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Christy Mathewson, Deadball Era, Baseball History BookBusiness Description
When Sports Illustrated recently named Christy Mathewson the greatest right-handed pitcher in the history of baseball, it was a choice woven by both prowess and character. While winning 373 games in the early 1900s, the ace of the New York Giants also became Americas most cherished hero. Matty . . . Big Six . . . The Christian Gentleman . . . he aroused the values of a nation while bringing dignity to a game that had previously been reserved for ruffians. Matty handed the game an indefinable lift in culture, brains, and personality, said Grantland Rice. He is the only man I ever met who in spirit and inspiration was greater than his game.
A charter member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Christy had been a Bucknell College football star at the turn of the century, named by Walter Camp as an All-American kicker. In the 1905 World Series, Matty pitched three shutouts in six days. It went so much deeper. From king of baseball to a hero of World War I, Big Six was a gifted man in a unique time. While his rise to legend was swift, The Christian Gentlemans grip on America would never falter.
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