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Nine Innings for the King - The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4, 1918 (Paperback)
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Nine Innings for the King - The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4, 1918 (Paperback)
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On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went
out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty,
Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary
Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary “baseball
match” between American soldiers and sailors. This historic event
helped solidify the transatlantic alliance that was vital to
winning the war. The game itself was a thriller, reported
throughout the English-speaking world. The players ranged from kids
fresh off the sandlots to a handful of major and minor leaguers and
a future Hall of Famer. The two veteran pitchers went the distance,
the outcome in doubt until the last batter. Drawing on American and
British sources and game-day coverage, this first-ever full account
of the “King's game” records every play and explores the lives
of several players. The author provides a brief history of the
Anglo-American Baseball League and armed forces baseball played in
England, France and the United States during the Great War.
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