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3574900Hub Perduehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/hub-perdue-9781476602745/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2428557/31ae13c4-1f4e-4842-8adb-9e98ff2afb56.jpg?v=638383962435930000317387MXNMcFarland & Company, Inc., PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era. Often compared with fellow player-comedians Germany Schaefer, Nick Altrock, and Rabbit Maranville, Perdue had a quick wit and a rebellious streak that amused teammates but sometimes led to conflicts with management and umpires. ("Mix em up!" manager George Stallings had told him, encouraging the weak-hitting pitcher to take his at-bats more seriously; Perdue, a right-hander, dutifully took his strikeouts from alternating sides of the plate.) His penchant for the subversive--he was also a players union representative who freely dispensed advice on contracts and negotiation--might in fact have curtailed what had been a promising big league career. But his antics in the majors and minors became the stuff of legend, known as "Hublore."</p>...3510693Hub Perdue317387https://www.gandhi.com.mx/hub-perdue-9781476602745/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2428557/31ae13c4-1f4e-4842-8adb-9e98ff2afb56.jpg?v=638383962435930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781476602745_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_<p>A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era. Often compared with fellow player-comedians Germany Schaefer, Nick Altrock, and Rabbit Maranville, Perdue had a quick wit and a rebellious streak that amused teammates but sometimes led to conflicts with management and umpires. (Mix em up! manager George Stallings had told him, encouraging the weak-hitting pitcher to take his at-bats more seriously; Perdue, a right-hander, dutifully took his strikeouts from alternating sides of the plate.) His penchant for the subversive--he was also a players union representative who freely dispensed advice on contracts and negotiation--might in fact have curtailed what had been a promising big league career. But his antics in the majors and minors became the stuff of legend, known as Hublore.</p>(*_*)9781476602745_<p>A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era. Often compared with fellow player-comedians Germany Schaefer, Nick Altrock, and Rabbit Maranville, Perdue had a quick wit and a rebellious streak that amused teammates but sometimes led to conflicts with management and umpires. ("Mix em up!" manager George Stallings had told him, encouraging the weak-hitting pitcher to take his at-bats more seriously; Perdue, a right-hander, dutifully took his strikeouts from alternating sides of the plate.) His penchant for the subversive--he was also a players union representative who freely dispensed advice on contracts and negotiation--might in fact have curtailed what had been a promising big league career. But his antics in the majors and minors became the stuff of legend, known as "Hublore."</p>...9781476602745_McFarland & Company, Inc., Publisherslibro_electonico_78c5181d-28ce-345c-8316-2837573e47ed_9781476602745;9781476602745_9781476602745John A.InglésMéxico2013-10-17T00:00:00+00:00McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers