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The Baseball Necrology

Author : Bill Lee
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476609306
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Baseball Necrology written by Bill Lee and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his playing career, a baseball player’s every action on the field is documented—every at bat, every hit, every pitch. But what becomes of a player after he leaves the game? This exhaustive reference work briefly details the post-baseball lives of some 7,600 major leaguers, owners, managers, administrators, umpires, sportswriters, announcers and broadcasters who are now deceased. Each entry tells the date and place of the player’s birth, the number of seasons he spent in the majors, the primary position he played, the number of seasons he spent as a manager in the majors (if applicable), his post-baseball career and activities, date and cause of his death, and his final resting place.

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786420872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball written by Jonathan Fraser Light and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball. Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents"--Provided by publisher.

Calico Joe

Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0345541332
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Calico Joe written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball… “Grisham knocks it out of the park.”—The Washington Post It’s the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Chicago Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing New York Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his dad. Then Warren throws a fastball that will change their lives forever. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Shortened Seasons

Author : Fran Zimniuch
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1461733782
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Shortened Seasons written by Fran Zimniuch and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortened Seasons recounts the stories of some of the baseball players who never made it back for the next game, who died with the suddenness of a walk-off homerun. For them, there was no next year. From Hall of Fame caliber players such as Roberto Clemente, Thurman Munson, and Ed Delahanty to players who were still finding their niche in the game like Ken Hubbs, Lyman Bostoc, and Darryl Kile, this book explores the lives and deaths of ball players of all categories and abilities who were struck down at the height of their careers.

The Old Ball Game

Author : Frank Deford
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802142474
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book The Old Ball Game written by Frank Deford and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the unusual friendship between John McGraw and Christy Mathewson, "The Old Ball Game" is a masterful chronicle of the early days of baseball from America's most beloved sportswriter. Illustrations throughout.

Lucky Me

Author : Eddie Robinson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080328666X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Lucky Me written by Eddie Robinson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eddie Robinson's career lasted sixty-five years and spanned the era before and during World War II, integration, the organization of the players union, expansion, use of artificial turf, free agency, labor stoppages, and even the steroid era. He was a Minor League player, a Major League player, a coach, a farm director, a general manager, a scout, and a consultant. During his six and a half decades in baseball, he knew, played with or against, or worked for or with many of baseball's greats, including Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Rogers Hornsby, Mickey Mantle, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, George Steinbrenner, Casey Stengel, Bill Veeck, and Ted Williams. The lively autobiography of Robinson, Lucky Me highlights a career that touched all aspects of the game from player to coach to front-office executive and scout. In it Robinson reveals for the first time that the 1948 Cleveland Indians stole the opposition's signs with the use of a telescope in their drive to the pennant. This edition features a new afterword by C. Paul Rogers III.

Heads-Up Baseball

Author : Ken Ravizza
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 13 : 9781570280214
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Heads-Up Baseball written by Ken Ravizza and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides practical strategies for developing the mental skills which help speed you to your full potential."---Dave Winfield What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at a time. His mental skills enable him to play consistently at or near his best despite the adversity baseball presents each day. "My ability to fully focus on what I had to do on a daily basis was what made me the successful player I was. Sure I had some natural ability, but that only gets you so far. I think I learned how to focus; it wasn't something that I was necessarily born with." -- Hank Aaron "Developing and refining my mental game has played a critical role in my success in baseball. For years players have had to develop these skills on their own. This book provides practical strategies for developing the mental skills that will help speed you toward your full potential." -- Dave Winfield

Tales from the Cubs Dugout

Author : Pete Cava
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781583820445
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Cubs Dugout written by Pete Cava and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have so many ever cheered so much for so little? The Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 and last appeared in the Fall Classic the year World War II ended.Yet Cubs fans are among the most loyal, most knowledgeable, and most rabid in baseball. The teams they have loved and the players they have cherished have provided some of the game's finest moments, as well as a treasure trove of baseball lore. The Cubs' home park, Wrigley Field, is as much a national landmark as the Empire State Building or the Golden Gate Bridge. A charter member of the National League, the Cubs were born in 1876 -- the same year the Seventh Cavalry fought at Little Big Horn. Cap Anson, baseball's first superstar and possibly the finest player of the 19th century, played for early Cubs squads. In the early years of the 20th century, the fantastic double-play combination of Tinkers to Evers to Chance was immortalized in verse. Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Fergie Jenkins rank among baseball's greatest pitchers, while hitters Kiki Cuyler, Hack Wilson, Billy Herman, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Sammy Sosa have put up amazing numbers. But the Cubs transcend baseball much the same way that Paris transcends Europe. The story of the Cubs is part legend, part pathos, often heroic, and, on occasion, hilarious.

The Alumni Register of the University of Pennsylvania

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Alumni Register of the University of Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 1969 Cubs

Author : Fergie Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999529867
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (298 download)

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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

My Turn at Bat

Author : Ted Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671634232
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book My Turn at Bat written by Ted Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1988-03-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ted Williams tells of his childhood, his military experience, and his baseball career.

Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary

Author : Robert F Burk
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252096703
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary written by Robert F Burk and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvin Miller changed major league baseball and the business of sports. Drawing on research and interviews with Miller and others, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary offers the first biography covering the pivotal labor leader's entire life and career. Baseball historian Robert F. Burk follows Miller's formative encounters with Depression-era hard times, racial and religious bigotry, and bare-knuckle Washington politics to a successful career in labor that prepared Miller for his biggest professional challenge--running the moribund Major League Baseball Players Association. Educating and uniting the players as a workforce, Miller embarked on a long campaign to win the concessions that defined his legacy: decent workplace conditions, a pension system, outside mediation of player grievances and salary disputes, a system of profit sharing, and the long-sought dismantling of the reserve clause that opened the door to free agency. Through it all, allies and adversaries alike praised Miller's hardnosed attitude, work ethic, and honesty. Comprehensive and illuminating, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary tells the inside story of a time of change in sports and labor relations, and of the contentious process that gave athletes in baseball and across the sporting world a powerful voice in their own games.

Necrology: Trinity Men who Died During the Years ...

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Necrology: Trinity Men who Died During the Years ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Art of Pitching

Author : Tom Seaver
Publisher : Hearst Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780688026639
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Pitching written by Tom Seaver and published by Hearst Communications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two hundred photographs comprehensively illustrate pitching technique from grip to follow through in a guide that details the Cy Young Award-winning pitcher's conditioning regimen and his ideas on mental preparedness

The Hall Ball

Author : Ralph Carhart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476637938
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Hall Ball written by Ralph Carhart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescued in 2010 from the small creek that runs next to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, a simple baseball launched an epic quest that spanned the United States and beyond. For eight years, "The Hall Ball" went on a journey to have its picture taken with every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, both living and deceased. The goal? To enshrine the first crowd-sourced artifact ever donated to the Hall. Part travelogue, part baseball history, part photo journal, this book tells the full story for the first time. The narratives that accompany the ball's odyssey are as funny and moving as any in the history of the game.

Holy Cow!

Author : Harry Caray
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0307829030
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Holy Cow! written by Harry Caray and published by Villard. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing with Chicago Tribune sports columnist Verdi, Harry Caray recaps his decades in the booth, paying special attention to the owners he has dealt with, particularly Gussie Busch, Charley Finley and Bill Veeck. He also explains his philosophy of success in the booth, which is to think of himself primarily as a fan explaining the game to his fellow fans and pointing out players' failures as well as strengths. In this memoir, he recalls players he has admired, beginning with his all-time favorite, Stan Musial, and including Reggie Jackson, Richie Allen, and Ryne Sandberg.

The Pride of the Yankees

Author : Richard Sandomir
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 031635516X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book The Pride of the Yankees written by Richard Sandomir and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" at Yankee Stadium and gave a speech that included the phrase that would become legendary. He died two years later and his fiery widow, Eleanor, wanted nothing more than to keep his memory alive. With her forceful will, she and the irascible producer Samuel Goldwyn quickly agreed to make a film based on Gehrig's life, The Pride of the Yankees. Goldwyn didn't understand--or care about--baseball. For him this film was the emotional story of a quiet, modest hero who married a spirited woman who was the love of his life, and, after a storied career, gave a short speech that transformed his legacy. With the world at war and soldiers dying on foreign soil, it was the kind of movie America needed. Using original scrips, letters, memos, and other rare documents, Richard Sandomir tells the behind-the-scenes story of how a classic was born. There was the so-called Scarlett O'Hara-like search to find the actor to play Gehrig; the stunning revelations Elanor made to the scriptwriter Paul Gallico about her life with Lou; the intensive training Cooper underwent to learn how to catch, throw, and hit a baseball for the first time; and the story of two now-legendary Hollywood actors in Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright whose nuanced performances endowed the Gehrigs with upstanding dignity and cemented the baseball icon's legend. Sandomir writes with great insight and aplomb, painting a fascinating portrait of a bygone Hollywood era, a mourning widow with a dream, and the shadow a legend cast on one of the greatest sports films of all time.