When the Dodgers were bridegrooms : Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn's back-to-back pennants of 1889 and 1890 /

When the Dodgers were bridegrooms : Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn's back-to-back pennants of 1889 and 1890 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shafer, Ronald G.
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
Description:	vii, 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	McGunnigle, William Henry, -- 1855-1899. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History. Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History. Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8456875

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ISBN:	9780786458998 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786458992 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In 1883, urbane real estate investor Charles Byrne and hustling news editor George J. Taylor joined forces 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"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. A Team Grows in Brooklyn
2. Der Boss President
3. Gunner McGunnigle
4. Stars for Sale
5. Here Come the Bridegrooms
6. A Bridge Too High?
7. Down to the Wire
8. The Pre-Subway Series
9. Revolt of the Players
10. Pennant Fever and Labor Pains
11. Final Inning
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index