Ray Schalk - Cooper, Brian E.

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Résumé :
This is the first book-length biography of Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk, once described as the yardstick against which all other catchers were measured. For years the top defender at his position, Schalk was also a fiery leader on the field, and he guided two teams to the World Series. (One of those teams, however, was the 1919 Black Sox, whose conspiracy to throw the Series left Schalk with a deep and abiding sense of betrayal.) After he retired as a player, the Illinois native spent decades as a manager or coach on the collegiate, minor league, and major league levels. Schalk entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955....

Biographie:
Brian E. Cooper is the executive editor and editorial board chairman of the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa). His 2007 biography of Red Faber was a finalist for the Larry Ritter Award. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he lives in Dubuque....

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments?????
Preface?????

1. Put in Schalk!?????
2. Milwaukee?????
3. Here is your pitcher, Doc White?????
4. Cracker?????
5. Domesticated on the World Tour?????
6. Sophomore Star?????
7. We don't serve kids in here!?????
8. Two Games from Glory?????
9. Ray and Lavinia?????
10. American League Champs?????
11. Giant-Killers?????
12. A Dynasty Interrupted?????
13. Glory Before the Fall?????
14. Black Sox?????
15. Divided We Fall?????
16. Thrown Down?????
17. A Team to Dismember?????
18. Rebuilding for the Second Division?????
19. The Human Dynamo?????
20. Ray Down and Kid Out?????
21. Passed Over, Battered and Benched?????
22. Cracker's Comeback?????
23. Transitions?????
24. Goodbye?????
25. A New Role?????
26. Shuffle Off to Buffalo?????
27. Indianapolis and Milwaukee?????
28. Businessman, Volunteer and Celebrity?????
29. Turmoil on the Home Front?????
30. Cooperstown Calls?????
31. Final Inning?????

Epilogue?????
Appendix?????
Chapter Notes?????
Bibliography?????
Index?????
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