Lawrence Baldassaro

Tony Lazzeri

Yankees Legend and Baseball Pioneer

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Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Tony Lazzeri, a key member of the Yankeesâ legendary Murderersâ Row lineup between 1926 and 1937 and the first major baseball star of Italian descent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781496238818
• ISBN-10: 1496238818
• Artikelnr.: 68578212

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Baldassaro is a professor emeritus of Italian at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is the author of Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball (Nebraska, 2011), Baseball Italian Style: Great Stories Told by Italian American Major Leaguers from Crosetti to Piazza, and The Ted Williams Reader.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Preface    
Acknowledgments    
1. Growing Up in San Francisco    
2. The Agony and Ecstasy of the Minor Leagues    
3. “The Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Seen”    
4. New Challenges    
5. The Reign of Terror    
6. Playing through the Pain    
7. Peak Performance    
8. A Major League Mystery    
9. The Big Revival    
10. Pennant Drought    
11. Snubbing Father Time    
12. Farewell to Pinstripes    
13. Twilight Trail    
14. Final Years in Uniform    
15. Life after Baseball    
16. Legacy    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index