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The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond »
Authors: Jeff Silverman
ISBN-13: 9781592280834, ISBN-10: 1592280838
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Jeff Silverman
JEFF SILVERMAN, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines. He is also the editor of Classic Baseball Stories (page TK), The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told (page TK), Classic Golf Stories (page TK), Bernard Darwin on Golf (page TK), and The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told (page TK). He lives with his family in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Book Synopsis
Thirty great essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | ix | |
| Who's on First? | 1 | |
| Wait Till Next Year | 9 | |
| The Web of the Game | 15 | |
| Alibi Ike | 33 | |
| Ty Cobb's Wild, Ten-Month Fight to Live | 51 | |
| Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu | 73 | |
| Casey at the Congress | 87 | |
| Going to the Moon | 91 | |
| The Birth of Joe Hardy | 103 | |
| A Scotchman, a Phantom, and a Shiny Blue Jacket | 111 | |
| On Jackie Robinson | 127 | |
| A Mickey Mantle Koan | 139 | |
| The Catch | 151 | |
| Old Well-Well | 155 | |
| His Most Prized Possession Was That '54 Eddie | 165 | |
| Keith | 171 | |
| Baseball Players Called Her Ma | 185 | |
| The Pitcher and the Plutocrat | 193 | |
| One Down, 713 to Go | 205 | |
| Roger Maris | 209 | |
| Home run Fever | 213 | |
| Woman Whiffs Ruth and Gehrig | 225 | |
| The Silent Season of a Hero | 229 | |
| A Native Son's Thoughts | 249 | |
| K as in Koufax | 263 | |
| The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete | 267 | |
| One Vote for Morganna | 285 | |
| Yogi | 289 | |
| The Thrill of the Grass | 309 | |
| The Green Fields of the Mind | 319 | |
| About the Editor | 323 | |
| Permissions Acknowledgments | 325 |
Subjects
Sports & Adventure
Baseball & Softball Baseball - Essays & Writings
Sports & Adventure Baseball & Softball Baseball - History
Baseball & Softball Baseball - Essays & WritingsSports & Adventure
Baseball & Softball Baseball - History