The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

Name: The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
SKU: Banana_10H7_7_0802142478
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Author: Deford, Frank
ISBN: 9780802142474

PAPERBACK - Mar 2006 by Deford, Frank

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The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball in paperback format by Deford, Frank. Published by Grove Press in 2006. Available in New condition.

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The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

PAPERBACK - Mar 2006 by Deford, Frank

Book Summary

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball in paperback format by Deford, Frank. Published by Grove Press in 2006. Available in New condition.

Book Details

Format

paperback

ISBN-10

0802142478

ISBN-13

9780802142474

Publication Date

Mar 2006

Item Weight

0.78 pounds

Length

9.02 inch

Width

5.98 inch

Height

0.75 inch

First Sentence

Although neither one of them ever seems to have mentioned it for posterity, John J. McGraw and Christopher Mathewson must surely have first encountered each other on the warm afternoon of Thursday, July 19, in the year 1900, at the Polo Grounds in the upper reaches of Manhattan on an occasion when, as was his wont, McGraw made an ass of himself.

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Frank Deford
Editor of Sports Illustrated magazine and long-time commentator on National Public Radio. He wrote many sports-related books and a highly regarded memoir about his daughter, who died from cystic fibrosis.
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