{"product_id":"the-chalmers-race-ty-cobb-napoleon-lajoie-and-the-controversial-1910-batting-title-that-became-a-national-obsession-paperback-softback-9781496229380","title":"The Chalmers Race; Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496229380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTy Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRick Huhn (Author), Charles C. Alexander (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496229380\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 25 photographs, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.556 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book goes beyond baseball, also giving readers an understanding of America itself after the turn of the century. An excellent choice.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“It took more than a century, but we’ve finally got the book we deserve about baseball’s most infamous batting race. Thanks to Rick Huhn, it was worth the wait.”-Rob Neyer, host of the weekly podcast, \u003ci\u003eSABRcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e “With graceful writing and exhaustive research, Huhn gives life to one of baseball’s great untold stories.”-Jon Wertheim, executive editor for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \"A well-researched, entertaining read.\"—Bob D'Angelo, \u003ci\u003eTampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Rick Huhn offers a complete presentation of the details of this episode in baseball history.\"-Amy Essington, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sport History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \"The very best history includes a compelling story replete with seminal characters, provides thorough research (including extensive footnotes and bibliography) and combines a masterful understanding of the era with a vivid style. When a century-old subject continues to inspire debate and controversy, there's no doubt that the reading public anxiously awaits the definitive treatment from just the right author. Rick Huhn is that author, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/i\u003e is that subject.\"—\u003ci\u003eSpitball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is the kind of baseball history we need more of—a book grounded in a great story, shaped by intelligent assessments of the evidence, committed to accuracy and truth-telling, and presented in vigorous prose.\"—Reed Browning, author of \u003ci\u003eCy Young: A Baseball Life\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the greatest but most despised hitter, Detroit’s Ty Cobb, and the American League’s first superstar, Cleveland’s popular Napoleon Lajoie. \u003ci\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/i\u003e captures the excitement of this strange contest-one that has yet to be resolved.\u003cbr\u003e               \u003cbr\u003e The race came down to the last game of the season, igniting more interest among fans than the World Series and becoming a national obsession. Rick Huhn re-creates the drama that ensued when Cobb, thinking the prize safely his, skipped the last two games, and Lajoie suspiciously had eight hits in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns. Although initial counts favored Lajoie, American League president Ban Johnson, the sport’s last word, announced Cobb the winner, and amid the controversy both players received cars. \u003ci\u003eThe Chalmers Race\u003c\/i\u003e details a story of dubious scorekeeping and statistical systems, of performances and personalities in conflict, of accurate results coming in seventy years too late, and of a contest settled not by play on the field but by human foibles.\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Ten\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eleven\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Twelve\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599915217176,"sku":"9781496229380","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-chalmers-race-ty-cobb-napoleon-lajoie-and-the-controversial-1910-batting-title-that-became-a-national-obsession-paperback-softback-9781496229380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}