| Contents |
Beginnings-the Irish in Boston -- The Irish White Stockings of Chicago -- Shamrocks, Trojans, and Giants -- Charlie Comiskey and the St. Louis Browns -- White Stockings, Colts, and Cubs -- Patsy Tebeau and the Hibernian Spiders -- Ned Hanlon and the Orioles -- The Heavenly Twins and the Boston Irish -- The umpires -- Comiskey and the White Sox -- McGraw and the Giants -- Wild Bill, Whiskey Face, and the tall tactician -- Red Sox and royal rooters. |
| Abstract |
"Professional baseball took root in America in the 1860s during the same years that the sons of the first wave Irish famine refugees began to reach adulthood. This is a survey of the enormous contribution of the Irish to the American pastime and the ways in which Irish immigrants and baseball came of age together"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009001305 |
| ISBN | 9780786434190 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0786434198 (ill. case bdg. : alk. paper) |
