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Author : Rich Wolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984627820
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Ron Santo written by Rich Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn more about the famous Chicago Cubs baseball player, Ron Santo, who played from 1960 to 1973. Great stories told by those who loved him.
Author : Ron Santo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566250054
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Ron Santo written by Ron Santo and published by . This book was released on 2004-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Santo has a remarkable story to tell, from the trauma of a serious illness to his fame as one of the greatest third basemen in the history of baseball.
Author : Jay Jaffe
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250071216
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Cooperstown Casebook written by Jay Jaffe and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cooperstown Casebook by Jay Jaffe provides a definitive guide to the greatest players in baseball history, and the Hall of Fame.
Author : Fergie Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999529867
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (298 download)
Download or read book The 1969 Cubs written by Fergie Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1969 at Wrigley Field, the lights didn't shine at night, but they did in the eyes of every hopeful Chicago Cubs fan. The team that didn't go all the way, but they did more for the franchise and the role of its fans than many teams before them. Hall-of-Fame legend Fergie Jenkins gives his first-hand accounts on that loved team and painful seaso
Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602476
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Their Greatest Victory written by David L. Porter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book profiles 24 athletes who overcame seemingly insurmountable medical odds to attain athletic success. Each profile describes the athlete's problem, the medical issues he or she faced, how success was achieved despite the setback, and the personal qualities that helped the athlete to prevail. Part I features 15 athletes who dealt with diseases and physical disabilities, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias (cancer), Ron Santo (diabetes), Gail Devers (Graves' disease), Alonzo Mourning (kidney disease), Wilma Rudolph (polio), Scott Hamilton (a pancreatic disorder in childhood) and Jimmy Abbott (born with one hand). Part II highlights nine athletes who dealt with near-fatal or life-changing accidents and injuries, including Bill Toomey, Three-Finger Brown, Greg LeMond, Lou Brissie and Tommy John.
Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547417330
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Able to Play written by Glenn Stout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest in Glenn Stout's popular Good Sports series tells the remarkable and inspirational stories of four players who overcame physical challenges to excel in major league baseball. Players include Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Ron Santo, Jim Abbott, and Curtis Pride.
Author : Pat Hughes
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402248369
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Harry Caray written by Pat Hughes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WGN announcer Pat Hughes presents Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans, an audio/photo tribute to Chicago and St Louis sports broadcaster Harry Caray, one of the most beloved figures in baseball. Caray's personality was as much a part of his charm as his broadcasting skill, and even ten years after his death, baseball fans across the country recall Caray fondly, both for his play-by play calls and his genuinely excited "Holy Cow!" exclamations during the games. Pat Hughes has compiled Caray's most famous calls and broadcasts onto a CD that accompanies the book. By combining Harry's voice with photos and stories of the Cards and Cubs, Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans will give readers not only a fond memory of Caray, but also a "where were you when...?" for many famous games, such as Ryne Sandberg's double game-tying home runs in 1984.
Author : Steve Johnson
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 9780760332467
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today written by Steve Johnson and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs, this book is a lavish celebration of the Chicago Cubs. It highlights the ballparks and fans, the players and teams, the broadcasters and behind-the-scenes figures who have defined Chicago baseball for more than a century.
Author : Ron Di Santo
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688060692
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance written by Ron Di Santo and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1990-11-19 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was first published in 1974, it caused a literary sensation. An entire generation was profoundly affected by the story of the narrator, his son, Chris, and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California. A combination of philosophical speculation and psychological tension, the book is a complex story of relationships, values, madness, and, eventually, enlightenment. Ron Di Santo and Tom Steele have spent years investigating the background and underlying symbolism of Pirsig’s work. Together, and with the approval of Robert Pirsig, they have written a fascinating reference/companion to the original. Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance serves as a metaphorical backpack of supplies for the reader’s journey through the original work. With the background material, insights, and perspectives the authors provide, Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is destined to become required reading for new fans of the book as well as those who have returned to it over the years.
Author : Jim McArdle
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1600781586
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Living the Dream written by Jim McArdle and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary broadcaster Jack Brickhouse once said "any team can have a bad century." He was joking, of course, but the Chicago Cubs franchise, whose games he worked for decades, entered 2008 on the brink of making his words come painfully true. A number of expansion teams in the four major sports never have won a World Series, Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, or NBA title in their brief histories. But no team ever has gone 100 years without winning a championship. Following the Cubs' quest to avert that infamous distinction is the backdrop for Living the Dream, which, for author Jim McArdle, it truly was. McArdle, a former Cubs employee as editor of the official team magazine Vine Line, quit his job to devote himself completely to the 2008 Cubs' season. Thanks to clubhouse access generously offered by the team and an apartment located just beyond Wrigley's left-field fence, McArdle was uniquely positioned to compile this fascinating story.
Author : Jim Brosnan
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780399608759
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Ron Santo, 3B written by Jim Brosnan and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Ron Santo who has earned a living at the great American pastime as third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox.
Author : Phil Rogers
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617495131
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Ernie Banks written by Phil Rogers and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respected by his baseball peers, beloved by Chicago fans and teammates, Ernie Banks did everything there was to do in the game he loved. Everything, that is, except play in a World Series. How and why that experience eluded him during one season of particular promise—1969—is a key storyline of this fresh look at one of baseball's legendary players. Banks, who had picked cotton outside Dallas as a youth, ascended from a barnstorming semipro team to the major leagues after Kansas City Monarchs manager Buck O'Neil placed him with the Cubs. During his time in Chicago, Banks won two MVPs and received an education far better than the one he received in the segregated schools he'd attended, gaining important life skills while playing the game he was born to play.
Author : William S Bike
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540247605
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs written by William S Bike and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chicago Cubs fans always will remember the beloved 1969 team. Yet the 1970 Cubs are, in many ways, more interesting. The Cubs added ... characters like Joe Pepitone and Milt Pappas to the legendary nucleus of Billy Williams, Ron Santo, and Ernie Banks ... Offering a fast-paced look at the season month by month, William S. Bike moves beyond wins, losses, and statistics to relive Ernie Banks's 500th home run, the addition of the basket to the outfield walls, and other iconic moments from a landmark year at Wrigley Field"--Publisher marketing.
Author : Rick Swaine
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481951
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Beating the Breaks written by Rick Swaine and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few baseball fans are aware of the number of players with disabilities who have succeeded in the majors. Much of this unawareness is due to the affected players themselves who downplay weaknesses and tend to minimize their disabilities, considering them just one of the chinks in the armor that everyone must deal with. More than 20 players who have overcome their disabilities to have major league careers are profiled in this work. The book is divided by type of disability suffered: missing or partially missing limbs or extremities (Jim Abbott, Hugh "One Arm" Daily, Pete Gray, Monty Stratton, Bert Shepard); injured or diseased limbs (Lou Brissie, Whitey Kurowski, Eddie Kazak, Charley Gelbert, Bo Jackson, Dave Dravecky); disfigured extremities (Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Charley "Red" Ruffing, Hal Peck, Carlos May, Gil Coan, Jim Mecir); impaired organ function, vision, and hearing (William "Dummy" Hoy, George "Specs" Toporcer, Chick Hafey, Ron Santo, Russ Christopher, Joe Hoerner, John Hiller, Danny Thompson, Walt Bond); and neurological and psychological disorders (Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tony Lazzeri, Jimmy Piersall, Jim Eisenreich).
Author : Carol DeChant
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879460121
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)
Download or read book Great American Catholic Eulogies written by Carol DeChant and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eulogies have a long and important history in remembering and commemorating the dead. As Thomas Lynch notes in his Foreword, eulogies are meant "to speak for the ages, to bring homage and appreciation, the final appraisal, the last world and first draft of all future biography." In Great American Catholic Eulogies, Carol DeChant has compiled fifty of the most memorable and instructive eulogies of and by Catholics in America. The eulogies span the American experience, from those who were born before the Declaration of Independence was written to a modern sports legend, from pioneers in social justice, healthcare, and the arts to founders of distinctly American religious order, and from all the varied ethnic cultures who contribute to the great cultural milieu that is the United States.
Author : Chicago Tribune
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781600786068
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Ron Santo written by Chicago Tribune and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of material from the Chicago Tribune, in tribute to Ron Santo's life and career.
Author : Leo Durocher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226173895
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Nice Guys Finish Last written by Leo Durocher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?” The history of baseball is rife with colorful characters. But for sheer cantankerousness, fighting moxie, and will to win, very few have come close to Leo “the Lip” Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseball’s most storied franchises, Durocher teamed up with veteran sportswriter Ed Linn to tell the story of his life in the game. The resulting book, Nice Guys Finish Last, is baseball at its best, brimming with personality and full of all the fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a success—and an outsized celebrity. Durocher began his career inauspiciously, riding the bench for the powerhouse 1928 Yankees and hitting so poorly that Babe Ruth nicknamed him “the All-American Out.” But soon Durocher hit his stride: traded to St. Louis, he found his headlong play and never-say-die attitude a perfect fit with the rambunctious “Gashouse Gang” Cardinals. In 1939, he was named player-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers—and almost instantly transformed the underachieving Bums into perennial contenders. He went on to manage the New York Giants, sharing the glory of one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard ’round the world,” which won the Giants the 1951 pennant. Durocher would later learn how it felt to be on the other side of such an unforgettable moment, as his 1969 Cubs, after holding first place for 105 days, blew a seemingly insurmountable 8-1/2-game lead to the Miracle Mets. All the while, Durocher made as much noise off the field as on it. His perpetual feuds with players, owners, and league officials—not to mention his public associations with gamblers, riffraff, and Hollywood stars like George Raft and Larraine Day—kept his name in the headlines and spread his fame far beyond the confines of the diamond. A no-holds-barred account of a singular figure, Nice Guys Finish Last brings the personalities and play-by-play of baseball’s greatest era to vivid life, earning a place on every baseball fan’s bookshelf.
