| Description |
xii, 436 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-424) and index. |
| Contents |
Cats and cradles -- Playing the fields -- Games for sale -- Yankee dandy -- Consolation prizes -- Broadway lights -- Aftershocks -- Inlaws and outlaws -- Managing crisis -- Second thoughts -- Poxes on the house -- Peaceful coexistence -- Captain Outrageous -- Chase in charge -- Breakdowns -- Affairs to remember -- Relocations -- The second city -- A federal case -- Non-support -- The red prince -- War clouds -- Laying down -- Fibbers and Magee -- Burning bridges -- Giant acquittals -- The wild bunch -- Dirty laundry -- Out at home -- Still crazy after all these years -- Blame games -- On the borderline -- Arizona traveler -- When hustlers meet -- The nuclear family and other meltdowns -- Last licks -- The extra innings -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Chase, Hal, 1883-1947.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball -- Betting -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Acocella, Nick.
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| ISBN |
1894963296 (hardcover) |
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