 THE
GENIUS OF HUG ©
Miller Huggins managed the New York Yankees from 1918 until
his premature death in 1929. ‘Hug,’ as he was
affectionately known, led them to their first six pennants
and three world championships, as he cemented the foundation
of future Yankee greatness. Earlier he had a successful major
league career for more than a decade (1904-1916) as a second
baseman and five years as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals
(1913-1917). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in
1964...
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 SHOCKER!
DISCOVERING A SILENT HERO OF BASEBALL'S GOLDEN AGE
Shocker! Discovering a Silent Hero of Baseball’s
Golden Age © weaves a dozen baseball people into
the story, including Hall-of-Famers Brown first baseman George
Sisler, Yankee manager Miller Huggins, and spitball pitchers
Ed Walsh, Burleigh Grimes, and Stan Coveleski. The book captures
their personalities and bonds of friendship, as well as their
love of the game. It follows them from rising stars to veterans
on the way down. Like Urban Shocker, most of these men were
household names in the Teens or 1920's, but are merely dim
memories now. Like Urban, they too have stories worth telling...
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