Spoke

A Biography of Tris Speaker
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4766-6247-3
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Charles C. Alexander's biography of Tris Speaker chronicles the twenty-two-year career of arguably the greatest centerfielder ever to play the position. It follows the colorful ballplayer through his years with the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, and the Philadelphia Athletics, and on into his later years as minor league manager and part owner, civic activist, Indians coach, and general promoter of the National Pastime. Alexander describes not only every significant major league game in which Speaker played, but also the careers of his teammates and opponents, the baseball of their day, and the way it changed within the context of the larger world around them. Tris Speaker's reputation receives new luster in Alexander's even-handed biography of one of baseball's greats.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Badminton Baseball

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword: "No Place for Me"
- 1. "I Played Baseball and Drove the Cows to Pasture"
- 2. "By No Means a Finished Outfielder"
- 3. "Well, There Goes Your World Series"
- 4. "For God's Sake, Men, Take the Money Away"
- 5. "Baseball Is a Business"
- 6. "New Life into a Half-Dead, Despondent City"
- 7. "The Inspiration of Speaker's Leadership"
- 8. "I Knew My Team"
- 9. "I Will Never be a Bench Manager"
- 10. "We'll Finish in the League Anyway"
- 11. "A Veritable Judas"
- 12. "A Sort of Twilight to His Career"
- 13. "My Name Is Tris Speaker"
- Afterword: "Let Your Voices Soften to a Mere Whisper"
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles C. Alexander, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Ohio University, has written 14 books, the last eight of which have dealt with American baseball history. He lives in Hamilton, Ohio.