A young German immigrant, Barney Dreyfuss was an American success
story in business and in baseball. He fell in love with the game
after settling in Paducah, Kentucky, where he discovered he had a
knack for assembling good players on the diamond. Relocating to
Louisville, he became involved in the professional game with the
Colonels. Faced with ouster from the National League, he took his
players to Pittsburgh, where he became owner of the Pirates and
forged a winning tradition, leading the club to six pennants and
two World Series. This first biography of Dreyfuss chronicles the
innovative career of the Hall of Famer executive who built Forbes
Field-the National League's first concrete-and-steel ballpark, into
which he put $1 million of his own money-pushed for creation of the
office of commissioner to govern the game and helped initiate the
modern World Series.
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