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The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie: The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game Paperback - 2007

by John A. Simpson


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In 1908 baseball was the only game that mattered in the South. With no major league team in the region, rivalries between Southern Association cities such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans were heated. This season, however, no city was as baseball-crazed as Nashville, whose Vols had been league doormat in 1907. After an unpromising start, the Nashville club clawed its way into contention during the month of July, rising into the upper division, then into a battle for first. Local interest intensified, as the competitive fire of Nashville fans was stoked by sharp-tongued columnist Grantland Rice and the city's three daily newspapers. By the time the Vols met the New Orleans Pelicans for a season-ending series, and the championship, the city was gripped by a pennant fever that shut down the commercial district. Nearly 13,000 people thronged the Nashville ballpark, Sulphur Dell, for the third and deciding contest. What they saw was described by Rice as the greatest game ever played in Dixie.

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  • Title The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie: The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game
  • Author John A. Simpson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC & London
  • Date July 23, 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780786430505 / 0786430508
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 6.59 x 0.66 in (22.66 x 16.74 x 1.68 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Geographic Orientation: Tennessee
  • Library of Congress subjects Nashville Vols (Baseball team) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007017161
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

About the author

John A. Simpson is a retired high school history teacher and baseball coach. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Oregon. He lives in Kelso, Washington.
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