Author : David Vincent
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803292734
Examines the history of All-Star baseball, providing play-by-plays, rosters, and box scores of each game; and discusses how All-Star games have been influenced by racial integration, expansion teams, and the designated hitter.
Author : Diana Athill
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1770890610
A collection of stories originally published in the 1950s through the 1970s focuses on the sexual experiences of women.
Author : Gary Perkinson
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 1996-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780963822222
THE 1996 MIDSUMMER CLASSIC is a beautiful pictorial celebration of the 67th All-Star Game - the premiere gathering for Baseball's greatest current stars - held in 1996 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love & the game itself provides a dramatic historical backdrop for the excitement of the modern game. Included in over 100 images THE 1996 MIDSUMMER CLASSIC are poignant portraits of the 1996 All-Stars & managers - from hot young standouts like Ken Griffey, Jr., Ozzie Smith & Mo Vaughn. Always a game of contradictions, the 67th MIDSUMMER CLASSIC provided it's own surprises as the National League rivals in a 6-0 blowout. Full-color game action photography captures both the highlights of the game & the drama of the sport. The perfect addition to any personal baseball library & a must for baseball collectors, THE 1996 MIDSUMMER CLASSIC is not to be missed. Order from Major League Baseball, Publishing, 350 Park Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022; Phone: (212) 339-8669.
Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 44,21 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1438100582
As a 19-year-old heading east to play for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams could be heard muttering over and over again, All I want out of life is when I walk down the street, folks will say, 'There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.' Through a tumultuous, boisterous career that touched four decades, Williams worked tirelessly to perfect the science of hitting and accomplish his goal. Two-time winner of the Triple Crown, Williams hit an astonishing.406 in his 1941 season, a record that stands to this day. During his last ballpark appearance at the 1999 All-Star game, 80-year-old Teddy Ballgame achieved his childhood dream. In Ted Williams, discover how this Red Sox slugger was not only a superb ballplayer, but also a world-class fisherman and a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War.
Author : David Vincent
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 2011-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1612344593
The home run is indeed baseball's ultimate weapon. It can change a game in a heartbeat, making a tight game into a blowout or a seemingly easy win into a nail-biter. Homers are majestic, powerful, and awe inspiring. And sluggers are the sport's biggest stars, from the days of Babe Ruth through Barry Bonds. David Vincent, called "The Sultan of Swat Stats" by ESPN, delves into the long history of the home run with great detail and color. He starts when the rules of the game were highly unstable and sometimes the definition of a home run could change in a park from year to year; follows through the "Deadball Era," when the home run was rare; explores the explosion Babe Ruth brought to baseball in the 1920s; discusses how both world wars affected homer statistics; looks at great home run races such as Maris versus Mantle in 1961; assesses the effects of the juiced ball, juiced players, thin air, and smaller ballparks; and so much more. If there is something to know about home run history, look to David Vincent for the answer-Major League Baseball does. With Home Run: The Definitive History of Baseball's Ultimate Weapon, now you can know it too. A 1990s Nike commercial proclaimed that "chicks dig the long ball." In this thorough and colorful look at baseball's ultimate weapon, David Vincent shows you why.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1734
Category : English drama (Comedy)
ISBN :
National Sylvan Theatre, Washington Monument grounds, The Community Center and Playgrounds Department and the Office of National Capital Parks present the ninth summer festival program of the 1941 season, the Washington Players in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," produced by Bess Davis Schreiner, directed by Denis E. Connell, the music by Mendelssohn is played by the Washington Civic Orchestra conducted by Jean Manganaro, the setting and lights Harold Snyder, costumes Mary Davis.
Author : Michael Fallon
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803249403
"Chronicles two memorable seasons of the late 70s Los Angeles Dodgers and a transformative, multilayered tale of LA in a time of promise unrealized and great potential squandered"--
Author : David Finoli
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786413700
Like virtually every other aspect of American life, baseball was affected by World War II. Many of its players left the playing field for the battlefield, but the game continued, played by those who stayed behind. Wartime baseball entertained a nation in desperate need of a diversion and a morale boost in a time of crisis. This book studies baseball during World War II, with both a statistical analysis of the game and stories of its players--those who went to war and those who did not. It provides recaps for each season between 1942 and 1945, and season-by-season recaps and highlights for each team. Starting lineups of the war years are compared to the starting lineups of 1941 (the last year of peacetime baseball) to show how dramatically the war changed the game. A list of players who went to war is provided, along with a list of players who replaced them on the roster if they were starters or starting pitchers. Brief statistical sketches of players who went to the war discuss their play before and after and how they were replaced. Other lists include wartime players who lost their starting jobs in 1946; minor league players who died in the war; and Negro League players who were drafted.
Author : David S. Nuttall
Publisher : SP Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 1998-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781561719747
This book takes you back to majestic Yankee Stadium and other classic ball parks of the fifties and sixties. Coming to the plate, amid rising anticipation in the hearts of thousands of fans, is the handsome "kid from Oklahoma".
Author : Ron Kaplan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 35,9 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1496209885
Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.
