Fair or foul : typescript, 1997 : the claims of oral history on the 1925 World Series / Richard F. Peterson. 1997.

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Fair or foul : typescript, 1997 : the claims of oral history on the 1925 World Series / Richard F. Peterson. 1997.

Discusses how oral history accounts of the 1925 and other baseball events have shaped the way these events are now perceived.

14 p. 1 folder.

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Society of American Baseball Research Convention (1997 : Louisville, KY)

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The City of Pttsburgh's first nationally recognized professional baseball club was the Pittsburgh Alleghenies which joined the National League in 1887. The Alleghenies became the Pirates in 1891 when they were accused of "pirating" players from the rival American Association (later the American League). The name stuck. The Pirates participated in the first World Series in 1903 losing to the Boston Red Sox five games to three. The Pirates went on to win World Series titles in 1909, 1925, 1960, 19...