TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spatz,Lyle
AU  - Steinberg,Steve
TI  - Comeback pitchers: the remarkable careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn 
SN  - 9781496226624
AV  - GV865.37 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Ehmke, Howard,
KW  - Quinn, Jack,
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Pitchers (Baseball)
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover --; Title Page --; Copyright Page --; Dedication --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Foreword --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Prologue --; 1. Jack Quinn, Man of Mystery --; 2. From Town Ball to the Big Leagues --; 3. "I've Never Seen a Greater Pitcher Anywhere!" --; 4. Quinn Gets Sent Down and Brought Back Up --; 5. Howard Ehmke Hailed as Another Walter Johnson --; 6. Ehmke's Tumultuous Season Comes to an End --; 7. A Wasted Year for Howard Ehmke --; 8. Another Pitcher Joins the Outlaws --; 9. Breaking Records in Syracuse --; 10. "A Fellow to Be Reckoned With"; 11. Ehmke and the Tigers Take a Step Backward --; 12. Quinn Goes to the Pacific Coast League --; 13. "The Dynamite That Finally Shattered Their Friendship" --; 14. Navy Service and a Return to Detroit --; 15. "The Greatest Comeback in Baseball" --; 16. "Not Content to Accept Fate's Decree" --; 17. Yankees Win a Championship but Quinn's Future in Doubt --; 18. "A Fellow of Gentle Soul" --; 19. Playing for Ty Cobb --; 20. Ehmke Endures a Season of Criticism --; 21. From the Pennant in New York to the Cellar in Boston --; 22. Veteran Aces on the League's Worst Team; 23. Ehmke and Cobb Get Physical, and the Red Sox Get New Owners --; 24. "The Toughest Break a Pitcher Ever Had" --; 25. A New Beginning for Boston --; 26. Back to Reality for the Red Sox --; 27. A Team Going Nowhere --; 28. From the Cellar in Boston to a Pennant Race in Philadelphia --; 29. Another Baseball Obituary for Quinn and a Near Tragedy for Ehmke --; 30. Quinn Gets Off to a Strong Start, Ehmke to a Poor One --; 31. Ehmke and Quinn Reunited --; 32. Ehmke Again a Teammate of Cobb --; 33. Favorites Fall Short, Far Short --; 34. Chasing the "Greatest Team Ever" --; 35. A Torrid Pennant Race; 36. A Fast Start for the A's --; 37. A Pennant for the A's at Last --; 38. "The Pitcher Who Was Left Behind May Soon Be the Hero" --; 39. Ehmke Sets World Series Record in "Surprise" Start --; 40. "I Am Sorry to Have to Let Ehmke Go" --; 41. Defending Champions --; 42. A New League, a New Role --; 43. An Extraordinary Career Comes to an End --; 44. A Full and Happy Retirement --; 45. A Sad and Bitter End --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About Lyle Spatz --; About Steve Steinberg --; About Pat Williams; 2; b
N2  - Comeback Pitchers is the story of two pitchers, Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke, whose intertwining careers began in the Deadball Era and continued into the 1920s and 1930s
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