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The story of the man who, in 1953, became one of the first to hurdle baseball's color barrier reveals how Hank Aaron went on to become baseball's all-time home-run leader and its top black executive. ... Read more

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The book was an interesting novel about the life of Hank A.
My synopsis on what I read so far was the one that brought me to the conclusion that this book is boring starting of with we would appreciate to read more about that's person's life as a child, where there people who didnot want him to succeed? Was there any defects that may have enabled him tonot become famous? you know things, but, the book did have it's interestingthoughts and it was a good book, just that when you write one next time tryto let us know as much as you can. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Century Publishing on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1038 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Controversy to hover over Barry Bonds' pursuit of home run record.(Warm Up Tosses)(baseball records)
Author: John Kuenster
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Century Publishing
Volume: 64Issue: 2Page: 19(3)

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A brief biography emphasizing the careers of the two baseball players famous for their record number of home runs. ... Read more

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Wonderful baseball story
This book was about George "Babe" Ruth and Henry Aaron. I thinkit was a great baseball story about these to players. It really tells a lotabout Babe's history where he came from and how he got to the top. the bookalso tells some about Henry and how he got to the top. I really enjoyedthis book! ... Read more

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A biography of the baseball player who displaced Babe Ruth as the hitter with the greatest number of career home runs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2823 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Has the home run lost its luster? With advancements in bat manufacturing, changes in the balls and hitter-friendly stadia, drives out of the park have become commonplace.(Babe Ruth)(Hank Aaron)
Author: Bruce R. Wells
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 65Issue: 7Page: 46(6)

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There was Delaney's red-haired trio--Red Gilbat, left fielder; Reddy Clammer, right fielder, and Reddie Ray, center fielder, composing the most remarkable outfield ever developed in minor league baseball.It was Delaney's pride, as it was also his trouble.

Red Gilbat was nutty--and his batting average was .371.Any student of baseball could weigh these two facts against each other and understand something of Delaney's trouble.It was not possible to camp on Red Gilbat's trail.The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long- legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom.When the gong rang at the ball grounds there were ten chances to one that Red would not be present.He had been discovered with small boys peeping through knotholes at the vacant left field he was supposed to inhabit during play.

Of course what Red did off the ball grounds was not so important as what he did on.And there was absolutely no telling what under the sun he might do then except once out of every three times at bat he could be counted on to knock the cover off the ball.
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A dated look at baseball at the start of the twentieth century, it is historical fiction
Written almost a century ago, these baseball stories are very much a flashback to how the game was played back then as well as to how writers expressed themselves. The game was much simpler then, although the players were much rougher. Most of the players were largely uneducated, baseball was their life and if they could not play, most of them would end up working as manual laborers. There was no pension plan and players were property, to be bought and sold based on the needs of the ownership.
Shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century, baseball was truly the national pastime; it was the only major national sport. The professional players formed teams in the off-season and barnstormed everywhere, in the era before television, it was the only way most people could possibly see their heroes in action.
These stories capture all of those features of baseball in that era, from the struggling minor league teams to the crippled boy with an extraordinary understanding of the game to the mega-fan that will risk death to root for his favorites. There is also mention of how the owner of the team can force the players to play an exhibition game even though they are dead-tired from their grueling schedule.
While the stories are fiction, this book is very much an accurate rendering of how baseball was integrated into the American social structure as well as how the players approached the game. They are a bit simplistic, but at the time that was the level of the readership.
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Behind the scenes with the big league stars and a preview of this year's pennant races--lifetime statistics--fast action photographs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on July 15, 2007. The length of the article is 578 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Timing everything as Bonds nears round-tripper record.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 15, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on August 7, 2007. The length of the article is 755 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Selig's absence implicit stamp of disapproval.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 7, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: c4

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on July 28, 2007. The length of the article is 656 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bonds slams his 754th; one more to go; Hit off Dutchman clears Giants' wall.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 28, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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I Never Had It Made celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking into the major leagues. "A disturbing and enlightening self-portrait by one of America's genuine heroes."--Publisher's Weekly (starred review). photo insert. ... Read more

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Great story about a great man
No one can deny the greatness that is Jackie Robinson. He was given one of the biggest challenges a black man could face in the mid-1940's, and he didn't just survived, he thrived.

I think we are all blessed to have the words of Jackie Robinson written down before his untimely death.

I greatly enjoyed this book. I am a true blue Dodger fan and I always love reading about the great Jackie Robinson. I think like every baseball fan, I would have loved to hear more about his baseball career, but his life after baseball was so incredible that Mr. Robinson spends a major portion of his autobiography discussing he post-Dodger days.

A great story that can inspire anyone.

Fantastic!
A great story of the country growing through and learning from it's mistakes and fullfilling it's purpose.The positives lift us up and leap us over anything the negatives would try to define instead of forgive.

Achievement and Bitterness of a Champion
I enjoyed "I Never Had It Made," and I can recommend it as a pretty complete picture of Dodger great Jackie Robinson's life, in that he died shortly after its publication in 1972.It is possible Jackie expanded more on various topics in other publications, but I emphasize his heavy discussion here of events from the 1960s to the early 1970s.

Any man who broke baseball's color line would have been an historical figure and would have had to show a lot of toughness.However, he would not necessarily have had Jackie's leadership qualities and penchant for remaining in the limelight due to involvement in political and social causes.Jackie Robinson had that extra dimension, and that is why I was interested in what he had to say, on baseball and everything else.

Jackie had many triumphs.He was a star athlete at UCLA and resisted segregation in the military. He broke baseball's color line, overcoming merciless verbal abuse, threatened strikes, hate mail, and teammates who did not support him at first.In connection with baseball he would react to things, speak up, and then sometimes be singled out for controversy beyond what he wanted.This happened, for example, when Jackie stated that in his view the New York Yankee players were not bigoted, but that the Yankee front office discriminated against blacks.Jackie was attacked in various circles but graciously acknowledges here the support of Commissioner Ford Frick.

Outside of baseball, Jackie spoke up too.A good quality he had was not only to make his own views clear, but to stick up for someone he thought was being treated unfairly.This can be seen in Jackie's desire, speaking before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to strike a proper balance on black singer and activist Paul Robeson: He had the right to have communist sympathies but not the right to declare himself a spokesman for all negroes.Jackie also attacked Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell for unfairly criticizing UN Undersecretary Dr. Ralph Bunche as an "Uncle Tom."

Eventually, Jackie was caught up in the fading of idealism that developed as blacks and whites clashed following the passage of the main Civil Rights laws.Jackie tells how he worked in support of Nelson Rockefeller for President in 1964, but then went over to Lyndon Johnson when Barry Goldwater got the Republican nomination. Corresponding to this, Jackie's discusses his political evolution in supporting Richard Nixon before the mid-1960s but then seeing the light later.This is one of the most interesting aspects of the book.As for the business world, Jackie goes into his time as head of personnel for Chock full o' Nuts and his involvement with the African-American owned Freedom Bank.Unfortunately, controversies existed, and he faced many tense moments.

Jackie became embittered with events.On top of this was the personal tragedy of his son Jackie Jr., who became addicted to drugs in Vietnam and later died in an auto accident.Jackie continued to speak out about failure to hire blacks in managerial and front office positions in baseball as well as general discrimination against blacks in employment.He grew to mistrust the white establishment more.

Jackie Robinson was a commanding presence who always stood up for what he believed.The reader of "I Never Had It Made" will feel his sadness and bitterness.As someone who gave so much of himself, Jackie should have received more in return, and what he wanted he did not want for himself.

Great book for black history month
A very positive role model for our youth (and adults!)Jackie Robinson was courageous man.I learned about the barriers and obstacles he faced as well as all African-Americans faced during this era.And still face today.

A moving story of one of the great athletes and men of the century.
I read this book when I did a research paper on Jackie Robinson in 11th grade English class back in 2003. It was a great autobiography and I couldn't put the book down. Not only tells the story of the man as a baseball player, but it tells how he struggled being a "black man in a white world." If you are interested in baseball, civil rights, or even just want to read a good book and learn more about the time, I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on August 8, 2007. The length of the article is 582 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Star-studded tribute for Bonds; Gretzky, Montana, Jordan and Ali send congrats.(Sports)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 8, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: c4

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4498 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rating the top: designated hitters of all time: the DH has been a fixture in the American League for 35 seasons and some of the best at the position are still active, but we rank the retired sluggers who helped keep the role active in major league baseball.
Author: George Vass
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 66Issue: 8Page: 28(10)

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 3589 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Baseball: a game of never-ending strange plays: peculiar incidents include two balls in play, home runs taken away, four outs in an inning and a base runner called out on a walk.
Author: George Vass
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 66Issue: 6Page: 30(8)

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2007. The length of the article is 4602 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Records revolution: over the last 50 seasons, a number of "untouchable" marks have been broken.
Author: George Vass
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 66Issue: 5Page: 28(10)

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In a landmark work that continues the tradition established fifty years ago by the legendary Tom Meany, sports analyst David Shiner fills in the last fifty years with portraits of modern baseball’s Greats. From Aaron to Yastrzemski, Dave tells the stories of how and why the greatest players achieved so much. Filled with thrills and insights into what made them tick, Baseball’s Greatest Players is a hit in its own right. ... Read more

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Linking Baseball's Best
As we share Shiner's nostalgia, we rediscover Aaron, Mays, McCovey, Mantle, and Gibson, old heros, old memories. Baseballs Greatest Players, The Saga Continues is more than a Who's Who of baseball, it's a way of life, a catalog of events, a collection of memories. As Shiner reveals the greatest players, we, who are old enough to remember, bask in their glory and relive our own unachieved ambitions.

But Shiner does more than take us back, he bundles the past with the present and into the future, tyingthe memories together forever in our minds. McGuire's record-setting season rekindles other home run hitters: Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, even Babe Ruth. We connect to the present, even anticipate the future. McGuire's 70 home run season triggers a vision of people diving into San Francisco Bay to retrieve the balls Barry Bonds his in 2001, the year he surpassed McGuire's record.

Baseball fans will love this book, others will like it. It's clearly, simply, and accurately presented and guaranteed to stir a memory or two.

One For The Books
With the writing of Baseball's Greatest Players, author David Shiner takes a serious risk.The only thing a sports fan loves more than making a "greatest list" is arguing voluably about why the other guy's list is WRONG!One read of this book will shut down most any other greatest list's chances, and it does so with style, wit, and a healthy dose of readable fact.

In its text, Shiner's book fulfils both the needs of casual fan's interest and the SABR-members desire for solid, quantifiable statistical evidence.But it goes beyond just fact and storytelling to get to the intangibles that separate the players truly great between the white lines from those whose personality and dedication supported not just their teams, but the game itself.

Baseball, more than any other sport (though Canadian hockey fans will rightly take exception to this) carries its past with it.This continuity, this love of the game that both transcends and unites generations is served well by Shiner's writing.Buy Baseball's Greatest Players, and take it to a sports bar near you.You won't go wrong.

50 Years of Baseball's Best Players--Fun and Interesting!
It's hard not to enjoy this well written, easily readable book on baseball's best players of the past 50 years.Lively anecdotes plus comprehensive (but not boring) analysis shows exactly why these are the best players of the game.I got a kick out of remembering a lot of things I had almost forgotten, like just how good Bob Gibson was.Some of the facts are amazing, like that in the last two years Sandy Koufax pitched, there were 8 games where the Dodgers only scored one run for him--but he won 4 of them.This book also avoids wallowing in sex and drug garbage.It's a baseball book, not National Enquirer.Balanced, interesting, a really solid piece of work.

Fun & Interesting Book on Baseball
Brief synopses of baseball's best players during the past 50 years.Fun and informative.Enjoyed reading this, think others would also.

GREAT BOOK ON BASEBALL'S GREAT PLAYERS!
What an enjoyable book!I loved it.Great short biographies of the greatest baseball players from the past 50 years.For the serious baseball fan or the novice (or anyone who wants to know the story behind legendary players like Mantle and Mays, or why Ricky Henderson really IS one of the greatest players ever).Whether you are ten or eighty, this book is fun, interesting, and helps explain why millions love baseball--and their heroes!Makes a great gift for kids or adults.Exciting stories, well written. ... Read more

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WHAT...was the advice given to Sandy Koufax that turned him from a "wild man" into baseball's greatest pitcher? WHY...did the Dodgers beat the Yankees so decisively in the '63 World Series-and will it happen again this year? HOW...much longer can Mickey Mantle last as a dynamic home run hitter? WHO...of the present day hurlers may turn out to be the greatest pitcher of all time-and his name isn't Koufax? WHEN...big league clubs start thinking of trades, who would they rather have-Kaline, Mays, Aaron, Killebrew or Tommy Davis? The answer to these and hundreds of other up-to-the-minute diamond questions are found in BASEBALL STARS OF 1964. Here are the thrilling, unforgettable moments of the '63 season-and some surprising predictions about the 1964 baseball campaign. All this plus the exciting inside stories and records of today's diamond stars. ... Read more

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Magazine published monthly ... Read more