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Mike Vaccaro

The First Fall Classic

The Red Sox, the Giants, and the Cast of Players, Pugs, and Politicos Who Reinvented the World Series in 1912

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In this wonderful page-turner, veteran sports journalist Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail-and re-creates the magic and suspense of the world's first classic series.Despite a major presidential election, the near-assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, and the most sensational trial of the young century, baseball dominated front-page headlines in October 1912. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants of that year-two of the finest ball clubs that had ever been assembled-went head-to-head in a thrilling eight-game battle that ultimately elevated the World Series from a regional October novelty to a national… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7679-2968-4
  • EAN: 9780767929684
  • Produktnummer: 7294782
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.

Über den Autor


Mike Vaccaro is the lead sports columnist for the New York Post and the author of 1941: The Greatest Year in Sports and Emperors and Idiots. He has won more than fifty major journalism awards since 1989 and has been cited for distinguished writing by the Associated Press Sports Editors, the New York State Publishers Association, and the Poynter Institute. A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, he lives in New Jersey. Visit the author's website: www.mike-vaccaro.com

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