No Money, No Beer, No Pennants - 9780821422434

No Money, No Beer, No PennantsThe Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Great Depression\nAuthor(s): Scott H. Longert\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821422434, 978-0821422434\nSynopsis\nThe Cleveland Indians of 1928 were a far cry from the championship team of 1920. They had begun the decade as the best team in all of baseball, but over the following eight years, their owner died, the great Tris Speaker retired in the face of a looming scandal, and the franchise was in terrible shape. Seeing opportunity in the upheaval, Cleveland real estate mogul Alva Bradley purchased the ball club in 1927, infused it with cash, and filled its roster with star players such as Bob Feller, Earl Averill, and Hal Trosky. He aligned himself with civic leaders to push for a gigantic new stadium thatalong with the team that played in itwould be the talk of the baseball world.\n Then came the stock market crash of 1929. Munic.