Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series Illustrated Pitching for the Championship written by Lester Chadwick and published by Baseball Joe. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a world different from the one we normally inhabit - a world of wide expanse of green, straight, white lines identifying the base paths, perfectly aligned bases, and home plate encircled by green grass and smooth dirt. That's the world of big league baseball today, and it was the same a century ago when literary heroes like Baseball Joe stalked through our imagination."No cellphones. No Google. Just pluck and wit." That's the way one modern critic describes these exciting tales from the early twentieth century, written for boys of the time. But really, they are universal tales of setting goals, overcoming adversity, and achieving what at some points seems impossible.Joe Matson is just an ordinary kid in a typical Midwestern town. He loves to play baseball and wants to make it onto the local nine, but his every step finds obstacles in the way. Joe wants to pitch, but the team has a star pitcher already who is reluctant - to say the least - to give up his position to this fresh-faced newcomer. But Joe perseveres, occasionally getting a lucky break, but more often having to rely on his own resources to reach his goal.As he reaches one goal, he then tackles the next one - making it to Yale and playing for the college team, then becoming a professional, later getting into the big leagues, and finally making it to the top of the baseball world.It is what they used to call "pluck."Joe has plenty of that as he gradually becomes Baseball Joe. In this volume, we find Baseball Joe as the star pitcher for the Giants, and his pitching venue is the biggest one of all: the World Series. Joe must overcome many hazards - some expected and some surprising - if he is going to lead his team to the championship his manager and his fans expect.You can follow Baseball Joe's progress as he ascends the heights of his baseball glory with exciting and surprising adventures along the way. First Inning Press is proud to introduce these new editions of Baseball Joe's exploits in a ten-volume set. Once you read one of them, you will want to read them all.For the boy in your life - maybe that boy is you - these are the perfect companions - simple tales that are accessible and easy-to-read. Give the gift of reading to the person you care about today.--The genius behind the Baseball Joe books was Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), a New Jersey born writer who was creative and prolific. As a teenager, Stratemeyer has his own printing press and understood the printing and distribution process intimately. He began writing stories then but didn't sell his first story to a magazine until he was 26. In 1899, Stratemeyer published the first of his Rover Boys series, which became widely popular. Stratemeyer did not invent the series formula, but he recognized its potential, and in 1905, he formed the Stratemeyer Literary Syndicate through which he hired journalists to write stories based on his ideas and outlines. He would pay his writers a flat fee and keep the copyright for himself. Thus was born series such as The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and Nancy Drew. Baseball Joe never reached the cultural status as these other series, possibly because of their specialized setting - the world of baseball - but they are nevertheless a pleasant and entertaining set that will continue to delight young readers.Stratemeyer lived a quiet life with this family in New Jersey and never sought publicity for himself. He also made a ton of money. After his death, Stratemeyer's work continued, and his legacy entertained millions of young readers even into the twenty-first century. We hope that legacy will continue well into this century.First Inning Press has done very little editing to the text, believing they should be preserved as they were a century ago. We have added illustrations, however, that we hope will enhance the reading experience of all, young and old, who open these pages.
Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Baseball Joe in the World Series: Or Pitching for the Championship "Here he comes " "Hurrah for Matson " "Great game, old man." "You stood the Chicagos on their heads that time, Joe." "That home run of yours was a dandy." "What's the matter with Matson?" "He's all right " A wild uproar greeted the appearance of Joe Matson, the famous pitcher of the New York Giants, as he emerged from the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds after the great game in which he had pitched the Giants to the head of the National League and put them in line for the World Series with the champions of the American League. It was no wonder that the crowd had gone crazy with excitement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series Or Pitching for the Championship written by Lester Chadwick and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Baseball Joe In The World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball Joe is the fictional hero of a number of children's books written by Howard R. Garis under the name of "Lester Chadwick". The series follows the main character, a star baseball player named Joe Matson, from high school to college (at Yale University) and then to success as a professional. In the Baseball Joe series, Chadwick chronicles the adventures of Joe Matson from the sandlots to prep school, the Ivy League, the minors, the majors, and on to a world tour and other adventures.
Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here he comes!”“Hurrah for Matson!”“Great game, old man.”“You stood the Chicagos on their heads that time, Joe.”“That home run of yours was a dandy.”“What's the matter with Matson?”“He's all right!”A wild uproar greeted the appearance of Joe Matson, the famous pitcher of the New York Giants, as he emerged from the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds after the great game in which he had pitched the Giants to the head of the National League and put them in line for the World Series with the champions of the American League.
Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY. This book was released on with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball Joe in the World Series : Or Pitching for the Championship When the gong rang, the Giants started out as though they were going to sew up the game then and there. Burkett set the ball rolling with a wicked drive through the box that got past Roth before he could gauge it. Larry followed suit with a smoking hit to left. A prettily placed sacrifice bunt by Denton advanced both men a base. Roth struck out Willis on three pitched balls, but Becker came to the rescue with a line drive over second that scored Burkett easily, though Larry was put out as he made a great slide for the rubber. The net result was only one run, but the most encouraging feature of the inning was the exhibition of free hitting. “Three clean hits in one time at bat is going some,” Robson exulted. “The boys seem to have their batting clothes on for fair,” responded McRae, vastly pleased. “I doubt if that bird will come again for more,” judged “Robbie.” “They’ll probably take him out and put Fraser in.” Joe was in fine fettle, and he showed his appreciation of the lead his mates had given him by retiring the Red Sox without a man seeing first base. Contrary to Robson’s prediction, the Boston manager elected still to pin his faith to Roth, who tightened up after his bad start and for the next three innings held the Giants scoreless. He was helped in this by the superb support given him. Both the outfield and infield were on their toes all the time, and drives that ordinarily would have gone for hits were turned into outs in dazzling fashion. One magnificent catch by Thompson, the Red Sox catcher, was the feature of the fourth inning. Iredell, who was at bat, sent up a sky-piercing foul. Thompson, Hobbs and Roth started for it. “I’ve got it, I’ve got it!” yelled Thompson. The others stopped and Thompson kept on. The ball swerved toward the Boston dugout, where the substitutes and extra pitchers of the team were sitting. A shout of warning went up, but Thompson did not falter. With his eye on the ball and his hands outstretched, he plunged ahead. He grabbed the ball in a terrific forward lunge and went head over heels into the dugout, where his comrades caught him and saved him from injury. But he still clutched the ball as he was put on his feet, and a tempest of applause went up in which even the Giants and their partisans could not help joining.
Download or read book Baseball Joe Around the World written by Lester Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Matson fends off the vultures of the upstart "All-Star League" and draws closer to the heart and hand of the lovely Mabel Varley as he leads the Giants on a round-the-world baseball tour.
Download or read book Baseball Joe at Yale written by Lester Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Matson of the Bulldogs overcomes a dastardly attempt by a senior rival to blacken his name at Yale, and goes on to pitch the Elis over Princeton in the championship game at the Polo Grounds.
Download or read book The Boy Ranchers on the Trail Or The Diamond X After Cattle Rustlers written by Willard F. Baker and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Baseball Joe in the World Series written by Lester Chadwick and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] For a moment Joe's blood drummed in his ears and the demon of jealousy took possession of him. He glared at the visitor, who stared back at him with an air of insolence that to Joe at that moment was maddening. The stranger was dressed in a degree of fashion that bordered on foppishness. He wore more jewelry than was dictated by good taste, even going so far as to carry a tiny wrist watch. His eyes were pale, his chin slightly retreating, and his face showed unmistakable marks of dissipation. His air was arrogant and supercilious as he took Joe slowly in from head to foot. Mabel rushed forward eagerly as Joe entered. “Oh, Joe!” she cried. “I'm so glad you've come! I never was so glad in all my life.” Before the joyous warmth of that greeting, Joe's jealousy receded. He[...]".
Download or read book The Khaki Boys at the Front written by Gordon Bates and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Year of the Pitcher written by Sridhar Pappu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season. “Seldom does an era, and do sports personalities, come alive so vividly, and so unforgettably.” —The Boston Globe In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation’s hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. Denny McLain, his adversary, was a crass self-promoter who eschewed the team charter and his Detroit Tigers teammates to zip cross-country in his own plane. For one season, the nation watched as these two men and their teams swept their respective league championships to meet at the World Series. Gibson set a major league record that year with a 1.12 ERA. McLain won more than 30 games in 1968, a feat not achieved since 1934 and untouched since. Together, the two have come to stand as iconic symbols, giving the fans “The Year of the Pitcher” and changing the game. Evoking a nostalgic season and its incredible characters, this is the story of one of the great rivalries in sports and an indelible portrait of the national pastime during a turbulent year—and the two men who electrified fans from all walks of life. “Explores so much more than the battle between two pitchers and their teams . . . A fine history of a vital period in the history of not only baseball, but America.” —Kirkus Reviews “A compelling tale of all that America was in the turbulent year of 1968, told through a (mostly) baseball prism.” —New York Post
