* Happy Birthday, Cap Anson

April 17, 2008

The Hall of Famer, Class of ’39, was born this day in 1852.

The Amazon Report for Cap Anson:

Howard Rosenberg has done an exhaustive study of Anson, compiling a four-volume biography.

Cap Anson 1: When Captaining a Team Meant Something Leadership in Baseball’s Early Years

Cap Anson 2: The Theatrical and Kingly Mike Kelly: U.S. Team Sport’s First Media Sensation and Baseball’s Original Casey at the Bat

Cap Anson 3: Muggsy John McGraw and the Tricksters–Baseball’s Fun Age of Rule Bending

Cap Anson 4: Bigger Than Babe Ruth–Captain Anson of Chicago

Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball

A Ball Player’s Career, by Cap Anson

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