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Joy in Mudville: Essays on Baseball and American Life |
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Written by John Wiseman
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:41 |
Publisher: McFarland
Publication Date: January 2010
Summary: A collection of 15 essays by prominent baseball historians and sports commentators that trace the organized game from the 1870s to the present. The lineup includes contributions from Peter Morris, Burt Solomon, Frank Deford, Jules Tygiel, William Akin, Tim Wendel, John Eisenberg, and others. The anthology, edited by John Wiseman, focuses on baseball as a mirror of American life and ideals. It's topics include the rise of baseball as the national pastime, the role of players from John McGraw to Jackie Robinson, the importance of radio, the fates of the modern New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, as well as Latinos, the Baltimore Elite Giants, and the game in the West Virginia coalfields. The book also features a detailed essay by Jules Tygiel on Curt Flood, two unpublished interviews with Jackie Robinson (1971) and Carl Erskine, and a concluding essay on baseball's fall from its pedestal.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:43 |
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Washington Senators’ All-Time Greats |
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Written by C. Norman Willis
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 12:16 |
Release Date: January 12, 2004
Book Summary: Washington Senators’ All-Time Greats covers Washington professional baseball for its first 101 year history. Frank Howard was kind enough to do the foreword for the book..For two decades the author conducted interviews and researched the history of the team. Hundreds of players appeared in Washington uniforms and from these the author selected an all-time team, led by the immortal Walter Johnson. Some of the other favorites selected are Frank Howard, Goose Goslin and Mickey Vernon. In addition, all-star teams were picked for each of five eras; 1871-1899, 1901-1919, 1920-1945, 1946-1960, and 1961-1971. Career highlights and statistics are included, as well as illustrations, in each of the sixty-seven mini-biographies. Dummy Hoy, Win Mercer, Clyde Milan, Nick Altrock, Bucky Harris, Heinie Manush, Early Wynn, Roy Sievers, Chuck Hinton and Camilo Pascual are some of those selected. Team records and summaries for each year and era are also included. Did you know that over the 101- year period the Senators completed a total of 12,883 games, winning 5,669 of them while playing at a .440 clip?
To obtain an autographed copy please write the author at:
P.O. Box 28,
Keswick, VA 22947-0028
Or call: H 434 295-7055
C 804 641-5102
Price including mailing: Hard Cover $30
Soft Cover $22
Payment is not required until after receipt of the book.
The book may also be purchased from Amazon and most book stores.
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Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen |
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Written by Lew Paper
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Thursday, 10 September 2009 13:34 |
Publication Date: September 2009
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers remains the only no-hit game in World Series history and was described by The New York Times as "the greatest moment" in World Series history.
Drawing upon oral histories, contemporaneous articles, and dozens of interviews with commentators and players (including all of the surviving players for the Dodgers and Yankees), Lew Paper brings that extraordinary event to life with a pitch-by-pitch narrative that incorporates profiles of the 19 players who were on the field that day, including Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, and Roy Campanella. You will understand their backgrounds, their hopes, and their heartaches - and, most important, share the incredible tension they experienced on that unforgettable day in Yankee Stadium.
More than just a story about a single game, Perfect is a window into baseball's glorious past.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 10 September 2009 13:35 |
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Sock It to ‘Em Tigers: The Incredible Story of the 1968 Detroit Tigers |
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Written by Mark Pattison and David Raglin
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 10:05 |
Publisher: Maple Street Press
Publication Date: 2008
A SABR BioProject book covering the World Series champion 1968 Detroit Tigers: the players, manager, coaches, GM and broadcasters, plus a day-by-day recap of the regular season, essays on Tiger Stadium and the city of Detroit in 1968, how the team was built, plus reproductions of classic baseball cards and an eight-page photo spread featuring players from the 1968 team.
This book can be ordered from the publisher, Maple Street Press, and other online retailers.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 29 August 2009 10:06 |
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