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Of Tribes and Tribulations
Over their first four decades in the American League, the Cleveland Indians were known more for great players than consistently great play. Its rosters filled with all-time greats like Cy Young, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Tris Speaker, and the ill-fated Addie Joss and Ray Chapman, Cleveland often found itself in the thick of the race but, with 1920 the lone exception, seemed always to finish a game or two back in the final standings. In the 10 years that followed the end of World War II, however, the franchise turned the corner. Led by owner (and world-class showman) Bill Veeck, the boy-manager Lou Boudreau, ace Bob Feller, and the barrier-busting Larry Doby, Cleveland charged up the standings, finishing in the first division every season but one and winning it all in 1948. This meticulously researched history covers the Indians' first six decades, from their minor league origins at the end of the 19th century to the dismantling of the 1954 World Series club. It is a story of unforgettable players, frustrated hopes, and two glorious victories that fed a city's unwavering devotion to its team.
Siege
Chilling and authentic historical novel.
The Survivors
This is the last of nine satiric novels (The Eddie Devlin Compendium) tracking a gaggle of characters at intervals since 1929. In No. 8 (1984-85) Eddie Devlin wed a wealthy widow and retired from the newspaper business.Subsequently, elsewhere in the world, Ronald Reagan, a former film actor playing a President, proposed a
Keepers of the Game
The inside stories from baseball's legendary beat writers
Wildcat Strike
The Cornbelt Foods Inc. canning factory in Winatchee Falls, Minn., is running flat out, two 12-hours shifts, at the end of August 1939, producing close to 18,000 cases of canned corn daily. There's also a corporate plan afoot to cut the 25 cents an hour paid the independent truckers who haul corn from the fields to the plant while they wait to weigh-in to 20 cents. The truckers get wind of this & a few led by John Patrick (Whip) Rahilly decide they'll strike in a effort to get that nickel-&-hour back. J. B. Slatterly, the plant manager, gets wind of that & alerts the Head Office in Chicago, which dispatches Harry Stubbs, vice president for personnel & labor relations, a former Pinkerton agent, & four professional strike-breakers to settle this matter. Which they do, brutally, the day World War II begins. And Whip, after 10 days in jail, broke, his truck wrecked, his ex-girlfriend calling him a Jail Bird, murder on his mind, decides he'll join the U. S. Army.
The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia
Propelled into the World Series in 1995 for the first time since 1954, the Cleveland Indians proved to the world they are no run-of-the-mill team. This comprehensive volume covers all of the team lore and legend, the controversies, the triumphs, and the heartaches. It includes 200 player profiles, season-by-season descriptions of unforgettable moments and memories, 700+ illustrations, extensive statistics, the World Series championships, and an immense treasure of little-known facts. The second edition of The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia has been completely updated from its original release in 1996.
Baseball on the Brink
Major League Baseball was in crisis in 1968. The commissioner was inept, professional football was challenging the sport's popularity and the game on the field was boring, with pitchers dominating hitters in a succession of dull, low-scoring games. The major league expanded for the 1969 season but the muddled process by which new franchises were selected highlighted the ineffective management of the sport. This book describes how baseball reached its nadir in the late 1960s and how it survived and began its slow comeback. The lack of offense in the game is examined, taking in the great pitching performances of Denny McLain, Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale and others. Colorful characters like Charley Finley and Ken Harrelson are covered, along with the effects that dramatic changes in American society and the war in Vietnam had on the game.
Kardiac Kids
In this text, Jonathan Knight paints a portrait of the Cleveland Browns' storybook 1980 NFL season, describing its impact on the city of Cleveland. Taking readers from the year's beginning to its end, the author shows how everybody fell in love with the team.
