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Describes the career of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, Steve Carlton, only winner of four Cy Young awards. ... Read more

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Chapters: Frank Robinson, Steve Carlton, Warren Spahn, Jim Bibby, Dizzy Dean, Joe Nuxhall, Bobby Tolan, Joe Black, Garry Templeton, Jerry Reuss, Steve Barber, Stu Miller, José Cruz, Al Hrabosky, Don Mossi, Lerrin Lagrow, Mace Brown, Nelson Briles, Mick Kelleher, Johnny Vander Meer, Wayne Granger, Pete Mikkelsen, Jesse Haines, Bake Mcbride, Boom-Boom Beck, John Denny, Bob Forsch, Steve Filipowicz, Mike Torrez, Ramón Hernández, Jerry Mumphrey, Turk Farrell, Bill Lee, George Boehler, Dennis Higgins, Billy Mccool. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: As player As manager The statue of Robinson at Great American Ball ParkFrank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he is the only player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues , won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently seventh). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. During the last two years of his playing career, he served as the first African-American manager in Major League history, managing the Cleveland Indians to a 186189 record. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals. Robinson attended McClymonds High School in Oakland where he was a basketball teammate of Bill Russell. During the offseason while playing for the Reds in the late 1950s, he attended Xavier University in Cincinnati. Robinson had a long and successful playing career. Unusual f...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=43496 ... Read more

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7.5" x 5.5"; 102 pages. ... Read more

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A biography of the left-handed pitcher who in one game in 1969 struck out nineteen batters. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 592 words.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.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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Celebrate America’s national pastime!This phenomenal guide profiles the new, young breed of baseball superstars who are challenging the records set by the greatest players of all time.You’ll get the complete lowdown on 100 of today’s top pitchers, hitters, and upcoming stars with pen portraits, quotes, career milestones, vital information, and both 1999 season and career statistics for every player.You’ll also enjoy a condensed history of the sport, over 150 stunning photographs, and in-depth profiles of players from across the country, including:

- Cal Ripken, Jr.
- Jeff Bagwell
- Ivan Rodriguez
- Mark McGwire
- Rod Beck
- And many more!

This colorful book provides invaluable insight into the men who aspire to become the baseball legends of tomorrow.It’s an engaging volume no collector should be without! ... Read more

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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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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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Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. ... Read more