Gene Fehler

When Baseball Was Still King

Major League Players Remember the 1950s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Baseball in the 1950s comes to life through the words of 92 players from the fifties. In their conversations with author, they tell, in more than a thousand stories and comments, of memorable moments, their dealings with umpires and managers, injuries and trades that affected their careers, regrets and joys that still remain with them so many years later.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470655
• ISBN-10: 0786470658
• Artikelnr.: 36083604

Autorenporträt

The late Gene Fehler was the author of 12 books, including three poetry collections from McFarland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface delete
1 One.
When It All Begins delete
3 Two.
Minor Leagues and War Years delete
12 Three.
Men in Blue delete
38 Four.
Playing Fields delete
49 Five.
Skippers delete
61 Six.
Joe and Mickey, Ted and Stan delete
82 Seven.
The First Time delete
95 Eight.
I Remember Him! delete
103 Nine.
Swinging the Lumber delete
133 Ten.
The Hurlers delete
145 Eleven.
A Little Bit of Money delete
164 Twelve.
Now That Was a Moment! delete
170 Thirteen.
Trades delete
198 Fourteen.
Injuries delete
208 Fifteen.
Outside the Lines delete
219 Sixteen.
Team Play delete
229 Seventeen.
Endings, Wishes, Regrets and Joys delete
243 Appendix: The Players delete
257 Index delete
267