The Pirates Unraveled: Pittsburgh's 1926 Season
Author:   Angelo J. Louisa
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786470709


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   09 November 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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The Pirates Unraveled: Pittsburgh's 1926 Season


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With virtually the same personnel that had won both the National League pennant and the World Series the previous season, the 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates were favored by the majority of preseason prognosticators to capture the pennant for the second year in a row. But they finished in third place, four and a half games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. That failure has largely been attributed to the alleged dissension caused by the presence of vice president and assistant to the manager Fred Clarke on the Pirate bench and to the ramifications of an attempt by several players to remove him, known as the ""ABC Affair."" This book chronicles the '26 Pirates, showing that the blame assigned to Clarke has been mostly misplaced and that the reasons for the Bucs' failure were far more complex.

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Author:   Angelo J. Louisa
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780786470709


ISBN 10:   0786470704
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   09 November 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword by David C. Ogden Acknowledgments Introduction: Setting the Record Straight One. Colorful, Competitive and Consistently Falling Short Two. The Return of Fred Clarke Three. High Expectations, Disappointing Results Four. The ABC Affair Five. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Six. Making Sense of It All Key to the Abbreviations Used in the Appendices Appendix A: Biographical Information for the 1926 Pirates Appendix B: Offensive Statistics Appendix C: Pitching Statistics Appendix D: Fielding Statistics Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Angelo J. Louisa is a researcher, writer, and community educator who lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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