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  • The Chicago Cub Shot For Love

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    In the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously beautiful showgirl took it poorly, marching into his hotel room with a revolver in her purse. Both were wounded in the ensuing struggle, but Jurges refused to press charges. Even without their star shortstop, Chicago made it to the ... Leer más

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  • Baseball before We Knew It

    A Search for the Roots of the Game

    de David Block ...
    Winner of the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball ResearchWinner of the North American Society for Sport History Book AwardNamed a 2005 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleNamed a 2025Choice Outstanding Academic TitleWhen Baseball before We Knew It was first published in 2005, it shatter... ... Leer más

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  • Here Comes the Pizzer

    The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts

    Edición de Eric Poulin ...
    "Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things."--Robert FrostIt's been broadly acknowledged that baseball is the most lyrical of all sports-the one whose natural flow lends itself to poetic rhythm and meter more than any other. Here Comes The Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts recognizes this natural marriage of baseball and rhythm and ... Leer más

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  • Baseballs Greatest Hit

    Take Me Out To The Ball Game

    This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, Drama & Performance Studies, Economics, Education, Film & Media, History, Linguistics, Literary Studies, ... Leer más

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  • Baseball in the Garden of Eden

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  • How Baseball Happened

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  • The Chicago Cubs

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