baseball / General Release Title: The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the... Number of Pages: 256 Pages Type: Paperback / softback Artist: Deford, Frank Publication Year: 2006 Author: Frank Deford EAN: 9780802142474 Format: Perfect width: 6 in Date of Publication: 2006-03-02 Language: English Illustrator: Yes ISBN: 0802142478 Item Height: 0.7 in height: 0.7 in Genre: Sports & Recreation

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The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, C..., Deford, Frank. Author:Deford, Frank. At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. Can't find what you're looking for? Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us Shop by Price $10.34 $10.35 - $12.34 $12.35 - $14.34 $14.35 - $16.34 $16.35+ Shop pages Home page Payment Delivery Customer Service About the seller Need help? Send an eBay message Newsletter Add World of Books to your favourites and receive email newsletters about special promotions! General Interest The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 0802142478 Title: The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball The Fast Free Shipping Author: Deford, Frank Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Year Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 241 Book Binding: Paperback / softback Prizes: Book Condition: GOOD SKU: CIN0802142478G Item description In The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford, NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history. At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about anyone. He also had one of the most devastating arms in all of baseball. New York Giants manager John McGraw, by contrast, was ferocious. The pugnacious tough guy was already a star infielder who, with the Baltimore Orioles, helped develop a new, scrappy style of baseball, with plays like the hit-and-run, the Baltimore chop, and the squeeze play. When McGraw joined the Giants in 1902, the Giants were coming off their worst season ever. Yet within three years, Mathewson clinched New York City's first World Series for McGraw's team by throwing three straight shutouts in only six days, an incredible feat that is invariably called the greatest World Series performance ever. Because of their wonderful odd-couple association, baseball had its first superstar, the Giants ascended into legend, and baseball as a national pastime bloomed. Please note, the image is for illustrative purposes only, actual book cover, binding and edition may vary. Payment Delivery Customer Service About Us We only accept payments made through PayPal, either via a credit / debit card or a PayPal account. The average shipping times for our orders are as follows: North America: 2-9 Days If for some reason your order has not arrived within 15 Business days please get in contact with us so that we can help you. World of Books USA offer a hassle free money back guarantee for your product, (excluding shipping & handling). We are committed to ensuring each customer is entirely satisfied with their purchase and our service. If you have any issues or concerns, please contact our customer service team within 60 days of purchase and they will be more than happy to help. World of Books USA was founded in 2005. We offer great value books on a wide range of subjects and we now ship over two million orders each year to satisfied customers throughout the world. We take great pride in our prompt delivery, first class customer service and excellent feedback. While we do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else before you. It may well show signs of wear and tear, however each one of our books is hand-checked by our dedicated team for defects before shipping. World of Books sells quality used products at competitive prices to over 2 million customers worldwide each year. We want your experience with World of Books to be enjoyable and problem free. Over the past 8 years World of Books has seen the inventory grow from 1000 to over 1 Million books in stock. We all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used products are out there - we just had to let you know! All of our items are checked for quality before they go on sale and we like to think that our prices mean that no item is beyond your budget. At World of Books we are committed to minimising our environmental impact. Each month we recycle over 2.3 million books, saving over 12,500 metric tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled within the UK and turned into corrugated cardboard. We believe that it is a travesty to simply throw away a used book or DVD when there is nothing wrong with it - we believe in giving each book or DVD the chance of finding a new home Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us

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