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Book Synopsis Fouled Away by : Clifton Blue Parker
Download or read book Fouled Away written by Clifton Blue Parker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred and ninety-one. Mention the number anywhere near a ballpark and before you can ask who or what, fans will almost certainly shape their lips with a single word: Wilson. They'll tell you Hack Wilson, a burly, bull-necked outfielder who roamed Wrigley Field in the 1920s and 1930s, was the man who drove in 191 runs in 1930--more than most players had hits. A few of them will know that in 1929, Wilson racked up 159 RBI and hit 39 home runs. Still fewer might be able to tell you that for the four seasons 1927-1930, the slugger hit no fewer than 30 home runs a season and drove home no fewer than 120. But you are unlikely to find more than a handful of fans who know how the Cub great's career came to an end. Or when. Or why. The heir apparent to Ruth's title of world-beater, Wilson was a star by his late 20s and a record setter by 30. But he was also an alcoholic who was as practiced at swinging his fists as he was his bat. By his early 30s his days as a full-time player were behind him, and by 48 he was dead; his son refused to claim the body. This biography examines the turbulent life and career of one of the most dominant short-stint powerhitters ever to pull on a uniform. From Wilson's early career as a steelworker, through his time as the beloved ballplayer and icon for the City of Big Shoulders to his days as a down-on-his-luck baseball washout and itinerant laborer, an unflinching look at this Hall of Famer is provided.
Book Synopsis Fouled Out by : A. Barber / B. McNeil
Download or read book Fouled Out written by A. Barber / B. McNeil and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man, who had but one fate, a life of crime. It was laid out on a red carpet. His father, legendary hustler, Billy Day and his uncle, legendary and alleged leader of the infamous JBM (Junior Black Mafia), Aaron Jones. But he went the opposite way. Defying gravity, he went from multiple little league championships for both football and basketball to AAU tournaments from Las Vegas to New Jersey to the legendary Sonny Hill leagues to a high school championship, to turning a program around in a little college called Livingstone in Salisbury, North Carolina. But then, one day he takes a few friends to score some marijuana and somebody dies. Travel into a world of love, honor, loyalty, friendship, pain, commitment, and honesty. This is the greatest story never told. Read with your heart and feel it with your soul! Ameer L. Barber and Bill “Basil” McNeil
Book Synopsis Five Fouls and You're Out! by : Val Priebe
Download or read book Five Fouls and You're Out! written by Val Priebe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basketball star Carmen is a perfect dribbler, but her defense needs help. She gets five fouls at every game, and everybody knows it's five fouls and you're out! Carmen isn't sure what to do, but her friends are ready to help her stop fouling.
Download or read book 27 Men Out written by Michael Coffey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the behind-the-scenes stories of baseball's perfect games--who threw them, how they happened, and what made them possible. Acclaimed author Michael Coffey fuses the enthusiasm of a lifelong baseball fanatic, the lyricism of a fine poet, and the acumen of a historian to bring these rare episodes to thrilling life on the page.
Download or read book Women's Lacrosse written by Janine Tucker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an updated guide to the rules and regulations for women's lacrosse, discussing basic and advanced skills and techniques and offensive and defensive strategies.
Book Synopsis Messages from the Universe by : Reachapex Inc
Download or read book Messages from the Universe written by Reachapex Inc and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-09-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful anthology of literary works by iUniverse authors and community leaders. In it you will find a delightful potpourri of words, ranging from short stories to a full-length play in one act. This collection is organized by category/genre: a mystery piece, success exercises, short stories on love, poetry, a play, and finally, short stories about life. Poetry is used as a thoughtful transition from author to author, and from category to category. Whether you choose to read the pieces in one of the categories/genres or all, every one of the 16 authors that contributed to this anthology hope you find this to contain exactly what you are looking for!
Download or read book Princeton Alumni Weekly written by and published by princeton alumni weekly. This book was released on 1918 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Miracle in Chavez Ravine by : William F. McNeil
Download or read book Miracle in Chavez Ravine written by William F. McNeil and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After winning the 1981 World Series and raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes. By the time they ended the 1987 season 17 games behind the hated Giants, general manager Fred Claire had seen enough. Over the winter Claire radically restructured the team, bringing in fiery players like outfielder Kirk Gibson, closer Jay Howell and shortstop Alfredo Griffin to spark the team out of complacency. Led by Gibson and pitcher Orel Hershiser, the upstart Dodgers outlasted Houston in a race for the NL West title and edged a star-studded Mets team in the league championship series. But their best, most dramatic moments came in the World Series, when the Dodgers shocked everyone by bashing the A's of McGwire and Canseco in five games. In the first book-length history of the 1988 Dodgers, author Bill McNeil covers the story from all angles.
Download or read book The reach written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Throwback written by Jason Kendall and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author's 15 years of professional MLB experience, this hilarious volume weaves together first-person anecdotes with behind-the-scenes shenanigans, providing insight into the "how" and "why" of everything that happens on and off the field. 50,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis The Psychology of Baseball by : Mike Stadler
Download or read book The Psychology of Baseball written by Mike Stadler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers can get inside the minds of the stars of the diamond in this extraordinary tour of brain power, psyche, and sheer will of Major League players. 20 illustrations.
Download or read book Brooklyn Bounce written by Jake Appleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A breezy, cautionary tale for modern sports fans” (Booklist) of the Brooklyn Nets’ inaugural season, which brought back pro sports to the borough of Brooklyn—now updated to include the 2013-2014 season. When the Brooklyn Nets played their first game at Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn in the fall of 2012, they succeeded in bringing professional sports back to Brooklyn for the first time since the Dodgers abandoned the borough in 1957. Brooklyn Bounce chronicles the Nets’ historic inaugural season in the borough, full of highs and lows—plenty of them entirely unexpected. Sports journalist Jake Appleman takes us inside the locker room and courtside, examining the team’s transition from the New Jersey swamp to gentrified Brooklyn, from an opening night delayed by Hurricane Sandy to an epic seven-game playoff showdown with the Chicago Bulls. The Nets were the game’s foremost paradox in 2013, a team that managed to be the most improved in the NBA, but also consistently disappointed. What made them interesting wasn’t their style of play or even their unique collection of personalities; it was their constant state of reinvention and their evolving relationship with their new home: as the Barclays crowds would chant it, BROOOOOOK-LYN! Here, “Appleman’s wit, enthusiasm for his subject, and familiarity with the players lifts Brooklyn Bounce above most season chronicles” (The Boston Globe).
Book Synopsis Beyond the Ballpark by : John A. Wood
Download or read book Beyond the Ballpark written by John A. Wood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most baseball fans know of the amazing accomplishments Hall of Fame members achieved on the field, from Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak to Cy Young’s 511 career wins. But few are as familiar with the ballplayers’ lives away from the diamond—especially those icons who played before the Internet and 24/7 media coverage. Beyond their baseball statistics, what kind of individuals were they? How did they conduct themselves out of the spotlight? What made them tick? In Beyond the Ballpark: The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends, John A. Woodlooks at the personal lives of fifty members of the Hall of Fame, examining their childhoods, families, influences, life-changing events, defining moments, and more. The players range from the really good guys to bizarre characters and even the downright immoral. The author considers how tragedies may have impacted players, such as the shooting of Ty Cobb’s beloved father by his own mother, and seeks to explain the dispositions of others, such as why the great Rogers Hornsby couldn’t seem to get along with anybody. By taking a closer look at who the players were as men, Beyond the Ballpark captures the essence of these fifty Hall of Famers. Including such names as Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth, this book is for all fans who are interested in more than just a ballplayer’s statistics.
Book Synopsis West Virginia Baseball by : William E. Akin
Download or read book West Virginia Baseball written by William E. Akin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-07-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Virginia sprang into existence as a state in the midst of the Civil War, and "base ball," as it was called then, was close on the heels of statehood. A game in 1866 hosted by the Hunkidori Base Ball Club in Wheeling, is considered the first "match game of Base Ball." Some historians contend the game spread via the movement of soldiers who were from urban areas. The real roots of baseball are not the romantic image of rural boys in sandlots or lazy father-son afternoons. It was born and came of age as an urban sport, a social pursuit of well-heeled young men that in the early days often involved banquets and shows following each game. The author traces the history of minor league and independent league baseball in West Virginia. Baseball below the minor leagues has a rich and comparatively unexplored history, and West Virginia has made substantial contributions to this legacy. Chapters examine the chronological history of baseball and the larger economic and cultural changes that have influenced it. Eras include baseball as a social game (through 1873); the emergence of professional baseball (through 1895); its second boom (through 1905); the deadball era (through 1920); the Martinsburg dynasty (1914 to 1934); as a miners' sport (1920 to 1941); the Middle Atlantic League (1925-1942); the Mountain State League (1937-1942); the postwar years (1945-1955); the nadir (1955-1985); and "A Minor Miracle" (1985-2000), a chapter that heralds a comeback in the popularity of professional baseball.
Download or read book Tall Tales written by Terry Pluto and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the NBA from 1956 to 1966, after the introduction of the 24-second shot clock, highlights those who dominated the sport during its "glory days," including Red Auerbach, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Boston Celtics.
Book Synopsis The Days of Rube, Matty, Honus and Ty by : Chuck Kimberly
Download or read book The Days of Rube, Matty, Honus and Ty written by Chuck Kimberly and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early Deadball Era featured landmark achievements, great performances by several of baseball's immortals, and a delightful array of characters. John McGraw won his first pennant as a manager and repeated the feat the following year with the team he later called his greatest. His Giants were praised for their playing ability and criticized for their rowdy behavior. Meanwhile the Cubs were putting together the greatest team in franchise history, emphasizing speed on the bases, solid defense and outstanding pitching. Jack Chesbro won 41 games in 1904 by employing a new pitch--the spitball. Other pitchers began using it, accelerating the trend toward lower batting averages. The White Sox entered baseball lore as the "Hitless Wonders," winning the 1906 pennant through adroit use of "scientific baseball" tactics.
Book Synopsis If These Walls Could Talk: Los Angeles Dodgers by : Houston Mitchell
Download or read book If These Walls Could Talk: Los Angeles Dodgers written by Houston Mitchell and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers have had an eventful—and frequently successful—history. From playing in the 100,000-seat Coliseum to five World Series titles, from Fernandomania to Mannywood, and from Sandy Koufax to Clayton Kershaw, the Boys in Blue have long been a team to watch. This history of the Dodgers provides a closer look at the great moments and the lowlights that have made them one of the seminal teams in the major leagues. Through multiple interviews conducted with current and former players, readers will meet the athletes, coaches, and management and share in their moments of triumph and defeat. The author recalls key moments in Dodgers history such as the building and breakup of the Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey infield, the sad decline of Steve Howe, the amazing comeback at the tail-end of the 1980 season, and the Frank McCourt saga. If These Walls Could Talk: Los Angeles Dodgers brings the storied history of the team come to life.
