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Title: The angels' Darin Erstad plays hard to win: left-handed hitting first baseman comes up big when game is on the line and has the bruises to show for it.
Author: Steve Bisheff
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 64Issue: 7Page: 32(3)

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Chapters: Roger Maris, Travis Hafner, Darin Erstad, Chris Coste, Tim Johnson, Rick Helling, Red Hardy, Ken Hunt, Tim Olson, Gary Serum, Mark Lee, Floyd Stromme. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. 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: Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for hitting 61 home runs for the New York Yankees during the 1961 season. This broke Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs (set in 1927) and set a record that would stand for 37 years. Maris played with four teams during a 12-year Major League career, appearing in seven World Series and winning three World Championships. The son of Croatian immigrants, he was born Roger Eugene Maras (he later changed his last name to Maris) in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota, where he attended Shanley High School. A gifted athlete, Maris participated in many sports while in Fargo, and excelled at football. He still holds the official high school record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a game, with four. At an early age, Maris exhibited an independent, no-nonsense personality. Recruited to play football at the University of Oklahoma, he arrived by bus in Norman and found no one from the university there to greet him. He turned around and went back to Fargo. In 1952, Maris joined the Reading Indians, the AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. In the minor leagues, Maris showed talent for both offense and defense. He tied for the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League lead in putouts by an outfielder with 305 while playing for Keokuk Kernels in 1954. Meanwhile, in four minor league seasons (19531956) Maris hit .303 with 78 home runs. In Game 2 of the 1956 Junior World Series, Maris would set a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=303711 ... Read more

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Chapters: Joba Chamberlain, Turner Gill, Frank Solich, Alex Gordon, Darin Erstad, Adam Stern, Brian Duensing, Drew Anderson, Zach Kroenke, Dan Johnson, Jeff Christy, Stan Bahnsen, Brett Jensen, Jim Kane, Bob Cerv, Shane Komine, Joe Simokaitis, Tim Burke, Jamal Strong, Ken Harvey, Kip Gross, Pete O'brien, Daniel Bruce, Lewis H. Brown, Bill Mcguire, Marc Sagmoen, Troy Brohawn, Todd Sears, Luke Gorsett, Matt Foust, Gary Neibauer, Dwight Siebler, Steve Stanicek, Kevin Jordan, Bob Sebra, Ken Ramos, Ryan Kurosaki, Dave Mcdonald. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 131. 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: Joba Chamberlain (pronounced ; born Justin Louis Heath on September 23, 1985 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees. Chamberlain grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chamberlain's parents, Harlan Chamberlain and Jackie Standley, were never married and split up when Joba was 18 months old. Some sources say that Harlan obtained full custody of Joba when Joba was 3 years old, but Standley claims that Joba lived with her most of the time until Joba was 10 when she had Joba's surname legally changed from Heath, her maiden name, to Chamberlain. Standley began abusing drugs when Joba was 4 or 5 and says that she and Joba currently speak to each other only rarely. Chamberlain's father was born on a reservation for the Winnebago American Indian Tribe, but had to leave to be treated for polio. Harlan spent his childhood in hospitals and foster homes and now uses a motor scooter (which he has named "Humphrey") to get around. Now retired from his job as a supervisor at the state penitentiary, he works as a substitute teacher and takes tickets at University of Nebraska Cornhuskers' games. Chamberlain still has family living on American Indian reservations. As of 2008, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11672359 ... Read more