"Ee-Yah"

The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Baseball player and manager Hugh Ambrose Jennings was the kind of colorful personality who inspired nicknames. Sportswriters called him "Ee-yah" for his famous coaching box cry and "Hustling Hughey" for his style of play. But to the nearly 100 other men from northeast Pennsylvania who followed Jennings from the coal mines to the major leagues, he was known as "Big Daddy," not for his physical stature but for his iconic status to men desperate to escape the mines.The son of an immigrant coal miner from Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings himself became a miner at the ripe old age of 11 or 12. He eventually became a mule driver, earning $1.10 per day and dreaming of getting $5 per day for playing baseball on Saturday afternoons. From the rough-and-tumble world of semi-pro baseball to the major leagues, Jennings was driven to succeed and fearless in his pursuit of his dream. He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1894 and went on to become manager of the Detroit Tigers during Ty Cobb's heyday. Jennings' story is emblematic of how the national pastime and the American dream came together for a generation of ballplayers in the early 20th century.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-05-24
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor231
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786422029

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. The Mule Driver 2. Escape from the Mines 3. Hughie at the Falls 4. Harry von der Horst Finds a Manager 5. Foxy Ned 6. The Big Four 7. The Beginning of a Dynasty 8. The Temple Cup 9. The Greatest Shortstop in the Land 10. Hughie the Honeymooner 11. The Big Four, No More 12. From Cornell to Brooklyn 13. Philadelphia Freedom 14. Back to Baltimore 15. The “Ee-yah” Man 16. Cobb 17. 1907: The Year of the Tiger 18. The 1907 World Series 19. The Greatest Race Ever 20. Three Straight Pennants 21. A Wreck and a Wedding 22. Hugh Jennings, Esq. 23. The Tigers Are Tamed 24. Hughie the Giant 25. The Long Decline 26. The Saint in Uniform 27. Hughie in the Hall Appendix A: 1896 National League Hitting Leaders Appendix B: Playing Career Statistics Appendix C: Managerial Career Statistics Chapter Notes Bibliography Index