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      Gabby Hartnett: The Life and Times of the Cubs’ Greatest Catcher

      William F. McNeil

      Gabby Harnett is believed by many to be the greatest catcher of all time.

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      Visitors to Ancient America: The Evidence for European and Asian Presence in America Prior to Columbus

      William F. McNeil

      This work is a comprehensive study of the evidence suggesting that ancient European and Asian mariners visited the United States more than 1000 years ago, looking at evidence that would…

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      The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball

      William F. McNeil

      Explores rule changes, adaptations to pitching and pitching strategies, and the effect of pitcher injuries and conditioning, among other influences. An appendix gives stats for major league starting pitchers with…

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      The California Winter League: America’s First Integrated Professional Baseball League

      William F. McNeil

      The California Winter League was the first to bring together Negro League teams and white professional teams in one league. This work presents the complete history of the California Winter…

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      Black Baseball Out of Season: Pay for Play Outside of the Negro Leagues

      William F. McNeil

      Tells the story of thousands of anonymous black professional baseball players whose talents were played out in undiscovered world of Negro leagues during first half of twentieth century. This book…

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      The Rise of Mike Tyson, Heavyweight

      William F. McNeil

      Covering Mike Tyson’s complete amateur and professional boxing career, this book follows the Brooklyn native from his early years as a 12 year old criminal in Brownsville to his 1988…

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      Baseball’s Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

      William F. McNeil

      A survey of baseball players who never played in the U.S. major leagues.

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      The Single Season Home Run Kings: Ruth, Maris, McGwire, Sosa and Bonds

      William F. McNeil

      This revised edition reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players’…

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      Backstop: A History of the Catcher and Sabermetric Ranking of 50 All-time Greats

      William F. McNeil

      This book discusses the history of catching and catchers and employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the…

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      Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-time Greats of the Negro Leagues

      William F. McNeil

      Many of the great baseball players of the Negro league have been forgotten simply because baseball’s Hall of Fame ignored black players. For this volume, black former players were invited…

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      All-stars for All Time: A Sabermetric Ranking of the Major League Best, 1876-2007

      William F. McNeil

      Uses practical measures to scientifically rank major league players, position by position, according to their offensive and defensive skills. This work identifies the top contenders for best offensive, defensive and…

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      Miracle in Chavez Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988

      William F. McNeil

      After winning the 1981 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. By the time they ended the 1987 season 17 games behind the…

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      Red Sox Roll Call: 200 Memorable Players, 1901-2010

      William F. McNeil

      Profiles 200 of the most memorable players to have donned Boston’s red, white, and blue. Some, like Ted Williams, enjoyed long, illustrious careers with the Red Sox. Others, like Smokey…

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      James McNeil Whistler

      Frederick W 1859- Morton, William F Losee, Frank A Hadley

      This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

      This work is in the "public…

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      James McNeil Whistler

      Frederick W 1859- Morton, William F Losee, Frank A Hadley

      This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

      This work is in the "public…

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