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A carregar... The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series--and America's Heart--During the Great Depressionpor John Heidenry
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 4645. the Gashouse Gang How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series -- and America's Heart -- During the Great Depression, by John Heidenry (read 28 Nov 2009) This is an account of the 1934 Cardinals who won the National League pennant and the World Series. The account of the season is kind of choppy and not as chronological as it should be, but the account ot the Series is well-done and exciting. I have only the vaguest memory of the 1934 Series--confined to a remark which I think my sister made to my dad--but many of the players in 1934 were still around in 1938 when I became a rabid baseball fan--but not a Cardinal fan. This is an enjoyable book to read. This is a well-researched and written history of the Gashouse Gang, the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, and their championship season. Most of the book revolves around the general manager Branch Rickey, inventor of the minor league farm system, and Dizzy Dean, the eccentric, clownish and brilliant 30-game winner that year. But there are a host of colorful personalities described in this book. Heidenry is a competent historian, but he lacks the baseball jargon of Buzz Bissinger ("3 Nights in August"). I think the most amazing thing in this book was the resilience of Dizzy Dean, and to a lesser extent, his brother Paul. The two of them won nearly half the Cardinal victories that year. He was frequently used on alternate days, with occasional relief duty in between. In addition, he pitched for several exhibition games during the season, and pitched several complete games. Even for the era, this was an unheard of feat, and probably explains the brevity of his career. Dean and his brother also held the first unilateral baseball strike by players, holding out their services for a period during a pennant race. A supremely confident, clownish and talented player, was Dizzy Dean. The 1934 Cardinals team was nicknamed "The Gashouse Gang" in 1935, and the name ended with that team. I felt a particular pleasure in this book, as my Rotisserie baseball team for the last 21 years has been the Gashouse Gang. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
With The Gashouse Gang, John Heidenry delivers the definitive account of one the greatest and most colorful baseball teams of all times, the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, filled with larger-than-life baseball personalities like Branch Rickey, Leo Durocher, Pepper Martin, Casey Stengel, Satchel Paige, Frankie Frisch, and--especially-- the eccentric good ol' boy and great pitcher Dizzy Dean and his brother Paul. The year 1934 marked the lowest point of the Great Depression, when the U.S. went off the gold standard, banks collapsed by the score, and millions of Americans were out of work. Epic baseball feats offered welcome relief from the hardships of daily life. The Gashouse Gang, the brilliant culmination of a dream by its general manager, Branch Rickey, the first to envision a farm system that would acquire and "educate" young players in the art of baseball, was adored by the nation, who saw itself--scruffy, proud, and unbeatable--in the Gang. Based on original research and told in entertaining narrative style, The Gashouse Gang brings a bygone era and a cast full of vivid personalities to life and unearths a treasure trove of baseball lore that will delight any fan of the great American pastime. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This was “the most colorful team in the history of baseball,” says author Heidenry, and he has a point. With Ripper playing first base and Pepper playing third, with “The Lip” at shortstop and “The Flash” at second. With Spud behind the plate and Ducky-Wucky in the outfield, this team had some serious color! The pitching rotation mostly consisted of Dizzy and Daffy, with Tex and Wild Bill thrown in for good measure.
The first chapter is about Branch Rickey, the second is about the Dean Brothers. The rest of the book recaps the 1934 pennant race and World Series, punctuated by amusing anecdotes about the antics of a wild bunch of jokers and alpha males! A fun read for any baseball fan, especially those partial to St. Louis. Includes a photo section, index, and bibliography. ( )