{"product_id":"pitchers-of-beer-the-story-of-the-seattle-rainiers-hardcover","title":"Pitchers of Beer: The Story of the Seattle Rainiers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Raley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1937, when local beer baron Emil Sick stepped in, the Seattle Indians were a struggling minor-league baseball team teetering on collapse. Moved to mix baseball and beer by his good friend and fellow brewer, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, Sick built a new stadium and turned the team into a civic treasure. The Rainiers (newly named after the beer) set attendance records and won Pacific Coast League titles in 1939, '40, '41, '51, and '55. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Rainiers spans the end of the Great Depression, World War II, the rise of the airline industry, and the incursion of Major League Baseball into the West Coast (which ultimately spelled doom for the club). It features well-known personalities such as Babe Ruth, who made an unsuccessful bid to manage the team; Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who did manage the Rainiers; and Ron Santo, a batboy who went on to a storied career with the Chicago Cubs. Mixing traditional baseball lore with tales of mischief, \u003cem\u003ePitchers of Beer\u003c\/em\u003e relates the twenty-seven-year history of the Rainiers, a history that captures the timeless appeal of baseball, along with the local moments and minutiae that bring the game home to each and every one of us. \u003cem\u003ePitchers of Beer\u003c\/em\u003e showcases fifty-two photographs of players and memorabilia from noted Northwest baseball collector David Eskenazi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Raley is an editor with the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e. Previously, he was a sports writer for the \u003cem\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/em\u003e for nearly three decades and he has won over fifty national and regional writing awards. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eTideflats to Tomorrow: The History of Seattle's SoDo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Raley is an editor with the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, he was a sports writer for the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e for nearly three decades and he has won over fifty national and regional writing awards. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eTideflats to Tomorrow: The History of Seattle's SoDo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.1 x 5.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761350934816,"sku":"9780803228474","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7fd409992907873bf85eb61c01f0f95f.webp?v=1780205237","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pitchers-of-beer-the-story-of-the-seattle-rainiers-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}