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Overview
Woonsocket native Gabby Hartnett set the world record by catching a baseball thrown from a blimp eight hundred feet above him. Then he did it again. Rhode Island Baseball possesses the same knack for astonishing you time after time with stories of baseball legends you thought you knew (like Nap Lajoie) and teams you might never have heard of (like the OSRC: Orcutt's Sure Rheumatism Cure). As you slide back into an era when men and women played professional ball barehanded and a rabbit hole could change a game, you will discover how large a role America's smallest state played in the nation's favorite pastime.
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ISBN-13: | 9781596294967 |
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Publisher: | History Press, The |
Publication date: | 08/15/2008 |
Pages: | 155 |
Sales rank: | 1,215,572 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d) |
About the Author
RickHarris was born and raised in Iowa and currently resides in Cranston, Rhode Island. Rick began his baseball research and writing career in 1992. He has authored Rhode Island Baseball: the Early Years, " published by The History Press in 2008, and "Brown University Baseball: A Legacy of the Game, " published by the History Press in 2012. He has presented at numerous baseball research conferences, provided countless public talks, written many articles and made several appearances on local TV news shows."
Table of Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 13
A Brief History of Baseball in Rhode Island 15
The National Pastime and the Origins and Development of Baseball in Rhode Island
Before Baseball 21
Notes on the Development of the National Pastime 27
Women, Rhode Island and Baseball 39
The Soldiers' Pastime 55
Who Killed the Dead Ball? 63
Historical Notes 69
The Players
Joseph Start 81
Hugh Duffy 85
Charles Leo Hartnett 91
Napoleon "Larry" "Nap" Lajoie 99
Frederick Eugene "Gene" Steere 111
Frank Corridon 115
The Teams
Island Park and the Comets 121
The 1892 New England League Pennant Winners 127
The 1914 Providence Grays 135
The 1926 Sayles Baseball Club 143
Bibliography 149
About the Author 157
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