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Long before the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season, Boston's now
nearly forgotten "other" team, the 1914 Boston Braves, performed a
baseball "miracle" that resounds to this very day. The "Miracle
Braves" were Boston's first "worst-to-first" winners of the World
Series. Shortly after the turn of the previous century, the once
mighty Braves had become a perennial member of the National
League's second division. Preseason pundits didn't believe the 1914
team posed a meaningful threat to John McGraw's powerful New York
Giants. During the first half of that campaign, Boston lived down
to such expectations, taking up residence in the league's basement.
Refusing to throw in the towel at the midseason mark, their leader,
the pugnacious George Stallings, deftly manipulated his daily
lineup and pitching staff to engineer a remarkable second-half
climb in the standings all the way to first place. The team's
winning momentum carried into the postseason, where the Braves
swept Connie Mack's heralded Athletics and claimed the only World
Championship ever won by Boston's National League entry. And for
100 years, the management, players, and fans of underperforming
ball clubs have turned to the Miracle Braves to catch a glimmer of
hope that such a midseason turnaround could be repeated. Through
the collaborative efforts of a band of dedicated members of the
Society for American Baseball Research, this benchmark
accomplishment is richly revealed to the reader in The Miracle
Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series
Champions. The essence of the "miracle" is captured through a
comprehensive compendium of incisive biographies of the players and
other figures associated with the team, with additional relevant
research pieces on the season. After a journey through the pages of
this book, the die-hard baseball fan will better understand why the
call to "Wait Until Next Year" should never be voiced prematurely.
Includes: FOREWORD by Bob Brady THE BRAVES Ted Cather by Jack V.
Morris Gene Cocreham by Thomas Ayers Wilson Collins by Charlie
Weatherby Joe Connolly by Dennis Auger Ensign Cottrell by Peter
Cottrell Dick Crutcher by Jerrod Cotosman George Davis by Rory
Costello Charlie Deal by Charles F. Faber Josh Devore by Peter
Gordon Oscar Dugey by Charlie Weatherby Johnny Evers by David
Shiner The 1914 Evers-Zimmerman Incident and How the Tale Grew
Taller Over the Years by Bob Brady The Evers Ejection Record by
Mark Sternman Larry Gilbert by Jack V. Morris Hank Gowdy by Carol
McMains and Frank Ceresi Tommy Griffith by Chip Greene Otto Hess by
Gary Hess Tom Hughes by Greg Erion Bill James by David Jones
Clarence Kraft by Jon Dunkle Dolf Luque by Peter Bjarkman Les Mann
by Maurice Bouchard Rabbit Maranville by Dick Leyden Billy Martin
by Bob Joel Jack Martin by Charles F. Faber Herbie Moran by Charles
F. Faber Jim Murray by Jim Elfers Hub Perdue by John Simpson Dick
Rudolph by Dick Leyden Butch Schmidt by Chip Greene Red Smith by
Charles F. Faber Paul Strand by Jack V. Morris Fred Tyler by John
Shannahan Lefty Tyler by Wayne McElreavy Bert Whaling by Charles F.
Faber George "Possum" Whitted by Craig Hardee MANAGER George
Stallings by Martin Kohout COACH Fred Mitchell by Bill Nowlin OWNER
Jim Gaffney by Rory Costello The Braves' A.B.C. by Ring Lardner
1914 Boston Braves Timeline by Mike Lynch A Stallings Anecdote 1914
World Series by Mark Sternman "I Told You So" by O.R.C. The Rest of
1914 by Mike Lynch How An Exhibition Game Contributed To A Miracle
by Bob Brady The National League Pennant Race of 1914 by Frank
Vaccaro The Press, The Fans, and the 1914 Boston Braves by Donna L.
Halper Return of the Miracle Braves by Bob Brady Miracle Teams by A
Comparison of the 1914 Miracle Braves and 1969 Miracle Mets by Tom
Nahigian An Unexpected Farewell by The South End Grounds, August
1914 by Bob Ruzzo The Time(s) the Braves Played Home Games at
Fenway Park by Bill Nowlin And other informative articles
SABR 50 at 50 celebrates and highlights the Society for American
Baseball Research’s wide-ranging contributions to baseball
history. Established in 1971 in Cooperstown, New York, SABR has
sought to foster and disseminate the research of baseball—with
groundbreaking work from statisticians, historians, and independent
researchers—and has published dozens of articles with
far-reaching and long-lasting impact on the game. Among its current
membership are many Major and Minor League Baseball officials,
broadcasters, and writers as well as numerous former players. The
diversity of SABR members’ interests is reflected in this
fiftieth-anniversary volume—from baseball and the arts to
statistical analysis to the Deadball Era to women in baseball. SABR
50 at 50 includes the most important and influential research
published by members across a multitude of topics, including the
sabermetric work of Dick Cramer, Pete Palmer, and Bill James, along
with Jerry Malloy on the Negro Leagues, Keith Olbermann on why the
shortstop position is number 6, John Thorn and Jules Tygiel on the
untold story behind Jackie Robinson’s signing with the Dodgers,
and Gai Berlage on the Colorado Silver Bullets women’s team in
the 1990s. To provide history and context, each notable research
article is accompanied by a short introduction. As SABR celebrates
fifty years this collection gathers the organization’s most
notable research and baseball history for the serious baseball
reader. Â Â
As Boston's revered Fenway Park hits its 100th anniversary, it's a
good time to look back at the full century of Red Sox baseball
played in the team's home park. Author of more books on the Red Sox
than any other writer, Bill Nowlin has produced another one here.
This is no dumbed-down version of Fenway Park history told in
trivia form. The average reader will easily answer some of the
questions, certainly, but our guess is that the average reader will
feel more frustrated than genius after working his or her way
through these 100 questions for the 100 years. The goal isn't to
give the reader a difficult time, though. It's to provide better
insights into the park and the play on the field. Reading through
this book will hopefully be an educational (and enjoyable)
experience.
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One-Hit Wonders (Paperback)
Bill Nowlin, Len Levin, Carl Riechers
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