More Tales From Baseballs Golden Age

Author : Gene Fehler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756770945
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Tales from Baseball's Golden Age written by Gene Fehler and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decades of the 1940s and ‘50s are considered by many fans to be baseball's Golden Age. This volume features stories and anecdotes by dozens of players from those decades. We hear in the words of such players as Leo "the Lip" and Charlie "Banjo" Grimm, Casey "Purple Pants" Stengel, Charlie "I" Dressen, Danny Gardella, "Sugar" Cain, Eddie Gaedel, Billy Hunter, Bill Veeck, Bobo Newsome, Danny Litwhiler, Ace Adams, and Red Murff what baseball was like before expansion and contraction, before domed stadiums, airplane travel, agents, and the DH. Players share personal moments as well as the famous baseball moments in which they participated. They speak of the fun they had playing baseball. B&W photos.

Author : Gene Fehler
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582614816
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Tales from Baseball's Golden Age written by Gene Fehler and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the runaway success of his Tales from Baseball's Golden Age, Gene Fehler presents his second installation, More Tales from Baseball's Golden Age. It is a collection of anecdotes, memories, and stories from the men who played baseball during its heyday, in the '40s and '50s. Stories include reminiscences about playing with or against baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Satchel Paige, and Ted Williams and interviews with nearly two dozen players who were not heard from in Tales from Baseball's Golden Age. Fehler combines lifetime statistics and personal interviews from over 50 Hall of Famers, All-Stars, and ordinary players to create a memorable book sure to delight any baseball fan, young or old.

Author : Neal McCabe
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810991194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Golden Age written by Neal McCabe and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conlon photographed baseball's golden age from 1904-1942, creating some of the most memorable images of the sport ever published. Now available in paperback, this book presents 205 dazzling images of baseball's first superstars and memorable moments.

Author : Kenny Thomas
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492585505
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball written by Kenny Thomas and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a fundamentally sound player in every aspect of the game with Baseball: Steps to Success. For years, the Steps to Success series has helped people around the world master the fundamentals of sport. Its unique progressive instructional approach to every skill makes learning the game of baseball easier and more enjoyable than ever before. With Baseball: Steps to Success, the road map to becoming a five-tool player is at your fingertips. Step out of the dugout and onto the diamond with confidence in your skills in the game’s most important areas: • Hitting • Bunting • Throwing • Fielding • Pitching • Catching • Baserunning • Situational play Drawing on more than 76 self-improvement and practice drills that include skills broken down to their most basic techniques, you’ll be a threat every time you step to the plate or take the mound. Baseball: Steps to Success leaves no area of the game uncovered. Whether you’re learning, teaching, or coaching, Baseball: Steps to Success will help you master this great game. Part of the best-selling series with more than 1.7 million copies sold, it is your guide to on-the-field excellence.

Author : Gene Fehler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756770969
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from Baseball's Golden Age written by Gene Fehler and published by . This book was released on 2004-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from Baseball's Golden Age is a collection of anecdotes about baseball in the 1940s and '50s. The author interviewed nearly 100 former Major League Baseball players about their experiences in the era that purists consider to be the Golden Age of Baseball. For longtime fans who are enamored of baseball history and tradition, this book should have special appeal. Each entry is prefaced by a concise player profile, leading into an anecdote that is written entirely in the player's own words. Among the players interviewed are Ralph Kiner, Bobby Thomson, Bill Virdon, Jerry Coleman, and Tim McCarver. Tales from Baseball's Golden Age promises to be a book that readers won't want to put down. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Robert Weintraub
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316205907
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victory Season written by Robert Weintraub and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphant story of baseball and America after World War II. In 1945 Major League Baseball had become a ghost of itself. Parks were half empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and mediocre replacements roamed the fields, as hundreds of players, including the game's biggest stars, were serving abroad, devoted to unconditional Allied victory in World War II. But by the spring of 1946, the country was ready to heal. The war was finally over, and as America's fathers and brothers were coming home, so too were the sport's greats. Ted Williams, Stan Musial, and Joe DiMaggio returned with bats blazing, making the season a true classic that ended in a thrilling seven-game World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. America also witnessed the beginning of a new era in baseball: it was a year of attendance records, the first year Yankee Stadium held night games, the last year the Green Monster wasn't green, and, most significant, Jackie Robinson's first year playing in the Brooklyn Dodgers' system. The Victory Season brings to vivid life these years of baseball and war, including the littleknown "World Series" that servicemen played in a captured Hitler Youth stadium in the fall of 1945. Robert Weintraub's extensive research and vibrant storytelling enliven the legendary season that embodies what we now think of as the game's golden era.

Author : Gene Fehler
Publisher : Sports Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781582612478
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from Baseball's Golden Age written by Gene Fehler and published by Sports Pub. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the '40s and '50s through the words of 56 players from those years.

Author : Will Leitch
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401395899
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are We Winning? written by Will Leitch and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not-exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die-hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning? is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.

Author : Harold Seymour
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199879001
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball written by Harold Seymour and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Baseball: The Golden Age, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills explore the glorious era when the game truly captured the American imagination, with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in the spotlight. Beginning with the formation of the two major leagues in 1903, when baseball officially entered its "golden age" of popularity, the authors examine the changes in the organization of professional baseball--from an unwieldy three-man commission to the strong one-man rule of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. They depicts how the play on the field shifted from the low-scoring, pitcher-dominated game of the "dead ball" era before World War I to the higher scoring of the 1920's "lively ball" era, with emphasis on home runs, best exemplified by the exploits of Babe Ruth. Note: On August 2, 2010, Oxford University Press made public that it would credit Dorothy Seymour Mills as co-author of the three baseball histories previously "authored" solely by her late husband, Harold Seymour. The Seymours collaborated on Baseball: The Early Years (1960), Baseball: The Golden Age (1971) and Baseball: The People's Game (1991).

Author : Allen Barra
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030771649X
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mickey and Willie written by Allen Barra and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field. Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience.