The American Revolution: New York as a Case Study, (American History Research Series)

History

Gerlach, Larry R.

Americas

Wadsworth Publishing Company

The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." And whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them. 
Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire--about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay.

The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires

Biographies & Memoirs

University Of Nebraska Press

An analysis of New Jersey's role in the events leading up to the American Revolution emphasizes the colony's reaction to imperial laws and acts of violence, involvement with neighboring colonies, and position within the imperial administrative scheme

Prologue to Independence: New Jersey in the Coming of the American Revolution

Rutgers Univ Pr

Legacies of the American Revolution

Utah State Univ Pr

Blazing Crosses in Zion: The Ku Klux Klan in Utah

Primarily an examination of the Klan in the 1920's, the book also treats the resurgent contemporary Klan of the seventies and eighties. A fine hardcover copy with bright gilt lettering to spine and cover. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Fine jacket in removable mylar; light edge rubbing. NOT ex-library. Indexed. 248pgs. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: history; ISBN: 0874211115. ISBN/EAN: 9780874211115. Inventory No: 016632.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Includes extensive source, appendii and index. Considerable focus on the brief time of Huntington's "greatest service to the people of Connecticut and the nation".

Connecticut Congressman: Samuel Huntington, 1731-1796 (Connecticut bicentennial series)

American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut

Lion of the League: Bob Emslie and the Evolution of the Baseball Umpire

Lion Of The League

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press

The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball". And whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them.Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major-league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire—about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay.

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