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Bobo Newsom

Author : Jim McConnell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147661959X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Bobo Newsom written by Jim McConnell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three decades, Louis Norman “Bobo” Newsom (1907–1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball. Frequently quoted by sportswriters, he appeared in all the popular sports publications as well as on Wheaties boxes and bubblegum cards, and was the undisputed star of the 1940 World Series. Despite his success, he was sold or traded 14 times during his 20-year career. He pitched for nine of 16 Major League teams—including five stints with the Washington Senators—and made sports headlines nearly every year for holding out, being suspended or traded. In an era when players seldom changed teams more than once and rarely defied authority, Newsom seemed always at odds with the powers that be. Drawing on interviews with family, friends and former teammates, this first full-length biography of Newsom takes an entertaining look at the life and career of one of sports’ most memorable characters. Despite his nickname and nonstop antics, Bobo was much more than a clown, and gave more to the game than he ever got from it.

Bobo Newsom

Author : Jim McConnell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078649784X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Bobo Newsom written by Jim McConnell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For three decades, Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (1907-1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball. Frequently quoted by sportswriters, he appeared in all the popular sports publications as well as on Wheaties boxes and bubblegum cards, and was the undisputed star of the 1940 World Series. Despite his success, he was sold or traded 14 times during his 20-year career. He pitched for nine of 16 Major League teams--including five stints with the Washington Senators--and made sports headlines nearly every year for holding out, being suspended or traded. In an era when players seldom changed teams more than once and rarely defied authority, Newsom seemed always at odds with the powers that be. Drawing on interviews with family, friends and former teammates, this first full-length biography of Newsom takes an entertaining look at the life and career of one of sports' most memorable characters. Despite his nickname and nonstop antics, Bobo was much more than a clown, and gave more to the game than he ever got from it.

The Great Baseball Players from McGraw to Mantle

Author : Bert Randolph Sugar
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486289243
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Great Baseball Players from McGraw to Mantle written by Bert Randolph Sugar and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers photographs and biographical portraits of such great baseball players as Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra

The Detroit Tigers Encyclopedia

Author : Jim Hawkins
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582612225
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Detroit Tigers Encyclopedia written by Jim Hawkins and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bridging Two Dynasties

Author : Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496210182
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Bridging Two Dynasties written by Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the New York Yankees championship teams, the 1947 club seemed the least likely. Bridging the gap between the dynasties of Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel, the team, managed by Bucky Harris, was coming off three non-pennant-winning seasons and given little chance to unseat the defending American League champion Boston Red Sox. And yet, led by Joe DiMaggio, this un-Yankees-like squad of rookies, retreads, and a few solid veterans easily won the pennant over the Detroit Tigers and the heavily favored Red Sox, along the way compiling an American League-record nineteen-game winning streak. They then went on to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a dramatic seven-game World Series that was the first to be televised and the first to feature an African American player. Bridging Two Dynasties commemorates this historic club--the players, on the field and off, and the events surrounding their remarkable season. Along with player biographies, including those of future Hall of Famers DiMaggio, Bucky Harris, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto, the book features a seasonal timeline and covers pertinent topics such as the winning streak, the Yankees' involvement in Leo Durocher's suspension, and the thrilling World Series.

The Washington Senators, 1901-1971

Author : Tom Deveaux
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786423595
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Washington Senators, 1901-1971 written by Tom Deveaux and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Washington Senators have a special place in baseball history as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to play the game. The Nats (as headline writers had dubbed them by midcentury) got their start in 1901 thanks to Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson and endured 71 up-and-down seasons in the American League, which was created at the same time as the Washington ballclub. This huge work exhaustively chronicles the capricious history of the Washington Senators from the beginning to the end in 1971, with detailed information on the management and players who kept the organization going in good and bad times. Insights on how the team fit into the American League as well as statistics covering the team's records throughout its existence and the lifetime records of all members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played with the Washington Senators are also provided.

Hammerin' Hank Greenberg

Author : Adam Pfeffer
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475973837
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Hammerin' Hank Greenberg written by Adam Pfeffer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There was nobody in the history of the game who took more abuse than Greenberg, unless it was Jackie Robinson." So says Birdie Tebbetts, a Detroit teammate who watched as Hammerin' Hank Greenberg smashed his way through the major leagues of baseball. Arguably the greatest Jewish ballplayer who ever lived, Greenberg smacked out homer after homer leading the Detroit Tigers to the World Series four times. Written as a screenplay, the life of Hank Greenberg is filled with hate, love, frustration and redemption. It is a story that transcends the times and is as much relevant today as it was in years past. The struggle against prejudice and hatred is a human struggle for acceptance and understanding and Hank Greenberg's story is a story of the human condition.

Jack Cristil

Author : Sid Salter
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496805011
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Jack Cristil written by Sid Salter and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Cristil (1925-2014) was a Southeastern Conference icon and the Voice of Bulldog athletics for more than five decades. In this biography, Cristil's remarkable life and career is shared with all Bulldog fans. Authored by Mississippi journalist Sid Salter with a foreword by distinguished Mississippi State University alum John Grisham, the book originally sold over 10,000 copies and raised over $170,000 for the Jacob S. "Jack" Cristil Scholarship in Journalism at MSU. With a fifty-eight-year association with MSU, Cristil was the second-longest tenured college radio play-by-play announcer in the nation at the time of his 2011 retirement. During his legendary career as the Voice of the Bulldogs, Cristil called 636 football games since 1953. That's roughly 60 percent of all the football games played in school history. He was in his 54th season as the men's basketball play-by-play voice, having described the action of almost 55 percent of all the men's basketball games. In all, Cristil shared with Bulldog fans across the Magnolia State and around the world more than 1,500 collegiate contests. Central to Cristil's inspiring story was his upbringing in Memphis as the son of first-generation Russian-Jewish immigrants. This paperback edition is updated with new material covering Cristil's death and memorial service, with additional post-retirement and memorial photos.

Moments in the Sun

Author : Mark McGuire
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078640549X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Moments in the Sun written by Mark McGuire and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball's ranks are filled with those whose careers may not have been as spectacular as Ruth or Mays but who played essential roles in the game's history, like footnotes in a great book. Some were well known in their day, featured on the front of the sports section; others were lesser lights whose feats and misdeeds were so notable they deserve to be remembered. Bert Shepard pitched a game for the Washington Senators in 1945 despite being shot down over Germany the year before and losing a leg. Bernie Carbo hit a dramatic three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Game Six of the 1975 World Series--but his blast was completely upstaged an hour or so later by Red Sox teammate Carlton Fisk's unforgettable shot down the left field line. Bo Belinsky no-hit the powerful Baltimore Orioles in 1962, but he finished his career with a monumentally disappointing 28-51 record. The 39 other subjects profiled in this work prove that, in baseball, fame can be fleeting.

Detroit Tigers: Michigan's Favorite Sports Team

Author : Roger Yoder
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662915276
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Detroit Tigers: Michigan's Favorite Sports Team written by Roger Yoder and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Major League Baseball book series brings you the Detroit Tigers: Michigan’s favorite sports team. A book that chronicles the history of the Detroit Tiger major-league baseball franchise. Relive the past through yearly reviews that recap each season month by month, including information on hitting, pitching, and defense. There are player and pitcher of the year selections, break out boxes for decade hitting and pitching leaders. Each decade has player and pitcher of the decade selections, with all-decade teams and pitching staffs presented. The new analytical evaluations Most Effective Hitter (MEH) and Most Effective Pitcher (MEP) are introduced. They compare position players and pitchers from all eras based upon fourteen areas of on-the-field performance for each. MEH evaluates the offensive proficiency of a player or team. You will see where your favorite Tiger ranks for the Top-150 All-Time, the Top five All-Time Teams, and the Top-10 by position. MEP weighs pitching proficiency for a player or team, with the lists of Top-50 All-Time Starters and Top-50 All-Time Relievers revealed for the first time. The Yearly and decade hitting and pitching leaders from 1901 through 2021 are included. The top-100 all-time leaders in over one hundred hitting and fifty pitching categories are listed. From Cobb to Cabrera, it is all there, as the Detroit Tigers: Michigan’s favorite sports team book would be a valuable addition to any library. Whether a casual fan or a savvy baseball enthusiast, the reader will enjoy hours learning more about the Detroit Tiger franchise.

Bill Stern’s Favorite Baseball Stories

Author : Bill Stern
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787204774
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Bill Stern’s Favorite Baseball Stories written by Bill Stern and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AT BAT—WITH BILL STERN Baseball is a game rooted deep in the heart of America. I’ve loved it ever since I was a kid old enough to yell: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game!” As long as I can remember, I’ve been hearing stories of baseball...fascinating tales of fabulous heroes from a land where the sun always shines and men never grow old...curious legends that grew stranger with age...yarns that have been handed down with the years as treasured lore. As I grew older, and fate cast me in the rôle of a radio sports reporter and storyteller, I’ve been fortunate to meet many of the heroes, old and new—Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Connie Mack, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tris Speaker, Leo Durocher, Ted Williams, Bobby Feller and Joe DiMaggio, to name but a handful who have paraded before my microphone. And each in his way has enriched my collection of diamond stories. Of the countless stories I’ve heard from baseball men, I’ve treasured a number to hold, keep and remember. However, a storyteller who has been sharing his most interesting stories with millions of people finds it difficult to be miserly. Hence, I’ve chosen my favorites and offer them in print to all my fans for a generous dose of the romance, the glamour, the color, the thrills, the drama, the comedy, and the nostalgia that are all part of this game called baseball. Maybe I’ll score with some and get shut out on others but here they are just as I treasure them in my sports memory book—my favorite baseball stories.

Baseball Hall of Shame 4

Author : Bruce Nash
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 067174609X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Hall of Shame 4 written by Bruce Nash and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baseball Hall of Shame 4 contains more than 100 absurd, offbeat and hysterically funny stories proving that on the playing field and in the ballpark, truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Baseball Anecdotes

Author : Daniel Okrent
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626813604
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Anecdotes written by Daniel Okrent and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its winners to its sinners, two bestselling sportswriters chronicle a dizzying trip through more than a century of baseball lore and legend. Some of the stories are celebrated—from Ruth’s called shot to DiMaggio’s streak to Mays’s catch. Some of the men are titans of the game—Mantle, Williams, Koufax. But alongside those stories passed from generation to generation, Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf have assembled tales both hard-to-believe and a pleasure to read. From the Black Sox scandal to Bill Veeck’s bizarre promotions, from its icons and iconoclasts, from the humble origins of the game to the landmark moments that made it the national pastime, Baseball Anecdotes reveals the enthralling (and often amusing) game that goes on both on the field and behind the scenes of baseball. “A dandy introduction to the game.” —Newsweek “A must . . . Its greatest value might be to those of us who want to pass along baseball lore to our children.” —San Jose Mercury News “Beguiling . . . A history of the game in stories . . . Comic, tragic, controversial.” —The New York Times Book Review

2007 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

Author : Bob Lemke
Publisher : Antique Trader
ISBN 13 : 9780896893726
Total Pages : 1852 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book 2007 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards written by Bob Lemke and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appeals to passionate and casual collectors alike, including the 33,000 readers of Sports Collector's Digest and people participating in the more than 185,000 continuous online auctions

Tales From the Ballpark

Author : Mike Shannon
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780809224845
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Tales From the Ballpark written by Mike Shannon and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2000-03-03 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his successful "Tales from the Dugout, " Mike Shannon continues to delight baseball fans with memorable anecdotes from the sport's past and present. 20 illustrations.

Baseball's Unforgettable Games

Author : Joseph L. Reichler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Unforgettable Games written by Joseph L. Reichler and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of 100 games, judged by two noted experts to be the most unforgettable in the game's history.

The Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book

Author : Sporting News
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892048151
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book written by Sporting News and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 2006, The SPORTING NEWS, a baseball authority since 1886, has combined its Complete Baseball Record Book and the Major League Fact Book into a new and exciting volume. The Complete Baseball Record and Fact Book includes everything found in the Record book, an annual publication since 1909, plus complementary material previously found in the Fact book. When baseball fans talk about the Record Book, this is the book they mean. The 2006 edition, bigger than ever and easier to use, deserves a place in the home of serious baseball fans everywhere.The 2006 Complete Baseball Record & Fact Book includes: 7 Highlights for every big-league season from 1876-20057 Regular-season, All-Star game, playoffs and World Series records updated through the 2005 season7 Individual player and team recordsCareer milestones lists that show where players rank