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Rosen, Charles.
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Baseball -- United States -- History.
Irish American baseball players -- History.
Irish Americans -- History.
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Rosen, Charles.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Irish American baseball players -- History.
Irish Americans -- History.
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The emerald diamond : how the Irish transformed America's greatest pastime / Charley Rosen.
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Rosen, Charles.
Harper, c2012.
Call #:
796
.35764
R8132e
Subjects
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Irish American baseball players -- History.
Irish Americans -- History.
ISBN:
9780062089885
0062089889
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xi, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305).
Contents:
The Irish game -- Humble beginnings -- Arrival -- Present-day interview : Glenn Patrick Sherlock -- Blocked at home plate -- NINA -- The first Irish stars -- More Irish firsts -- Present-day interview : Eric O'Flaherty -- The Emerald Age -- They would be giants -- Molly Maguires -- Superstar -- Brotherhood -- Present-day interview : Ryan Roberts -- Spikes up -- Last slide -- Nice guys finish first -- Kill the ump -- More Irish record setting -- Present-day interview : Barry Enright -- A new century -- The Delahanty brothers -- A new league -- Mr. Mack -- Present-day interview : Ruth Mack Clark -- Take me out to the ball game -- Faustian bargain -- Scandal and war -- They're all good Irish names -- The alert Irishman -- Homer in the gloamin' -- A real Casey -- Present-day interview : John Flaherty -- Wartime -- Postwar to the present -- The fabulous fifties -- The crazy sixties -- Green and gold -- The hidden potato trick -- Century's end and Irish resurgence -- Eire apparent : a visit to the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame.
Summary:
Chronicles the Irish and their impact on baseball, citing influential Irish figures on and off the diamond, exploring their many contributions, and interweaving interviews with modern-day Irish players, managers, and executives.
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