List Books » Everything Happens in Chillicothe: A Summer in the Frontier League with Max McLeary, the One-Eyed Umpire
Authors: Mike Shannon
ISBN-13: 9780786416943, ISBN-10: 0786416947
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: New Edition
Everything Happens in Chillicothe is an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at the lowest rung of professional baseball, and a biography of Max McLeary, the one-eyed umpire and a most intriguing individual. Author Mike Shannon spent the 2000 Frontier League season attending games with McLeary and gives his account of the season here. The book speaks volumes about umpiring as a profession, relationships (particularly between Max and his son, a minor league player; between Max and his long-suffering wife Patty; and between Max and his umpiring partner Jim Schaly), life in small-town America, and the various people connected with the Chillicothe Paints and other teams in the Frontier League. Many humorous and poignant stories, are told here for the first time, by McLeary, Schaly, and others.
Acknowledgments | ||
1 | Boswell Meets His Johnson | 1 |
2 | Taking Richmond by Storm | 19 |
3 | Big Bad Jim Schaly, the Canton Crocodiles, and Good Ol' Joe Charboneau | 42 |
4 | Chillicothe, Ohio: A Perfect Place for Minor League Baseball | 72 |
5 | The Hardest Working Act in Baseball Show Business: The Bluuueeesss Brothers!!! | 106 |
6 | Of Paints and Dragons I Sing | 136 |
7 | A Visit to the FL Big Time: Ron LeFlore and His Cook Country Cheetahs | 164 |
8 | An All-Star Show in St. Louis; Same Old Thing in Chillicothe | 190 |
9 | The Wheel, Max Sets Off Fireworks, and The Chicken | 218 |
10 | After Cooperstown, Clouds Over Richmond and Chillicothe | 248 |
11 | Sex, Tempers, and a Resignation | 276 |
12 | Hitting the Jackpot in Evansville: Heartbreak in Springfield | 304 |
13 | "Now That's Entertainment!" The Final Series in Chillicothe | 331 |
14 | Werewolves in London (and Johnstown, PA): The Playoffs | 359 |
15 | Epilogue: A Lot to Crow About in 2001 | 380 |
Index | 399 |