Bucky: A Story of Baseball in the Deadball Era
Bucky Veil was a professional baseballer who played the game in the early years of the twentieth century, a time when baseball was beginning to evolve into America's national pastime. As a twenty-two-year-old rookie with the 1903 Pittsburg Pirates, he pitched in the first World Series of modern major league baseball, thus witnessing firsthand an important milestone in the history of the sport. No less an authority than Hall of Famer Honus Wagner predicted that Bucky would be "a great star."
Bucky is a story of baseball in the Deadball Era, told from the perspective of the author's different from that of the modern era. It was a game that emphasized strategy over power--Babe Ruth and the long ball were a decade or more in the future--and relied upon speed; smart, aggressive base-running; good bunting techniques; and timely hitting, all designed to advance runners into positions from which they could score.
Baseball in the Deadball Era was played with a passion that is largely absent in the modern game. Bucky was blessed to have had the opportunity to play professional baseball in an era when it truly was a game.
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Bucky is a story of baseball in the Deadball Era, told from the perspective of the author's different from that of the modern era. It was a game that emphasized strategy over power--Babe Ruth and the long ball were a decade or more in the future--and relied upon speed; smart, aggressive base-running; good bunting techniques; and timely hitting, all designed to advance runners into positions from which they could score.
Baseball in the Deadball Era was played with a passion that is largely absent in the modern game. Bucky was blessed to have had the opportunity to play professional baseball in an era when it truly was a game.
Bucky: A Story of Baseball in the Deadball Era
Bucky Veil was a professional baseballer who played the game in the early years of the twentieth century, a time when baseball was beginning to evolve into America's national pastime. As a twenty-two-year-old rookie with the 1903 Pittsburg Pirates, he pitched in the first World Series of modern major league baseball, thus witnessing firsthand an important milestone in the history of the sport. No less an authority than Hall of Famer Honus Wagner predicted that Bucky would be "a great star."
Bucky is a story of baseball in the Deadball Era, told from the perspective of the author's different from that of the modern era. It was a game that emphasized strategy over power--Babe Ruth and the long ball were a decade or more in the future--and relied upon speed; smart, aggressive base-running; good bunting techniques; and timely hitting, all designed to advance runners into positions from which they could score.
Baseball in the Deadball Era was played with a passion that is largely absent in the modern game. Bucky was blessed to have had the opportunity to play professional baseball in an era when it truly was a game.
Bucky is a story of baseball in the Deadball Era, told from the perspective of the author's different from that of the modern era. It was a game that emphasized strategy over power--Babe Ruth and the long ball were a decade or more in the future--and relied upon speed; smart, aggressive base-running; good bunting techniques; and timely hitting, all designed to advance runners into positions from which they could score.
Baseball in the Deadball Era was played with a passion that is largely absent in the modern game. Bucky was blessed to have had the opportunity to play professional baseball in an era when it truly was a game.
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| BN ID: | 2940015753370 |
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| Publisher: | Wheatmark |
| Publication date: | 11/20/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 359 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
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