{"id":4489,"date":"2020-10-25T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T00:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test9.cindyswritingtest.com\/?page_id=4489"},"modified":"2020-10-25T00:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T00:36:37","slug":"three-finger-the-mordecai-brown-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/three-finger-the-mordecai-brown-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Please note that affiliate links are included on this site. When you shop using these links it earns me a little money and doesn\u2019t cost you more. Click on the book image.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0803218885\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0803218885&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=writingyourfa-20&amp;linkId=8bc2c78cfb2f4d658a6f3e11241e3cf7\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/test9.cindyswritingtest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-1024x944.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-1024x944.png 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-530x489.png 530w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-768x708.png 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover-850x784.png 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3F3Dcover.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also available at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780803218888\" target=\"_blank\">IndieBound<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/three-finger-cindy-thomson\/1018187957?ean=9780803257771\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Finalist for the Larry Ritter Book Award (Society for American Baseball Research)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cAmong the great pleasures of the narrative is the authors\u2019 ability to recreate the gritty atmosphere of early baseball. By contrast, today\u2019s game seems sedate. Rivalries were intense and local (within the Three I League\u2014Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, for example). Dangers lurked from mobsters, brawling opponents and teammates, and head-hunting pitchers. Umpiring was a high-risk profession.\u201d\u2014Steve Golos,&nbsp;<strong>Ohioana Quarterly<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAn excellent window into a time when sport and society were wildly different from today, and it successfully reminds us of Mordecai Brown\u2019s rightful place in baseball\u2019s collective memory.\u201d\u2014Tim Denevi,&nbsp;<strong>Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDeadball aficionados, baseball fans in general, and those loving a well written story should read this great book.\u201d\u2014Mark Dugo,&nbsp;<strong>The Inside Game<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mordecaibrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/test9.cindyswritingtest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MBLF-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4573\" width=\"400\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MBLF-logo.png 400w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MBLF-logo-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MBLF-logo-300x336.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that affiliate links are included on this site. When you shop using these links it earns me a little money and doesn\u2019t cost you more. Click on the book image. Also available at IndieBound and Barnes &amp; Noble Finalist for the Larry Ritter Book Award (Society for American Baseball Research) \u201cAmong the great&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}