Al Clark, Dan Schlossberg

Called Out But Safe

A Baseball Umpire's Journey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Al Clark was a professional umpire for thirty years, working more than three thousand games, including two All-Star Games, seven playoff series, and two World Series. Former AP sportswriter Dan Schlossberg is the author or coauthor of more than thirty baseball books, including Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story and Making Airwaves: 60 Years at Milo¿s Microphone.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780803246881
• ISBN-10: 0803246889
• Artikelnr.: 40139731

Autorenporträt

Al Clark was a professional umpire for thirty years, working more than three thousand games, including two All-Star Games, seven playoff series, and two World Series. Former AP sportswriter Dan Schlossberg is the author or coauthor of more than thirty baseball books, including Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story and Making Airwaves: 60 Years at Milo's Microphone.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Family Clark
2. Getting Started
3. The Art of Umpiring
4. Dressing the Part
5. My Office
6. Names and Games
7. Wives, Women, and Song
8. The Yiddishe Umpire
9. Billy, Earl, and a Few Dicks
10. Bucky F. Dent
11. Labor Pains
12. Quaking in My Boots
13. A Texas Connection
14. Lights Out in Baltimore
15. The Iron Man
16. Credit Denied
17. Jailhouse Rock
18. Lasting Impressions
Epilogue
Appendix