Jack Coombs: A Life in Baseball
Author:   John P. Tierney
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786439591


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   22 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   John P. Tierney
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786439591


ISBN 10:   0786439599
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   22 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Prologue—September 1, 1906      1. The Colby Carbine      2. “So that’s how they throw them in the big league”      3. A Second Ty Cobb      4. “No pitcher ever did more for a manager”      5. A Willingness to Work      6. Mack’s Greatest Team?      7. “Jack Coombs is a sick man”      8. “Old Jack Coombs”      9. “You can have this glove; I won’t need it anymore”      10. The Coombsmen      11. Professor Coombs      Epilogue—“The times have certainly changed”      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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well worth reading --Nine; detailed...superb biography...a welcome addition --The Inside Game.


"""well worth reading""--Nine; ""detailed...superb biography...a welcome addition""--The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter)."


well worth reading --Nine; detailed...superb biography...a welcome addition --The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter).


well worth reading --<i>Nine</i>; detailed...superb biography...a welcome addition --<i>The Inside Game</i>.


Author Information

John P. Tierney is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He lives in Southborough, Massachusetts.

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