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Pitchers in the Playoffs: Flipbook for Vol. 21, No. 2 (sample of first 15 pages)

Please enjoy the following flipbook which provides a realistic experience for the reader by turning virtual pages of the actual print publication just released. The sample below provides the first 15 pages of a 56-page treatment of the American Association playoffs from 1933-1962 with a focus on the pitchers from each team.   https://online.fliphtml5.com/bmddw/jjzo/#p=1   The Almanac is published twice a year and is available by subscription for one year at $26 or two years at $44. Institutions may subscribe at $64/one year or $110/two years.   Contact the author, Rex Hamann, at rex457@gmail.com with questions on how you can subscribe or donate to this baseball history journal. 

Pitching in the American Association Playoffs, 1933-1962

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  Pitching in the American Association Playoffs, 1933-1962          Welcome Fall! And with fall comes the fall issue of the American Association Almanac .  This issue is another comprehensive treatment of the American Association playoffs which began in 1933. Past issues have dealt with team and player performances and records. Here pitchers are under the microscope including those from late-arriving teams, including Charleston, Denver and Omaha, in addition to three of the eight original teams, the Columbus Red Birds, Indianapolis Indians and Kansas City Blues. The remaining five teams of the original eight will be treated in next fall's issue.        This issue had its share of adversity behind it. Work on the writing portion began at the end of June and less than a week later we had to put our wonderful cat, Peanut, down at the age of 20. She had been with us since she was three months old when we adopted her from a humane societ...