Fast Pitch Fifties

Download Fast Pitch Fifties full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Fast Pitch Fifties ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Fast Pitch Fifties

Author : Pete Gallo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483645355
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fast Pitch Fifties by : Pete Gallo

Download or read book Fast Pitch Fifties written by Pete Gallo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast-Pitch A lost chapter in the history of America's favorite pastime is finally recovered and retold in brilliant and play-by-play detail in Pete Gallo's book, "Fast-Pitch Fifties." Readers are warmly invited to revisit New Rochelle during the 1950s and discover the Twilight League and windmill baseball at its height as some 20 teams battled for championship titles and local bragging rights. Fast-Pitch recalls a period when local sports was king and a championship series in towns like New Rochelle would draw crowds that were measured in the tens of thousands. Based on interviews and historical accounts, the author brings to life local legends of windmill at its height, such as pitcher Rush Riley who threw a softball at major league speeds and was known for his Olympian endurance, playing up to ten games per week. While many of the names are less familiar, windmill stars who managed national acclaim are also recalled such as Hicksville, Long Island native Roy Stevenson, an early pioneer of windmill pitch who helped inspire a generation of players in the New York metropolitan area. Aimed at sports fans, the book is also the story of an era - one full of memorable characters like 'Popeye' Claps an affable stationery store owner and baseball coach who managed to get Roy Rogers and his troupe to visit New Rochelle for an ad hoc block party for local kids. Then there was Bruce Flowers a professional boxer who helped lead New Rochelle's most-winning windmill team for the decade, the New Rochelle Royals. You will read about Bill Marino, a veteran who lost his arm in World War II, but remarkably managed to recapture personal glory by becoming one of the league's most feared pitchers. The author also finds that windmill's most prominent feature lead to its decline in community sports. It was a game where sheer pitching strength ruled the day, making balancing league play difficult, which helped give rise to its successor, modern "slow-pitch" softball. Though, fast-pitch persists in popularity, particularly among women's college leagues, Gallo brings us back to an era when communities across America were first discovering the game. The book recalls how the social fabric of the 1950s, with its unbridled post-war optimism and corresponding economic boom, provided for a golden era in community sports - from stickball play to fast-pitch. Gallo reminds us of how this amateur recreational league evolved to resemble a full-fledged minor B-ball league, housed in a single city - the Queen City of the Sound.

Doing Statistics With SPSS

Author : Alistair W Kerr
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761973850
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (738 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Doing Statistics With SPSS by : Alistair W Kerr

Download or read book Doing Statistics With SPSS written by Alistair W Kerr and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-04-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: """"A well-written and -illustrated work, recommended for all college libraries. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."" --CHOICE, December 2002 Doing Statistics With SPSS is derived from the authors' many years of experience teaching undergraduates data handling using SPSS. It assumes no prior understanding beyond that of basic mathematical operations and is therefore suitable for anyone undertaking an introductory statistics course as part of a science based undergraduate programme. The text will: enable the reader to make informed choices about what statistical tests to employ; what assumptions are made in using a particular test; demonstrate how to execute the analysis using SPSS; and guide the reader in his//her interpretation of its output. Each chapter ends with an exercise and provides detailed instructions on how to run the analysis using SPSS release 10. Learning is further guided by pointing the reader to particular aspects of the SPSS output and by having the readerengage with specified items of information from the SPSS results. This text is more complete than the alternatives that usually fall into one of two camps. They either provide an explanation of the concepts but no instructions on how to execute the analysis with SPSS, or they are a manual which instructs the reader on how to drive the software but with minimal explanation of what it all means. This book offers the best elements of both in a style that is economical and accessible.Doing Statistics with SPSS will be essential reading for undergraduates in psychology and health-related disciplines, and likely to be of invaluable use to many other students in the social sciences taking acourse in statistics.

Fifty Years of Thunderbolt Tradition

Author : Jim Hansen
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059540569X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fifty Years of Thunderbolt Tradition by : Jim Hansen

Download or read book Fifty Years of Thunderbolt Tradition written by Jim Hansen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other high school in Nebraska evokes as much pride, passion, inspiration, and devotion as Pius X High School. The school that was started in 1956 and remains today Nebraska's largest co-educational parochial school, is a beacon for success and leadership. Thunderbolt athletics has been a bench mark for programs to follow, and only those privileged few student athletes who have had the opportunity to don the Pius X uniform can begin to understand why that is so. Pius X's undeniably rich tradition and success over the past fifty years are enough to separate it from other schools: 54 state titles in both boy and girl sports, 12 all sports awards, nine state football championships, and countless academic all state athletes. Coaches such as Aldrich, Kelley, Aylward, Moore, and Forycki, as well as many others, have set the standard of excellence, and have created the feelings of honor and utmost pride associated with Pius X and being a Thunderbolt. Travel back with us as we take a look at Past great athletes and teams and why they make Pius X such a special and magical place. This is a must read for all past and present Thunderbolt athletes, and for Pius X fans and foes alike. Now read the stories and accounts of past Pius X athletes as they attempt to define the significance of being a part of the storied tradition that is a Pius X Thunderbolt.

The Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Women's Fast-Pitch Softball

Author : John Monteleone
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805058093
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Women's Fast-Pitch Softball by : John Monteleone

Download or read book The Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Women's Fast-Pitch Softball written by John Monteleone and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the differences from men's softball and offers effective strategies.

The Faith of Fifty Million

Author : Christopher Hodge Evans
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664223052
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Faith of Fifty Million by : Christopher Hodge Evans

Download or read book The Faith of Fifty Million written by Christopher Hodge Evans and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relation of baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include issues of national identity, baseball and civil religion, baseball as a metaphor and more.

Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools

Author : Arthur Capel Molyneux Croome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools by : Arthur Capel Molyneux Croome

Download or read book Fifty Years of Sport at Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools written by Arthur Capel Molyneux Croome and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Softball Game

Author : John L. Kinsler
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595148271
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Softball Game by : John L. Kinsler

Download or read book The Softball Game written by John L. Kinsler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 million men and women in this country play softball. On the surface, The Softball Game is about men and their need for battles. Aggression is as coded in our DNA as is our need to reproduce. It is a fun game with laughs recalled from years playing softball. The old storyteller is reluctant to do battle. He tells the confrontation in the first person singular, episode by episode. The game is a tribal struggle played by redneck, bad guys and middle class, semi-affluent, anti-heroes. Coming to the rescue is Beth - - a woman! Beth reduces the male struggle to a farce. The driving timbre is the storyteller’s experiences with three females whose lives are indirectly, obliquely, and directly affected by his wars at softball. The Softball Game is about these women. Phaedra literally hands the young warrior his first sexual experience. Entering the “man world” still a child, he meets Bridgette his playtoy. She is a transition to adulthood and the paragon of summer love. Playing at sex with adult bodies and a child’s maturity, they both lose. Then comes Beth. If you read one chapter, it should be 11. There has never been a hero like her.

Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players

Author : Rich Westcott
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803246072
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players by : Rich Westcott

Download or read book Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players written by Rich Westcott and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philadelphia’s Top Fifty Baseball Players takes a look at the greatest players in Philadelphia baseball history from the earliest days in 1830 through the Negro Leagues and into the modern era. Their ranks include batting champions, home run kings, Most Valuable Players, Cy Young Award winners, and Hall of Famers—from Ed Delahanty, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Roy Campanella, Mike Schmidt, and Ryan Howard to Negro League stars Judy Johnson and Biz Mackey and other Philadelphia standouts such as Richie Ashburn, Dick Allen, Chuck Klein, Eddie Collins, and Reggie Jackson. For each player the book highlights memorable incidents and accomplishments and, above all, his place in Philadelphia’s rich baseball tradition.

Fastpitch

Author : Erica Westly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501118609
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fastpitch by : Erica Westly

Download or read book Fastpitch written by Erica Westly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball's history is as diverse as it is fascinating. Though it's thought of today as a woman's sport, fastpitch softball's early years featured several male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that women were allowed to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. This book chronicles its history.

Women's College Softball on the Rise

Author : Mark Allister
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147667616X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Women's College Softball on the Rise by : Mark Allister

Download or read book Women's College Softball on the Rise written by Mark Allister and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sidestepping the inflated egos and scandal that have infiltrated many men's sports, college female softball players exhibit power and grace on the field as well as camaraderie, high achievement and vulnerability off the field. This balance not only makes the game compelling to watch, but it also elevates women's softball as an aspirational model for other sports. Focusing on the 2018 season, this book explores gender performance and sexuality in softball, how the influx of money from the sport's growth has reshaped expectations of success, and traditional media coverage of women's sports.

Fifty Years Behind the Microphone

Author : Les Keiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824813888
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (138 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fifty Years Behind the Microphone by : Les Keiter

Download or read book Fifty Years Behind the Microphone written by Les Keiter and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sports broadcaster looks back on his life and career and shares memories of fellow broadcasters and famous sports figures.

A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years, from Its Foundation to the Present Time

Author : Arthur Granville Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years, from Its Foundation to the Present Time by : Arthur Granville Bradley

Download or read book A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years, from Its Foundation to the Present Time written by Arthur Granville Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fastpitch

Author : Erica Westly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501118617
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fastpitch by : Erica Westly

Download or read book Fastpitch written by Erica Westly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A League of Their Own for the softball set” (Lily Koppel, bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club), Fastpitch is hidden history at its most intriguing—the tale of the forgotten beginnings of one of the most popular and widely played sports today. Softball is played by tens of millions in various age groups all around the world, but the origins of this beloved sport (and the charismatic athletes who helped it achieve prominence in the mid-twentieth century) have been shrouded in mystery…until now. Fastpitch brings to vivid life the eclectic mix of characters that make up softball’s vibrant 129-year history. From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber, company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball’s history is as varied as it is fascinating. Though it’s thought of today as a female sport, fastpitch softball’s early history is full of male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that also allowed women to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Softball allowed them to flourish, and they in turn inspired a whole new generation of athletes. Featuring eight pages of captivating, vintage photos and compelling, well-researched historical commentary, this “fun and entertaining read” (Billie Jean King) chronicles softball’s unique history as well as its uncertain future (as evidenced by its controversial elimination from the 2012 Olympics, and the mounting efforts to have it reinstated). A celebration of this distinctively American game and the role it plays in our culture today, Westly has written “a must-read for anyone who loves the sport” (Jonathan Fader, author of Life as Sport).

Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars

Author : Walter R. Brooks
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497692296
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars by : Walter R. Brooks

Download or read book Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars written by Walter R. Brooks and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Boorschmidt’s circus in Centerboro boasted a new attraction—six real Martians, in their original flying saucer, the first six Martians ever to be exhibited anywhere. But Mr. Boorschmidt felt the customers were not getting their money’s worth. Freddy decided to help by organizing a Martian baseball team. Anyone who can imagine a baseball team consisting of Martians, an elephant, an ostrich, and Mr. Boorschmidt, with Freddy as coach, has a slight idea of what’s in store.

Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars

Author : Walter Rollin Brooks
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars by : Walter Rollin Brooks

Download or read book Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars written by Walter Rollin Brooks and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars" by Walter Rollin Brooks. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher

Author : Bill A. Dembski
Publisher : Influence Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1645427110
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher by : Bill A. Dembski

Download or read book Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball's Fastest Pitcher written by Bill A. Dembski and published by Influence Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping and tragic, Dalko is the definitive story of Steve “White Lightning” Dalkowski, baseball’s fastest pitcher ever. Dalko explores one man’s unmatched talent on the mound and the forces that kept ultimate greatness always just beyond his reach. For the first time, Dalko: The Untold Story of Baseball’s Fastest Pitcher unites all of the eyewitness accounts from the coaches, analysts, teammates, and professionals who witnessed the game’s fastest pitcher in action. In doing so, it puts readers on the fields and at the plate to hear the buzzing fastball of a pitcher fighting to achieve his major league ambitions. Just three days after his high school graduation in 1957, Steve Dalkowski signed into the Baltimore Orioles system. Poised for greatness, he might have risen to be one of the stars in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Instead, he spent his entire career toiling away in the minor leagues. An inspiration for the character Nuke LaLoosh in the classic baseball film Bull Durham, Dalko’s life and story were as fast and wild as the pitches he threw. The late Orioles manager Earl Weaver, who saw baseball greats Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax pitch, said “Dalko threw harder than all of ‘em.” Cal Ripken Sr., Dalkowski’s catcher for several years, said the same. Bull Durham screenwriter Ron Shelton, who played with Dalkowski in the minor leagues, said “They called him “Dalko” and guys liked to hang with him and women wanted to take care of him and if he walked in a room in those days he was probably drunk.” This force on the field that could break chicken wire backstops and wooden fences with his heat but racked up almost as many walks as strikeouts in his career, spent years of drinking all night and showing up on the field the next day, just in time to show his wild heat again. What the Washington Post called “baseball’s greatest what-If story” is one of a superhuman, once-in-a-generation gift, a near-mythical talent that refused to be tamed. Steve Dalkowski will forever be remembered for his remarkable arm. Said Shelton, “In his sport, he had the equivalent of Michaelangelo’s gift but could never finish a painting.” Dalko is the story of the fastest pitching that baseball has ever seen, an explosive but uncontrolled arm.

Fast Ball

Author : Anthony C. Tripari
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465330585
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fast Ball by : Anthony C. Tripari

Download or read book Fast Ball written by Anthony C. Tripari and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its the nineteen fifties, a time when families are woven tightly to each other, and with few secrets. A vibrant period as young men and women born in America of foreign ancestry try to assimilate and attempt to achieve the American dream and way of life. This tale is about such a family, children born to immigrant parents. The Panarellis have three children, Cosmo the oldest son, followed by his brother Dante, and sister Gina. Cosmo chooses the path of crime, while his brother into an all-star professional baseball player. Gina aspires to have a career in the field of medicine. They each face unexpected challenges with life altering results.