Reviews
"Robert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues." - Robert Peterson, author of Only the Ball Was White, "Robert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues." - Robert Peterson, author ofOnly the Ball Was White, "Rube Foster ranks with Charles Comiskey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw as one of the founding giants of modern baseball. As player, manager, owner, and executive he set the standard for baseball in black America during the early twentieth century. The Best Pitcher In Baseball clearly establishes Foster's greatness and his extraordinary contributions to the national pastime." - Jules Tygiel, author ofPast Time: Baseball As History, "Masterful. This is arguably the most comprehensive inquiry to date by a sociologist on the perception of time, its passage and duration." - Barry Glassner, University of Southern California, 'eoeRobert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues." -Robert Peterson,author of Only the Ball Was White, "Rube Foster ranks with Charles Comiskey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw as one of the founding giants of modern baseball. As player, manager, owner, and executive he set the standard for baseball in black America during the early twentieth century. The Best Pitcher In Baseball clearly establishes Foster's greatness and his extraordinary contributions to the national pastime." -Jules Tygiel,author of Past Time: Baseball As History, "Cottrell's biography of Foster is a solid contribution to the literature on one of the unjustifiably dark corners of baseball history." - Elysian Fields Quarterly, "Cottrell's biography of Foster is a solid contribution to the literature on one of the unjustifiably dark corners of baseball history." - Elysian Fields Quarterly ,, "Flaherty invites us to the fascinating world of the phenomenology of time. Particularly sensitive to the inherent tension between the standard and the idiosyncratic, he offers a cross-situational, generic analysis of the circumstances when there is a considerable discrepancy between clock time and our subjective experience of duration such that we feel that time is either compressed ('flies') or protracted ('stands still'). . . . Clearly conceptualized and elegantly written, A Watched Pot is phenomenology at its best." - Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Hidden Rhythms and The Seven Day Circle, "An engaging and profound analysis of a central aspect of the human condition, for, as Flaherty shows, our experiences of the world around us affect how we experience time." - Qualitative Sociology , Vol. 24, No. 3, 2001, Robert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues., "A highly original and colorful book, filled with compelling, real life and fictional examples." - Jack Katz, UCLA, "He deftly examines Foster's outstanding career on the diamond in the early 1900s...Cottrell effectively documents Foster's contributions to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981." - Choice, "Rube Foster ranks with Charles Comiskey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw as one of the founding giants of modern baseball. As player, manager, owner, and executive he set the standard for baseball in black America during the early twentieth century. The Best Pitcher In Baseball clearly establishes Foster's greatness and his extraordinary contributions to the national pastime." - Jules Tygiel, author of Past Time: Baseball As History, ""Robert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues.", "He deftly examines Foster's outstanding career on the diamond in the early 1900s...Cottrell effectively documents Foster's contributions to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981." -Choice, "Cottrell's biography of Foster is a solid contribution to the literature on one of the unjustifiably dark corners of baseball history." -Elysian Fields Quarterly, He deftly examines Foster's outstanding career on the diamond in the early 1900s...Cottrell effectively documents Foster's contributions to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981., "He deftly examines Foster's outstanding career on the diamond in the early 1900s...Cottrell effectively documents Foster's contributions to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981." - Choice ,, Cottrell's biography of Foster is a solid contribution to the literature on one of the unjustifiably dark corners of baseball history., Rube Foster ranks with Charles Comiskey, Connie Mack, and John McGraw as one of the founding giants of modern baseball. As player, manager, owner, and executive he set the standard for baseball in black America during the early twentieth century. The Best Pitcher In Baseball clearly establishes Foster's greatness and his extraordinary contributions to the national pastime., "Robert Charles Cottrell's definitive biography of Rube Foster adds much to our knowledge of this commanding figure in the history of the old black baseball leagues." -Robert Peterson,author of Only the Ball Was White
