Level playing fields : how the groundskeeping Murphy brothers shaped baseball /

Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on a usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, Peter, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Baseball fields > History.
Baseball > History.
Baseball fields > United States > Maintenance and repair.
Baseball fields > Design and construction.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball
Baseball fields
Baseball fields > Design and construction
Baseball fields > Maintenance and repair
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the dirt beneath the fingernails
  • Invisible men
  • The pursuit of pleasures under difficulties
  • Inside baseball
  • Who'll stop the rain?
  • A diamond situated in a river bottom
  • Tom Murphy's crime
  • Return to exposition park
  • No suitable ground on the island
  • John Murphy of the polo grounds
  • Marlin Springs
  • The later years
  • The Murphys' legacy
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword: cold cases
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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