A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown write by Mickey McDermott. This book was released on 2003-04. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A memoir by the 1940s pitching sensation looks back at a career playing for thirteen teams in four countries from the 1940s to the 1960s.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014 write by William M. Simons. This book was released on 2015-01-24. The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Generally acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research and pedagogy. This collection of 17 new essays is selected from the approximately 100 presentations of the 2013 and the 2014 symposia, covering topics whose importance extends beyond the ballpark. Presented in six themed parts, the essays consider the congruence of culture and baseball, the importance of ballpark itself, the myths, legends and icons of the baseball imagination, international and ethnic game variations, the work of baseball museum curators and a context for the game's rules of play and labor.
Bill Veeck
Bill Veeck - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bill Veeck write by Paul Dickson. This book was released on 2012-04-24. Bill Veeck available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure. It will take its place beside the recent bestselling biographies of Satchel Paige and Mickey Mantle, and will be the baseball book of the season in Spring 2012.
Life Stories
Life Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life Stories write by Maureen O'Connor. This book was released on 2011-08-23. Life Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.
The Forgotten Marlins
The Forgotten Marlins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Forgotten Marlins write by Sam Zygner. This book was released on 2013-06-06. The Forgotten Marlins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Forgotten Marlins pays tribute to the original Miami Marlins of the AAA International League, bringing to life one of the most colorful and flamboyant teams to play in baseball’s minor leagues. During their five years of existence, the Marlins featured prominent personalities such as eccentric manager Pepper Martin, zany Mickey McDermott, and maverick promoter Bill Veeck. Including rarely-heard stories about baseball icon and Hall-of-Famer Satchel Paige’s years in Miami, and containing interviews between the author and several of the surviving ballplayers, this book is a unique and comprehensive account of a truly original baseball team. The Forgotten Marlins is an entertaining and engaging read for all baseball fans and historians.
