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MISFITS! Baseball's Worst Ever Team: 1899 Cleveland Spiders by J Thomas Hetrick
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- MISFITS! Baseball's Worst Ever Team: 1899 Cleveland Spiders
- Publication Date
- 2015-10-19
- Edition Number
- 2
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9781929763009
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pocol Press
ISBN-10
192976300X
ISBN-13
9781929763009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038646096
Product Key Features
Educational Level
Adult & Further Education
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Publication Name
Misfits! Baseball's Worst Ever Team
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Baseball / History, Baseball / General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Sports & Recreation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Adult Education
Illustrated
Yes
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The tragicomic story of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, baseball's futility leaders and winners of only 20 out of 154 games that season. Meet some of the most colorful men ever to wear a major league uniform. Follow their unfortunate train-travel odyssey through the National League and straight into obscurity. Marvel at the real desperation of a team forced to turn a cigar store clerk into a starting pitcher. Anecdotes galore. Reviewed in the 1999 Cleveland Indians Yearbook. Illustrations, appendices, sordid statistics, bibliography, and index., Doomed to failure, the brave ballplayers of the ragtag 1899 Cleveland Spiders took the field. What followed were some of the strangest exploits ever seen on a baseball diamond. Laugh at their ridiculous exploits! Imagine a team that played virtually no home games! Join them on their bumpy railroad ride to mediocrity. Savor a ball club of Charlie Browns who played so poorly that one Cleveland sportswriter penned a sardonic apology explaining the virtues of defeat. These colorful ballplayers; men like Crazy Schmit, Tommy Tucker, Ossie Schreckengost, and Louis Sockalexis, can't be found anywhere near Cooperstown. Discover the riches of 19th Century baseball when balls were grass-stained, beat-up, and used all day. When tickets cost 50 cents. When playing fields were only parks and not stadiums. When owners could own multiple teams. When protesting an umpire's call meant an automatic five-dollar fine. When rowdyism and chaos ruled. Cleveland's Plain Dealer called the book "exhaustively detailed." The Cooperstown Review wrote, "Hetrick deserves a standing ovation for this meticulous research." MISFITS! Baseball's Worst Ever Team contains new illustrations, tons of hysterical anecdotes, period sports writing, sordid statistics, references, bibliography, and index.
Illustrated by
Arnold, Michael D.
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- m***m (2282)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (43)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (94)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.