Overview

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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jack Smiles
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780786422029

ISBN 10:   0786422025
Pages:   231
Publication Date:   24 May 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      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     

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an excellent choice...well written and thoroughly researched --The SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter.

"""an excellent choice...well written and thoroughly researched""--The SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter."

an excellent choice...well written and thoroughly researched --<i>The SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter.</i>

Author Information

SABR member Jack Smiles is associate editor of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He lives in Wyoming, Pennsylvania.

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