1925 Major League Baseball Season - 1925 World Series, 1925 Brooklyn Robins Season, 1925 St. Louis Cardinals Season (Paperback)


Chapters: 1925 World Series, 1925 Brooklyn Robins Season, 1925 St. Louis Cardinals Season, 1925 New York Yankees Season, 1925 Washington Senators Season, 1925 Philadelphia Athletics Season, 1925 Boston Red Sox Season, 1925 Detroit Tigers Season, 1925 St. Louis Browns Season, 1925 Cleveland Indians Season, 1925 Cincinnati Reds Season, 1925 Chicago White Sox Season. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games. In a reversal of fortune on all counts from the previous 1924 World Series, when Washington's Walter Johnson had come back from two losses to win the seventh and deciding game, Johnson dominated in Games 1 and 4, but lost Game 7. The Senators built up a 31 Series lead. After Pittsburgh won the next two games, Johnson again took the mound for Game 7, and carried a 64 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. But errors by shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh in both the seventh and eighth innings led to four unearned runs, and the Pirates become the first team in a best-of-seven Series to overcome a 31 Series deficit to win the championship. Peckinpaugh, the Senators' regular shortstop and the 1925 American League Most Valuable Player, had a tough Series in the field, committing a record eight errors. Playing conditions were of no help. The 1925 Series was postponed twice due to poor weather, and Game Seven was played in what soon became a steady downpour, described as "probably the worst conditions ever for a World Series game." Senators outfielder Goose Goslin reported that the fog prevented him from clearly seeing the infield during the last three innings of the game, and claimed that the Series-winning hit was actually a foul ball. In the next d...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=133231

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Chapters: 1925 World Series, 1925 Brooklyn Robins Season, 1925 St. Louis Cardinals Season, 1925 New York Yankees Season, 1925 Washington Senators Season, 1925 Philadelphia Athletics Season, 1925 Boston Red Sox Season, 1925 Detroit Tigers Season, 1925 St. Louis Browns Season, 1925 Cleveland Indians Season, 1925 Cincinnati Reds Season, 1925 Chicago White Sox Season. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games. In a reversal of fortune on all counts from the previous 1924 World Series, when Washington's Walter Johnson had come back from two losses to win the seventh and deciding game, Johnson dominated in Games 1 and 4, but lost Game 7. The Senators built up a 31 Series lead. After Pittsburgh won the next two games, Johnson again took the mound for Game 7, and carried a 64 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. But errors by shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh in both the seventh and eighth innings led to four unearned runs, and the Pirates become the first team in a best-of-seven Series to overcome a 31 Series deficit to win the championship. Peckinpaugh, the Senators' regular shortstop and the 1925 American League Most Valuable Player, had a tough Series in the field, committing a record eight errors. Playing conditions were of no help. The 1925 Series was postponed twice due to poor weather, and Game Seven was played in what soon became a steady downpour, described as "probably the worst conditions ever for a World Series game." Senators outfielder Goose Goslin reported that the fog prevented him from clearly seeing the infield during the last three innings of the game, and claimed that the Series-winning hit was actually a foul ball. In the next d...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=133231

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September 2010

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68

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978-1-155-30376-5

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9781155303765

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