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Nicknamed ""Orator"" for his booming voice and his championing of the rights of professional athletes, Jim O'Rourke was a driving force bringing respectability to the role of professional baseball player. This book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the growth of the national pastime from the Civil War through the deadball era.

Orator ORourke The Life of a Baseball Radical

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 1/27/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786423552, 978-0786423552
      ISBN10: 0786423552

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      Book Synopsis
      Nicknamed ""Orator"" for his booming voice and his championing of the rights of professional athletes, Jim O'Rourke was a driving force bringing respectability to the role of professional baseball player. This book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the growth of the national pastime from the Civil War through the deadball era.

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