Sweet Lou and the Cubs

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461749425
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Book Synopsis Sweet Lou and the Cubs by : George Castle

Download or read book Sweet Lou and the Cubs written by George Castle and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet Lou and the Cubs chronicles from the inside-out Lou Piniella's stirring and celebrated quest to reverse the team's fortunes after a record 100 years without a World Series championship. Drawing on the story of Piniella's Cubs debut in 2007 and his history as baseball's ultimate firebrand, veteran Cubs reporter George Castle gives fans the real story behind the building of the best Cubs team in decades. In riveting detail he traces how the Cubs swept into the 2008 playoffs as the favorite to represent the National League in the World Series, but then went down in shocking defeat—leaving millions of fans to pin their wounded hopes on the prospects of their remade team finally turning the tide in 2009. . . . This is sports writing at its best, focusing on Piniella's old-school style and baseball scientist's mind; wild swings in the Cubs' win-loss fortunes; the inside scoop on a Cubs' front office that has been dramatically more aggressive than its predecessors; the byplay of daily clubhouse life and profiles of key players; and Piniella's colorful proclamations and homespun philosophy, along with his interactions with his coaches, the team, ball-club executives, media, fans, and celebrity hangers-on.

Sweet Lou

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Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781600782015
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Sweet Lou written by Melissa Isaacson and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive biography on the personal and professional life and career of Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, describing his background, family, and early years as a player and manager.

Thurman Munson

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786483342
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Thurman Munson by : Christopher Devine

Download or read book Thurman Munson written by Christopher Devine and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in 2000 the Baseball Writers Association of America elected the ever-durable Carlton Fisk to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, many fans quietly pointed to the Hall's omission of Fisk' greatest American League contemporary, Thurman Munson. And when in 2001 the writers honored Kirby Puckett, the Twins star forced to retire with glaucoma after a brilliant but brief 12-year career, the same fans began to raise their voices in support of Munson, another short-timer who was once the toast of his team's hometown. In a position that requires the strapping on of hot, awkward equipment and the torturous alternation of standing and squatting, most catchers struggle to maintain electrolytes, let alone a respectable batting average. It is, in fact, a position so demanding, that men deemed good ball-handlers or pitcher confidants might hang on in the big leagues for years despite their drag on a team's offensive production. Munson, like Fisk and National Leaguer Johnny Bench, was a tough-as-nails backstop, a Gold Glove winner, and the unquestioned leader of his team. Like Bench and Fisk, too, though to a lesser degree, Munson had home run power. But the Yankee captain was in, at least one respect, an even rarer breed of catcher--one who manages despite the physical and mental demands of his position to finish each year somewhere near the .300 mark. Munson, who ranked in the top 10 among A.L. hitters five of the nine full seasons he played, was widely considered one of his generation's great clutch hitters. When the star catcher died at age 32, he was still in his prime, and it seems clear to many that on August 2, 1979, misfortune denied Munson his place in Cooperstown. Outlived by his contemporaries, who went on to post more impressive career numbers, and now overshadowed by the accomplishments of catchers from the current batter-biased era, Munson's chances for recognition grow increasingly faint. But for all the praiseworthy things he did on the field in his short career, Thurman Munson accomplished as much in between the innings and games he labored through. And it might be his influence for which he's ultimately remembered. In this work, author Chris Devine pays special attention to Munson as teammate, friend, husband, and father.

Hard Times

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456895508
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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The True Sparanos Story

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503551075
Total Pages : 398 pages
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Download or read book The True Sparanos Story written by Patrick Armond Francke and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My autobiography is about my life involved with gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs, prison, loansharking & court trials. My father was a cop, my mother a housewife. I am the middle of 3 sons. My uncle is Benny (The Hat) Sparano, the man who sued the h.b.o. Sopranos show. I talk about my 15 years as a fugitive, surrendering in 2009. My life now includes writing this book to defer other want-to-be wiseguys from this lifestyle. I began a Remembrance charity softball game to honor all the guys who died from my hometown area due to drugs, suicides, cancer, murders & accidents. Wasted talent is the epitome of a lifetime spent watching over my shoulder.

The Sportswriter

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307763706
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Sportswriter written by Richard Ford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely within themselves. This is a condition that Frank himself aspires to. But at thirty-eight, he suffers from incurable dreaminess, occasional pounding of the heart, and the not-too-distant losses of a career, a son, and a marriage. In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.

The Bascombe Novels

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408838397
Total Pages : 1577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Bascombe Novels written by Richard Ford and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 1577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This trilogy of brilliant novels - The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land - that charts the life and times of one of the most beloved and enduring characters in modern fiction. When we meet Frank Bascombe in The Sportswriter, his unguarded voice instantly wins us over and pulls us into a life that has been irrevocably changed by the loss of a marriage, a career, a child. We then follow Frank, ever brilliantly and hilariously observant, through Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, witnessing his fortune's rise and his family's fragmentation and reintegration. With finely honed prose and an eye that captures the most subtle nuances of the human condition in all its pathos, humour, beauty and strangeness, Richard Ford transforms Frank Bascombe's life into a riveting moving parable of life in America today.

On the Hardwood: Atlanta Hawks

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Publisher : MVP Books
ISBN 13 : 1615708979
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book On the Hardwood: Atlanta Hawks written by Zach Wyner and published by MVP Books. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new generation has arrived in Georgia, young men ready to carry the Hawks to unimaginable heights. On the Hardwood: Atlanta Hawks examines the team and the talent aiming to propel a proud franchise.

Loserville

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496230094
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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The Yankees Baseball Reader

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ISBN 13 : 0760340617
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis The Yankees Baseball Reader by : Adam Brunner

Download or read book The Yankees Baseball Reader written by Adam Brunner and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yankees Baseball Reader brings together the best works of journalism and literature to tell the story of this legendary franchise.

Consumer Research

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Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0803972970
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Consumer Research by : Morris B. Holbrook

Download or read book Consumer Research written by Morris B. Holbrook and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-06-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once again, Morris B. Holbrook has combined insightful commentary on the field of consumer behavior with a readable and enjoyable writing style. A must read for anyone interested in the latest thinking in the field." Ron Hill, Professor and Chair of Marketing, Villanova University "A delightfully idiosyncratic history of consumer research. What enthralled readers will get from his stylish exposition is a socio-psychocultural description of the consumer through the ages, along with a description of attempts to understand the consumer. Scholarly yet readable, Holbrook's history is a classic study of consumerism too. Editor's Choice." --Business Today In recent years, consumer research has emerged as an academic specialty of growing concern to marketing scholars and of increased importance on today's university campuses. Courses on consumer behavior--taught in virtually every academic program of business or management--draw heavily on work by consumer researchers. Despite this wide and growing recognition as an emergent area of study, no book appears to exist on the history, nature, and types of consumer research or on the variegated and often hotly debated issues that surround this field of inquiry. Consumer Research fills this gap by providing an account of the recent historical developments in consumer research and by showing how the evolution of this discipline has affected the research. The author offers a personal and subjective glance at how various changes in the field have come about and how they have shaped studies of consumption. Marketing scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates concentrating in marketing will find Consumer Research irresistible reading.

Monk's Tale

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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268162018
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Book Synopsis Monk's Tale by : Edward A. Malloy C.S.C.

Download or read book Monk's Tale written by Edward A. Malloy C.S.C. and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most respected figures in Catholic higher education, the Reverend Edward A. Malloy has written a thoroughly engaging first installment of his three-volume memoir. This book covers the years from his birth in 1941 to 1975, when he received his doctorate in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt. Written in his trademark self-effacing and humorous style, Malloy’s book portrays his childhood growing up in the northeast Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Brookland (the neighborhood’s alias was “Little Rome” because of all the Catholic church-related institutions it encompassed). Malloy describes his family and early education, his growing love of sports, and his years at Archbishop Carroll High School where he played on an extraordinarily successful basketball team. The next five chapters chronicle his undergraduate years at Notre Dame, where he was recruited to play basketball, his decision to become a priest, his seminary experience, the taking of final vows, and his graduate school experience at Vanderbilt University. Monk’s Tale is a captivating account of growing up Catholic in the 1940s and ‘50s, as well as a revealing reflection of the dramatic changes that occurred in the Catholic Church and in American society during the 1960s. This book is also a loving tribute to Malloy’s parents, sisters, friends, teachers, religious mentors, and colleagues who helped pave his way to the University of Notre Dame and to his profound commitment to service, leadership, and God.

American Polled Durham Herd Book

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Total Pages : 1038 pages
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Sweet Lou

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ISBN 13 : 9785551466963
Total Pages : pages
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Computational Biology

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1683673034
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (836 download)

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Book Synopsis Computational Biology by : Scott T. Kelley

Download or read book Computational Biology written by Scott T. Kelley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is for anyone who needs to learn the basics of bioinformatics—the use of computational methods to better understand biological systems. Computational Biology covers the principles and applications of the computational methods used to study DNA, RNA, and proteins, including using biological databases such as NCBI and UniProt; performing BLAST, sequence alignments, and structural predictions; and creating phylogenetic trees. It includes a primer that can be used as a jumping off point for learning computer programming for bioinformatics. This text can be used as a self-study guide, as a course focused on computational methods in biology/bioinformatics, or to supplement general courses that touch on topics included within the book. Computational Biology's robust interactive online components “gamify” the study of bioinformatics, allowing the reader to practice randomly generated problems on their own time to build confidence and skill and gain practical real-world experience. The online component also assures that the content being taught is up to date and accurately reflects the ever-changing landscape of bioinformatics web-based programs.

Banned in the Bronx

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Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589398416
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (893 download)

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Book Synopsis Banned in the Bronx by : Gene Hutmaker

Download or read book Banned in the Bronx written by Gene Hutmaker and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball fans will relive the past 50 years of America's greatest pastime through the eyes of the Yankee Hater. This book chronicles the year-by-year account of each baseball season with little or no mention of the success of the New York Yankees, but rather a highlight of their failures. This is the Yankee Hater's narration of 50+ years of baseball, life and everything in between.

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

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Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465008402
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over written by Baseball Prospectus and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best team in baseball statistics takes on one of the great unanswered questions: Why do teams win pennant races?