18 results for 'Christy Mathewson'

For a general audience and for young readers, a selection of 52 short biographies ranging from the vary famous, Jesus, Socrates, Shakespeare, Einstein, to the lesser known, Lady Franklin, Shaka Zulu,...

Robert Louis Stevenson, Christy Mathewson, and Adelaide Crapsey hook up in a tuberculosis Cure Cottage in the Bardo. A family deals with its patriarch's dementia. An aging Doyen gets revenge on...

While Reading may be known today for the Fightin' Phils, it has also been the site of 72 games played by 17 major-league franchises and barnstorming teams since 1874. Among the teams that have played...

Everyone believes we lead a normal life. In reality, they have no idea what we do behind closed doors.The night she walks into my club, perches on a barstool sipping pink cocktails, Christy Nolan...

As abundant and layered as the National Pastime itself, Baseball Stories takes the reader on a rich journey that circles the bases of the game's history and literature--its Giants, its dramas, its...

Recent advances in baseball statistical analysis have made it possible to assess the totality of contribution each player makes to team success or failure. Using the metric Wins Above Average...

This account of the four baseball seasons of 1900 through 1903 seeks to capture the flavor of the period by providing yearly overviews from the standpoint of each team and by focusing more deeply...

During the winter of 1913 and the spring of 1914 the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox took a trip around the world. Organized by crusty John McGraw of the Giants and the White Sox's Charles...

Joe Farrell and Joe Farley explore the cemeteries (and pubs) of Pennsylvania in search of interesting graves and stories about the interred. Included in the volume:Richie Ashburn “His...

One of Sports Illustrated's top 100 sports books of all-timeThe 1908 National League pennant race was without question the most exciting and dramatic battle of all time. Three teams, the Giants, the...

The life story of Jake Daubert, who left the coal mines of Pennsylvania to become a two-time major league batting champion.Jake Daubert could have followed the path of two of his brothers and...