In this Book
- Baseball's Greatest Season, 1924
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
summary
With the possible exception of 2004 no season in the history of baseball has matched 1924 for escalating excitement and emotional investment by fans. It began with observers expecting yet another World Series between the Yankees and the Giants. It ended months later when the Washington Nationals (Senators), making their first Series appearance, grabbed the world championship by scoring the season-ending run on an improbable play in the bottom of the twelfth inning of the seventh game.
On the eve of the return of major league baseball to Washington, D.C., Baseball's Greatest Season recovers the memory of the one and only time when the championship of the national pastime resided in the nation's capital.
Table of Contents
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- 2. From Opening Day to Memorial Day
- pp. 17-29
- 3. The Business of Baseball
- pp. 30-40
- 5. The Players
- pp. 56-62
- 7. The Game of Baseball in the 1920s
- pp. 84-93
- 9. The Season in Review
- pp. 117-130
- 10. The World Series
- pp. 131-157
- Bibliography
- pp. 183-197
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613760765
Related ISBN(s)
9781558494060
MARC Record
OCLC
606976423
Pages
232
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No