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Level playing fields : how the groundskeeping Murphy brothers shaped baseball /

Main Author: Morris, Peter, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Baseball fields > History.
Baseball > History.
Baseball fields > Maintenance and repair. > United States
Baseball fields > Design and construction.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball.
Baseball fields.
Baseball fields > Maintenance and repair.
United States.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=184882
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505 0 |a Introduction: the dirt beneath the fingernails -- Invisible men -- The pursuit of pleasures under difficulties -- Inside baseball -- Who'll stop the rain? -- A diamond situated in a river bottom -- Tom Murphy's crime -- Return to exposition park -- No suitable ground on the island -- John Murphy of the polo grounds -- Marlin Springs -- The later years -- The Murphys' legacy -- Epilogue -- Afterword: cold cases -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. 
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