Overview

""A gentleman when the game was hard-bitten, played by rough-and-ready lads out to win whatever the cost...."" Australia had few sporting heroes in the years preceding its federation in 1901. But before its 20th-century Olympic trailblazers, and Depression-era icons such as Phar Lap and Don Bradman, came an Australian sporting pioneer who was celebrated on the most glamorous stage in the world--American major league baseball. Joe Quinn's story has long been lost in the land of his birth. This tale gallops from the deprivation of famine-ravaged Ireland through colonial Australia to the raucous ballfields of 19th-century America, with their unruly players and owners, brawls and adulation and backroom betrayals. Through 17 seasons in the major leagues, ""Undertaker"" Joe Quinn earned his place among the colorful characters who pioneered the modern game of baseball, as much for his ability to stand apart from their bad behavior as for his steadfastness on the field. Meet Australia's first professional baseball player and manager, whose willingness to ""have a go"" in the grand Australian tradition will live long in the minds of sports fans on both sides of the Pacific.

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Author:   Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9780786479801

ISBN 10:   0786479809
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   27 October 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I • Australia: 1862–1872 1. Queen’s County to Queensland 2. Waltzing Matilda Part II • Iowa: 1872–1884 3. A Special Class of Slaves Part III • The Rookie Years: 1884–1888 4. Union and Liberty 5. The Black Diamonds in the National League 6. The Price of Honor Part IV • Boston: 1888–1892 7. Back on the Big Stage 8. Rebellion!—The Players’ League 9. Mateship Part V • The Good Fight: 1893–1898 10. The ­Flea-Bitten Gray and the ­Bald-Faced Nag 11. The Stone of Sisyphus 12. Angry Birds Part VI • The Grand Old Man: 1898–1903 13. The Great Player Swap 14. Last Days of the Dingo Part VII • The Afterlife: 1904–1940 15. A Very Private Tragedy Epilogue Appendix A: Joe Quinn, Career Statistics Appendix B: Sabermetric Comparison of ­Nineteenth-Century Second Basemen Appendix C: ­Australian-Born Major League Baseball Players, 1884–2013 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

Nicholls has done an outstanding job of telling Quinn's story.... Her book is well documented and footnoted, amply illustrated, and highly recommended --SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter.

Nicholls has done an outstanding job of telling Quinn's story.... Her book is well documented and footnoted, amply illustrated, and highly recommended --<i>SABR Deadball Committee Newsletter</i>.

Author Information

Rochelle Llewelyn Nicholls is the author of numerous journal articles on orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine. She also writes about the science of baseball and has worked as a sports scientist with junior players at both the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the American Sports Medicine Institute. She lives in Australia.

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