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Biographies & Memoirs

Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story

Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story
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On October 8, 1908, Mordecai Brown clutched a half-dozen notes inside his coat pocket. The message of each was clear: weâ€™ll kill you if you pitch and beat the Giants. A black handprint marked each note, the signature of the Italian Mafia.

Mordecai Brownâ€”dubbed â€œThree Fingerâ€ because of a childhood farm injuryâ€”was the dominant pitcher for the great Chicago Cubs team of the early twentieth century. Brownâ€™s handicap enabled him to throw pitches with an unconventional movement that left batters bewilderedâ€”the curve ball that Ty Cobb once called â€œthe most devastatingâ€ he had ever faced.

How Brown responded to the Mafiaâ€™s threats in 1908 mirrored the way he took life in general: with unflappable courage and resolve. Telling his story for the first time, Cindy Thomson and Scott Brown track Mordecai from the Indiana countryside to the coal mines, from semipro ball to the Majors, from the World Series mound back down to the Minors. Along the way they retrieve the lost lore of one of baseballâ€™s greatest pitchers and chronicle one manâ€™s determination to attain a dream that most believed was unreachable.
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780803218888
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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