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Nine Innings for the King : The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4 1918
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Overview
On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary
"baseball match" between American soldiers and sailors. This historic event helped solidify the transatlantic alliance that was vital to winning the war. The game itself was a thriller, reported throughout the English-speaking world. The players ranged from kids fresh off the sandlots to a handful of major and minor leaguers and a future Hall of Famer. The two veteran pitchers went the distance, the outcome in doubt until the last batter. Drawing on American and British sources and game-day coverage, this first-ever full account of the
"King's game" records every play and explores the lives of several players. The author provides a brief history of the Anglo-American Baseball League and armed forces baseball played in England, France and the United States during the Great War.
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"Leeke creates an enjoyable read with prose that holds the reader's interest.... After reading this book, one feels like they were present in 1918 and got to see and experience the drama and excitement around the game played at Stamford Bridge. Any lover of baseball history will learn something form this book"-- H-Net Reviews
"Splendid. From a dusty newspaper box score published in the armed forces newspaper Stars and Stripes, Leeke builds the tale of the game, the players, the spectators, and the playing field into a narrative that is difficult to put down. Leeke painstakingly reconstructs the game action, inning-by-inning and pitch-by-pitch" --Paul Langendorfer, The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter)"With a witty, crackling style, Jim Leeke tells the story of the most historically dramatic baseball game of all time. And there's plenty of solid research behind his engaging newshound-on-the-scent prose. Nine Innings for the King should be on the bookshelf of every baseball fan and anyone interested in the sometimes surprising appearances our National Pastime has made on the international stage."--L.M. Sutter, author of Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth .
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On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary"baseball ...
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On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary
"baseball match" between American soldiers and sailors. This historic event helped solidify the transatlantic alliance that was vital to winning the war. The game itself was a thriller, reported throughout the English-speaking world. The players ranged from kids fresh off the sandlots to a handful of major and minor leaguers and a future Hall of Famer. The two veteran pitchers went the distance, the outcome in doubt until the last batter. Drawing on American and British sources and game-day coverage, this first-ever full account of the
"King's game" records every play and explores the lives of several players. The author provides a brief history of the Anglo-American Baseball League and armed forces baseball played in England, France and the United States during the Great War.
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"Leeke creates an enjoyable read with prose that holds the reader's interest.... After reading this book, one feels like they were present in 1918 and got to see and experience the drama and excitement around the game played at Stamford Bridge. Any lover of baseball history will learn something form this book"-- H-Net Reviews
"Splendid. From a dusty newspaper box score published in the armed forces newspaper Stars and Stripes, Leeke builds the tale of the game, the players, the spectators, and the playing field into a narrative that is difficult to put down. Leeke painstakingly reconstructs the game action, inning-by-inning and pitch-by-pitch" --Paul Langendorfer, The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter)"With a witty, crackling style, Jim Leeke tells the story of the most historically dramatic baseball game of all time. And there's plenty of solid research behind his engaging newshound-on-the-scent prose. Nine Innings for the King should be on the bookshelf of every baseball fan and anyone interested in the sometimes surprising appearances our National Pastime has made on the international stage."--L.M. Sutter, author of Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth .
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