| When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms: Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn's Back-to-Back Pennants of 1889 and 1890 Contributor(s): Shafer, Ronald G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786458992 ISBN-13: 9780786458998 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - General - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2011010258 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.11" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 212 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined forces in 1883 to create the club that would become the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the Bridegrooms by sportswriters after several players got married, they won their first major league pennants in 1889 and 1890 under pioneering manager Bill Gunner McGunnigle. This first history of the birth of the Dodgers franchise chronicles the owners' efforts to build the team, woo fans, and oversee the antics of the colorful cast of athletes--with nicknames like Adonis, Needles, and Oyster--who filled the Bridegrooms' roster. |