The History Stacks: Harry Deitz, Jr., Author of "The Giant Killer" on the BookSpeak Network

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

Harry Covelskie went by many spellings of his last name, and perhaps played baseball in the shadow of his more famous brother, Stan Coveleski, who is enshrined in Cooperstown. One of five brothers who came out of the coal mining community of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Harry had an up-and-down career during the "Dead Ball Era." This is chronicled in Harry Deitz, Jr.'s biography, The Giant Killer: the Gritty Coal Miner who Helped Deny the New York Giants the 1908 Pennant. The left-hander is perhaps best known for a brief but amazing run that y...