| Baseball's Greatest Season, 1924 Contributor(s): Browning, Reed (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558494871 ISBN-13: 9781558494879 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: With the possible exception of 2004 no season in the history of baseball has matched 1924 for escalating excitement and emotional investment by fans. It began with observers expecting yet another World Series between the Yankees and the Giants. It ended months later when the Washington Nationals (Senators), making their first Series appearance, grabbed the world championship by scoring the season-ending run on an impropable play in the bottom of the twelft inning of the seventh game. On the eve of the return of major league baseball to Washington, D.C.. "Baseball's Greatest Season recovers the memory of the one and only time when the championship of the national pastime resided in the nation's capital. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.26" W x 9.24" (0.89 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the possible exception of 2004 no season in the history of baseball has matched 1924 for escalating excitement and emotional investment by fans. It began with observers expecting yet another World Series between the Yankees and the Giants. It ended months later when the Washington Nationals (Senators), making their first Series appearance, grabbed the world championship by scoring the season-ending run on an improbable play in the bottom of the twelfth inning of the seventh game. On the eve of the return of major league baseball to Washington, D.C., Baseball's Greatest Season recovers the memory of the one and only time when the championship of the national pastime resided in the nation's capital. |