{"product_id":"a-game-of-brawl-the-orioles-the-beaneaters-and-the-battle-for-the-1897-pennant-9780803226364","title":"A Game of Brawl: The Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the Battle for the 1897 Pennant","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot only was it probably the most cutthroat pennant race in baseball history, it was also a struggle to define how baseball would be played. \u003ci\u003eA Game of Brawl\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates the rowdy, season-long 1897 battle between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Beaneaters. The Orioles had acquired a reputation as the dirtiest team in baseball. Future Hall of Famers John McGraw, Wee Willie Keeler, and \"Foxy\" Ned Hanlon were proven winners--but their nasty tactics met with widespread disapproval among fans. So it was that their pennant race with the comparatively saintly Beaneaters took on a decidedly moralistic air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Felber brings to life the most intensely watched team sporting event in the country's history to that time. His book captures the drama of the final week, as the race came down to a three-game series. And finally, it conveys the madness of the third and decisive game, when thirty thousand fans literally knocked down the gates and walls of a facility designed to hold ten thousand to watch the Beaneaters grind out a win and bring down baseball's first and most notorious evil empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Felber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803226364\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Felber recently retired as the executive editor of the \u003ci\u003eManhattan Mercury\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book on the Book: An Inquiry into Which Strategies in the Modern Game Actually Work\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138423238771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_05274cc3-0181-4d23-b2d1-67e7f1ad2c98.jpg?v=1654349433","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-game-of-brawl-the-orioles-the-beaneaters-and-the-battle-for-the-1897-pennant-9780803226364","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}