Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Gay, Timothy M.
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Gay, Timothy M.

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend

A three-time World Series winner and an early inductee into the Hall of Fame, lauded by Babe...
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Author: Timothy M. Gay
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Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Gay, Timothy M.

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend

$256.04
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Gay, Timothy M.

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend

$256.04
Author: Timothy M. Gay
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A three-time World Series winner and an early inductee into the Hall of Fame, lauded by Babe Ruth as the finest defensive outfielder he ever saw, and described as "perfection on the field" by the great Grantland Rice, Tris Speaker enjoys the peculiar distinction of being one of the least-known legends of baseball history. Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend is the first book to tell the full story of Speaker's turbulent life and to document in sharp detail the grit and glory of his pivotal role in baseball's dead-ball era.

Playing for the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians in the early part of the twentieth century, Tris "Spoke" Speaker put up numbers that amaze us even today: his record for career doubles--792--may never be approached, let alone broken. Timothy M. Gay gives a rousing account of some of the best baseball ever played--and of some of the darkest moments that ever tainted a game and hastened the end of a career. Gay's four years of research on Speaker unearthed a document that suggests that cheating induced by gambling was far more widespread in early baseball than officials have acknowledged. Gay's book captures the bygone spirit of the big leagues' rough-and-tumble early years and restores one of baseball's true greats--and a truly larger-than-life personality--to his rightful place in the American sports pantheon.

Author: Timothy M. Gay
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 04/01/2023
Pages: 346
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9781496234742

About the Author
Timothy M. Gay is a writer based in northern Virginia. His essays and articles on the Civil War, politics, baseball, college basketball, and golf have appeared in USA Today, the Washington Post, and other publications. He is the author of several books including Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson.

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