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Close Shave

2002-09-09 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2002-09-09
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Close Shave by : James D. Szalontai

Download or read book Close Shave written by James D. Szalontai. This book was released on 2002-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble. Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when his team needed a victory, and one who refused to quit, even when faced with a blacklisting, crippling injuries, and advanced age. Off the field, he was an amiable man. This work chronicles the life and career of the man and the player: his unspectacular minor league career, his 1945 debut with Mel Ott's New York Giants, his blacklisting by organized baseball for playing in Jorge Pasquel's Mexican League, and his rejoining the Giants in 1950 at the age of 33. He thereupon established himself as a bona fide big league pitcher, and went on to have a stellar career in the majors that included stints with the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. Game-by-game analyses of Maglie's professional career, intimate portraits of the men Maglie played with and against--Mel Ott, Eddie Stanky, Monte Irvin, Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo, Willie Mays, among others--and a look at baseball as it was played in the 1940s and 1950s are features of the book.

Sal Maglie

2007 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2007
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Sal Maglie by : Judith Anne Testa

Download or read book Sal Maglie written by Judith Anne Testa. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To the batters who faced him, pitcher Sal Maglie looked like the hurler from hell. Tall and sinister in appearance, with glowering dark eyes and a formidable five-o'clock shadow, the famed righthander earned the nickname "Sal the Barber" for his high-inside fastball that cut dangerously close to the batter's chin. But Maglie was much more than his intimidating image." "This biography provides a colorful, detailed, occasionally shocking, and often moving narrative about the son of poor Italian immigrants who rose far beyond his family's and his own early dreams and became a star pitcher for the New York Giants. He then, a the apex of his career in the mid-1950s, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. This is the story of a man whose early mediocrity and failures in the minor leagues in no way prefigured his later success and fame." "Through wide-ranging research that includes interviews with Maglie's relatives, friends, former teammates, and team officials, as well as newspaper reports, books, and magazines, Judith Testa creates an insightful and compelling portrait of one of baseball's most intriguing figures. Baseball fans and people interested in baseball history and in the Italian American experience will discover new insights and a wealth of information in Sal Maglie."--BOOK JACKET.

The Sal Maglie Story

1957
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Release : 1957
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Book Synopsis The Sal Maglie Story by : Milton J. Shapiro

Download or read book The Sal Maglie Story written by Milton J. Shapiro. This book was released on 1957. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Small-Town Heroes

2003-01-01 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2003-01-01
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Book Rating : 391/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Small-Town Heroes by : Hank Davis

Download or read book Small-Town Heroes written by Hank Davis. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993 successful psychologist and journalist Hank Davis undertook an epic journey exploring the atmosphere and culture of both minor league baseball and the small towns that embrace it. Davis shows us the warmth, quirkiness, and desperate energy of minor league ball, from encounters with future stars to those who would never make it to the ?show?; from the kids selling Cracker Jacks outside the park to the aging coaches who persevere out of sheer love for the game. As Davis says, ?the minor leagues are full of stories,? and he tells some of the best of them here. A new afterword by the author dis-cusses where the minor league players are now.

The Perfect Yankee

2012-04-01 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2012-04-01
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Book Synopsis The Perfect Yankee by : Don Larsen

Download or read book The Perfect Yankee written by Don Larsen. This book was released on 2012-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was one perfect moment, one singular feat unparalleled in the half a century of baseball that followed. It was Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. In an age when nobody spat in anyone’s face, strikes were called only on the field, and New York was baseball’s battlefield, Don Larsen pitched the only no-hitter ever recorded in the World Series. Joe DiMaggio called it the best-pitched game he ever saw as a player or spectator. Yogi Berra said he felt like a kid on Christmas morning. And Mickey Mantle said, “For one day, Don Larsen was the greatest pitcher in baseball history.” Now readers can relive that moment of greatness in The Perfect Yankee. With a deft pen and an announcer’s enthusiasm, Larsen walks readers through each inning of that miraculous game. A must-read for any baseball fan.

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