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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Jack Quinn, Man of Mystery -- 2. From Town Ball to the Big Leagues -- 3. "I've Never Seen a Greater Pitcher Anywhere!" -- 4. Quinn Gets Sent Down and Brought Back Up -- 5. Howard Ehmke Hailed as Another Walter Johnson -- 6. Ehmke's Tumultuous Season Comes to an End -- 7. A Wasted Year for Howard Ehmke -- 8. Another Pitcher Joins the Outlaws -- 9. Breaking Records in Syracuse -- 10. "A Fellow to Be Reckoned With" |
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11. Ehmke and the Tigers Take a Step Backward -- 12. Quinn Goes to the Pacific Coast League -- 13. "The Dynamite That Finally Shattered Their Friendship" -- 14. Navy Service and a Return to Detroit -- 15. "The Greatest Comeback in Baseball" -- 16. "Not Content to Accept Fate's Decree" -- 17. Yankees Win a Championship but Quinn's Future in Doubt -- 18. "A Fellow of Gentle Soul" -- 19. Playing for Ty Cobb -- 20. Ehmke Endures a Season of Criticism -- 21. From the Pennant in New York to the Cellar in Boston -- 22. Veteran Aces on the League's Worst Team |
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23. Ehmke and Cobb Get Physical, and the Red Sox Get New Owners -- 24. "The Toughest Break a Pitcher Ever Had" -- 25. A New Beginning for Boston -- 26. Back to Reality for the Red Sox -- 27. A Team Going Nowhere -- 28. From the Cellar in Boston to a Pennant Race in Philadelphia -- 29. Another Baseball Obituary for Quinn and a Near Tragedy for Ehmke -- 30. Quinn Gets Off to a Strong Start, Ehmke to a Poor One -- 31. Ehmke and Quinn Reunited -- 32. Ehmke Again a Teammate of Cobb -- 33. Favorites Fall Short, Far Short -- 34. Chasing the "Greatest Team Ever" -- 35. A Torrid Pennant Race |
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36. A Fast Start for the A's -- 37. A Pennant for the A's at Last -- 38. "The Pitcher Who Was Left Behind May Soon Be the Hero" -- 39. Ehmke Sets World Series Record in "Surprise" Start -- 40. "I Am Sorry to Have to Let Ehmke Go" -- 41. Defending Champions -- 42. A New League, a New Role -- 43. An Extraordinary Career Comes to an End -- 44. A Full and Happy Retirement -- 45. A Sad and Bitter End -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Lyle Spatz -- About Steve Steinberg -- About Pat Williams |
| Summary |
Comeback Pitchers is the story of two pitchers, Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke, whose intertwining careers began in the Deadball Era and continued into the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ehmke, Howard, 1894-1959.
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Quinn, Jack, 1883-1946.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Baseball players. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography.
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Pitchers (Baseball) |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Steinberg, Steve, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781496222022 1496222024 (DLC) 2020032183 (OCoLC)1176318737 |
| ISBN |
9781496226624 (electronic book) |
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1496226623 (electronic book) |
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9781496226648 (electronic book) |
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149622664X (electronic book) |
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9781496222022 |
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1496222024 |
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