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	The Origin of the Gashouse Gang
		he Gashouse District was a section of the lower East Side of Manhattan, an area that once had housed several large gas tanks.
		Hard to tell exactly how the 1934 Cardinals came to be called after the Gashousers and forever in baseball lore linked to that nickname.
		They'd say we were just a bunch of gashouse players." Graham made liberal use of the nickname after that.
	www.cardinalshistory.com /lore_gashouse_gang.htm (466 words)

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		Eventually Big D and a Gashouse Gang member jump off the front of and the break is two.
		In a lap and ½ Druber and Gashouse Gang rider hook up and work up to our teammates who have been laboring 26 seconds off the front for 30 minutes.
		Gashouse Gang is unwilling to work in break.
	www.truesport.com /Bike/2004/articles/druber/druber06.html (998 words)

	Gas House Gang - BR Bullpen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Gas House Gang was a term given to the St.
		The nickname was given to them as a way of describing the enjoyment with which they seemed to play the game, along with the aggressive attitude they took that always seemed to give them dirty uniforms.
		Prominent members of the Gas House Gang included Frankie Frisch, Joe Medwick, Dizzy Dean, Ripper Collins, Leo Durocher, Daffy Dean, and Pepper Martin.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Gashouse_Gang (101 words)

	The Dugout Review of Dizzy and the Gas House Gang on Baseball Almanac
		The book chronicles that championship team which came to be known in baseball lore as the famous "Gas House Gang." This work brings to life the legendary exploits of player manager Frankie Frisch and the Dean brothers-Dizzy and Paul-who combined for forty-nine wins that season.
		The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, the "Gas House Gang," captured America's imagination during the depression era and continue to live in baseball lore.
		A member of the St. Louis chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research, he is a professor at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a part-time scout for the San Diego Padres.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /dugout0c.shtml (1393 words)

	Coveted Area Formerly Was Gashouse District - October 18, 2006 - The New York Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the late 19th century, it was known as the Gashouse District, due to an adjacent gas distribution site and the large, leaky tanks that covered its streets.
		In addition to chemical fumes, the district produced the Gashouse Gang, a group of criminals who later joined the Five Points.
		The land formerly known as the Gashouse District was absorbed by the city through eminent domain and given to Met Life.
	www.nysun.com /article/41724 (388 words)

	St. Louis Public Library - Dizzy Dean
		Louis has often defined itself by its sports teams, and the Depression-era Cardinals' Gashouse Gang remains the standard by which local teams are measured.
		Dizzy was regretful: "If'n Paul had told me he was gonna pitch a no-hitters, I'd of throwed one too." And maybe he would have.
		On the Gashouse Gang's roster of legendary baseball players, Jay Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean was the poster child, the embodiment of what fans thought baseball could be.
	www.slpl.org /slpl/interests/article240086165.asp (495 words)

	Amazon.com: Our Gang Vol. 1 (Walt Kelly's Our Gang): Books: Walt Kelly,Leonard Maltin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In these issues, the gang embark on their usual adventures, including making a circus, foiling a crime caper or two and even visiting a movie set.
		Although the Our Gang film series was on its last legs in 1942, Dell Comics launched a comic-book version of it that is more than a footnote to the films because it was written and drawn by Walt Kelly, seven years before he brought Pogo to the newspapers.
		Ironically, while the films were by then slick and mannered, having lost their low-budget modesty after MGM took over producing them, in Kelly's comics they regained much of their earlier, unaffected charm, thanks to his winsome story lines, homey characterizations, and engaging cartooning.
	www.amazon.com /Our-Gang-Vol-Walt-Kellys/dp/1560977531 (984 words)

	1934 World Series Highlights
		The second baseman made an ideal leader for the rough-and-tumble, fun-loving Gashouse Gang.
		Their "hellbent" syle of play earned them their "Gashouse Gang" label; originally meant to be critical, it became the banner they sailed under because it seemed fitting and right, and the players came to be proud of it.
		The Gang had quite a cast of characters, including Dizzy Dean, at peak form that year with a 30-7 record, and his younger brother Paul, nicknamed "Daffy," though he was as reserved as Dizzy was gregarious, who was 19-11.
	www.cardinalshistory.com /1934.htm (1481 words)

	The gashouse gang
		Thank Heavens we are no longer forced to labor along with the likes of a John Barrymore or a Sir Lawrence Olivier, those poorly spoken, rarely practiced and two dimensional oddities.
		No, it is far better to listen to the gas house gang of today.
		After all is said and done, the best lines, the most outlandish buffoonery and by far the greatest monkey shines are to be found off screen with today’s beau monde of loud mouthed poseurs.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2006/burtis022006.htm (752 words)

	Dizzy and the Gas House Gang
		Dizzy and the Gas House Gang: The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and Depression-Era Baseball
		The Cardinals have a rich and winning tradition, but you would be hard-pressed to find a more colorful group of characters than those on the 1934 "Gas House Gang" St. Louis Cardinals team.
		From the crazy Dean boys to the no nonsense (some would say dirty) play of Leo "the Lip" Durocher, this team wasn't expected to do too much in 1934, but much like the Cardinals of 2004, they defied the experts and took the N.L. Pennant.
	www.brettschulte.net /BrettsBooks/Books/Baseball/DizzyGashouse.html (317 words)

	Gashouse Gang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gashouse Gang was a nickname applied to the St.
		"They think we're just a bunch of gashousers."
		Led by playing manager Frankie Frisch and the hard-nosed Durocher - and stars like Joe Medwick, Ripper Collins, Pepper Martin and Dizzy Dean - the '34 Cardinals won 95 games, the NL Pennant, and beat the Detroit Tigers in 7 games to win the World Series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gashouse_Gang (348 words)

	gashouse: The Gas House Gang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gashouse Eggs Serves as many as you like This is something my cousin Janet Vedder dreamed up.
		I added the garlic, sort of in memory of my father who felt anything was better for the flavor.
		2B-SF) gashouse gorillas --- Broussard, Ben (LF, 1B-Cle) gashouse gorillas --- Cabrera, Miguel (LF, 3B.
	www.beehivedonkey.org /gashouse.html (263 words)

	Boston Red Sox - Just call 'em Funhouse Gang - The Boston Globe
		They spit out of the sides of their mouths and then wipe the backs of their hands across their shirt fronts.
		Graham was writing of the Gashouse Gang, the gallery of rogues that won the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934.
		But in terms of appearance and attitude, these Sox have a throwback aspect to them that gives them a Gashouse feel.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/23/just_call_em_funhouse_gang (1305 words)

	Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Gashouse was originally a log cabin filling station in the 1940s.
		The bar was the back porch of the original structure and visitors now dine where customers once paid for gas.
		Renovated in 1983 by Connie and Clay Irons, the resaurant was named in part for its history as a filling station and in part for a baseball team named "The Gashouse Gang" in honor of Clay's great-great-great-uncle, Abner Doubleday, the inventor of baseball.
	www.vailvalleydiningguide.com /show_rest.asp?restID=183 (155 words)

	Debunking gashouse gang: Alan Keyes lets air out of global warming theory [Free Republic]
		All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
		In the case of global warming, it is clear enough that much of the supposed science of the past decade has actually been political activism by other means.
		Perhaps the tide is turning now, but it is still important that -- in the face of ongoing alarmism and fear mongering -- we spread the word that the issue of global warming is much more complicated, and much less alarming, than the gashouse gang has let on.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39d591c93cdf.htm (2349 words)

	www.myspace.com/gashouseboys
		The World Famous Gashouse Gang is in your extended network
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	www.myspace.com /gashouseboys (58 words)

	The Origin of "The Gashouse Gang" - Addict Baseball and Football Forum
		Just like the real Gashouse Gang, we are a group of ferocious gentlemen, willing to embrace the hazards of rational chance
		The Gashouse Gang has more undeserving HOFers on it than any other team, except for the New York Giants of the 1920s.
		The 1934 season by the Gas House Gang was one of the most exciting ever for baseball team.
	www.addictsports.com /baseball/showthread.php?t=38868 (2084 words)

	The Creation of the Southern California DX Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Compton "GASHOUSE" Gang took note of this and concluded something should be done about the situation.
		The leaders of the "Gashouse Gang", George Sinclair, W6GAL and Bob Turk, W6LEE concluded we must get together and form a Club, to get some of the FIRE out of the bands.
		These two with all of their efforts could well be called the "Founders" of the Club.
	www.scdxc.org /creation.html (409 words)

	asap RETRO -- St. Louis, the comeback kid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Cardinals would go on to win nine World Series titles, but at that point, they had only one in the bag.
		What they did have was a strong squad known as the "Gashouse Gang," including.300-hitter Pepper Martin and pitching aces Burleigh Grimes and Bill Hallahan.
		The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
	www.statesman.com /news/content/shared-gen/ap/asap/Sports/asap_Sports_Retro_Athletics.html (171 words)

	Tonight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Not lost behind Trailer’s legend are local heavies Lenny and The Piss Poor Boys, The Horses (Three Day Threshold), and Nate Gibson and the Gashouse Gang, who are all part of this spectacular bill.
		In 2000 Trailer was admitted into the Massachusetts Country Music Hall of Fame (MCMAA) and in 2001 Trailer recorded a honky-tonk/rockabilly record with Nate Gibson and the Gashouse Gang, who will be backing Trailer at the show.
		Gibson and the Gashouse Gang, featuring Gibson, Jon Johnson, Tommy Long and Jeff Herring, are also recording a new record and will be playing their first show in months.
	www.milkywayjp.com /tonight.html?on_date=2005-05-22 (479 words)

	Home Page
		Johnny Walker Blue and the Gashouse Gang is a band formed out of Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
		They are an untamed and crazed bunch of severely neurotic kids who impersonate instrumentally talented people.
		Actually, they are a bunch of college kids who played instruments for their high school band.
	members.tripod.com /~jwb98/jwb.html (111 words)

	2005 MONMOUTH COUNTY CO-ED SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		NOTE: During the Sandbar/Foxes & Fanatics game, the pitcher for F&F (Debbie Crowell) was hit in the head with a line drive.
		Gashouse Gang over Foxes & Fanatics by forfeit
		Tinton Falls Buy Rite defeated Gashouse Gang by forfeit.
	www.flybynightsports.com /softball05.html (188 words)

	Amazon.com: The Dizziest Season: The Gashouse Gang Chases the Pennant: Books: Gordon H. Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amazon.com: The Dizziest Season: The Gashouse Gang Chases the Pennant: Books: Gordon H. Fleming
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	www.amazon.com /Dizziest-Season-Gashouse-Chases-Pennant/dp/0688030971 (379 words)

	Baseball Fever - View Profile: The Gashouse Gang
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	www.baseball-fever.com /member.php?u=4481 (62 words)

	Amazon.ca: Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amazon.ca: Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-From-Behind Ball Club Won the Wor: Books: John Heidenry
		Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-From-Behind Ball Club Won the Wor (Hardcover)
		Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
	www.amazon.ca /Gashouse-Gang-Durocher-Colorful-Behind/dp/1586484192 (153 words)

	Ask The Experts \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Two different numbers are referred to as the Mendoza line:.200 is the most common, but.215 -- Mendoza's career batting average -- is sometimes used.
		Q: Could you give me some info on the Gashouse Gang?
		Louis Cardinals of the 1930's -- especially the 1934 squad, which went 95-58 and won the World Series.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/features/experts/08_02_00.stm (457 words)

	Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - BBFL: Gashouse Gang Keeps Rolling
		Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - BBFL: Gashouse Gang Keeps Rolling
		We asked in June Who will lead TOR in RBI in 2006?
		In one of my more embarrassing managerial decisions, I dropped Dontrelle Willis after one terrible start (ERA 15.00, WHIP 3.33) and opted for the relative safety of another middle reliever.
	www.battersbox.ca /article.php?story=20030526075745999 (1005 words)

	TIME.com: The Gashouse Revisited -- Sep. 20, 1963 -- Page 1
		Since Labor Day, the Dodgers have been playing.715 baseball.
		The excitement came from the St. Louis Cardinals, who last won a pennant in 1946, and in recent years have been a pale shadow of the great Gashouse Gang of the '30s.
		The experts picked Manager Johnny Keane's Cards for fifth place.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,870548,00.html (525 words)

	1934 World Champions St. Louis Cardinals team
		The 1934 Cardinals will forever be remembered as the legendary Gashouse Gang.
		The 1934 Cardinals weren't the most athletically talented, but the hard playing, cussing, fighting Gashouse Gang captured the imagination of baseball fans everywhere, who loved the team's style: rough, rowdy, and ready.
		As Dizzy Dean said, "Them fellas ate it up!"
	www.members.tripod.com /~janesbit/Cards/cards_34.html (86 words)

	USATODAY.com - Thome, Tribe look for a way to stay together (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		What the Indians could look like in 2003
		CLEVELAND HE'S SO HOPELESSLY OLD-SCHOOL he should be riding trains with the Gashouse Gang.
		The pants pulled up high, showing lots of baseball sock.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/bbw/2002-08-28/special2.htm (2298 words)

	TIME.com: Gashouse Revisited -- Aug. 11, 1967 -- Page 1
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	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,899714,00.html (758 words)

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