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Stan Musial: baseball hero (Notable Missourians)
By James N. Giglio. 2015
Stan Musial was one of the greatest baseball hitters of all time.The records he set may be broken, but nobody…
will ever forget his devotion to baseball, his friendliness and endless good spirits, and his love of people. It is with good reason that Stan Musial is still known affectionately as Stan the Man. For grades 4-7A place for summer: a narrative history of Tiger Stadium (Great Lakes Books Ser.)
By Richard Bak. 1998
Narrative history of the Tiger Stadium in Detroit, home to the Tigers baseball team. It is a history of the…
people who owned the stadium, and the games and the teams that played there from its beginnings in the 1850s through to the Tiger's 1997 season. 1998Fleet Walker's divided heart: the life of baseball's first black major leaguer
By David W. Zang, David Zang. 1995
A biography of an all-but-forgotten figure in the history of American sports and a dramatic portrait that reflects the nation's…
turn-of-the-century racial milieu. Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first black American to play baseball in a major league. He achieved college baseball stardom at Oberlin College in the 1880s. Teammates as well as opponents harassed him. A gifted athlete, inventor, civil rights activist, author, and entrepreneur, Walker lived precariously along America's racial fault lines. He died in 1924, thwarted in ambition and talent and frustrated by both the American dream and the national pastime. This book is more than about baseball as the author effectively places Walker's multifaceted life in the context of the racial climate of the late nineteenth centuryThis incisive and important biography of Satchel Paige--one of the true legends of American sports, who was the heart and…
soul of Negro League Baseball gives us a vivid picture of "the world's greatest pitcher" and the times that shaped him and were shaped by him. An essential book not only for baseball fans and scholars but for those interested in American Studies and the history of American race relationsSeasons in the sun: the story of big league baseball in Missouri (Sports and American culture series #1)
By Roger D. Launius. 2002
The roots of professional baseball, and indeed its heart, may be found in the American Midwest, especially in Missouri. In…
Seasons in the Sun, Roger D. Launius offers an excellent overview of the teams, pennant races, trials, and triumphs of the different major-league teams that have resided in the state over the yearsRed Sox heroes of yesteryear
By Herbert F Crehan, Herb Crehan. 2005
Colorful Johnny Pesky, local boy Jerry Remy, perennial All-Star Carl Yastrzemski, and the immortal Ted Williams are among the dozens…
of Fenway legends who return to the field in this collection of forty engaging profiles, all drawn from in-depth personal interviews. For high school and adult readers. 2005Long taters: a baseball biography of George "Boomer" Scott
By Ron Anderson. 2012
From his childhood in the Jim Crow south to his glory days with the Red Sox in the 1967 World…
Series, George "Boomer" Scott is chronicled in this authoritative biography that captures the outspoken slugger's on-field triumphs as well as his struggles against racism. 2002Fenway: a biography in words and pictures
By Dan Shaughnessy, Stan Grossfeld. 1999
Can you believe it?: 30 years of insider stories with the Boston Red Sox
By Joe Castiglione, Douglas B. Lyons. 2012
The legendary voice of the Red Sox, radio announcer Joe Castiglione takes readers behind the microphone, offering his unique perspectives…
on such milestones as the heartbreaking 1986 World Series and the glorious seasons of 2004 and 2007. For high school and adult readersOne hundred thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking years at Fenway are recounted in this history of the radio and television broadcasters…
who called the play-by-play, including such legends as Curt Gowdy, Ken Coleman, and Joe Castiglione. For high school and adult readersIdiots revisited: catching up with the Red Sox who won the 2004 World Series
By Ian Browne. 2014
A decade after their curse-breaking triumph, the self-described "idiots" of the 2004 Red Sox recall the ins and outs of…
their championship season with the help of a seasoned baseball journalist. For high school and adult readers. Contains some strong language. 2014Ted Williams: the biography of an American hero
By Leigh Montville. 2004
The definitive biography of the Red Sox slugger whose towering achievements, including a .406 season batting average record that still…
stands after 70 years, captivated a nation, and whose love-hate relationship with his fans still ignites controversy long past his death. Some strong language. 2004Miracle at Fenway: the inside story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 championship season
By Saul Wisnia. 2014
The glorious championship season of 2004--after eighty-six years of heartbreak--is recalled here by players, coaches, upper management, and fans, especially…
the author, a seasoned sports writer and lifelong Red Sox lover. For high school and adult readers. Contains some strong language. 2014Al Kaline: the biography of a Tigers icon
By Jim Hawkins. 2010
Biography of Albert William "Al" Kaline (born December 19, 1934) a former Major League Baseball right fielder. A member of…
the Baseball Hall of Fame, Kaline played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. Because of his lengthy career and longtime association with the Tigers organization, Kaline's nickname is "Mr. Tiger."Hank Greenberg: the hero who didn't want to be one (Jewish Lives Ser.)
By Mark Kurlansky. 2011
Profiles the Jewish-American baseball player who, in 1934, risked his chance to beat Babe Ruth's home run record by sitting…
out a game on Yom Kippur, and describes his impact on Jewish-American history. A 2012 Michigan Notable book. 2011An acclaimed sports writer delivers a peerless history of the tumultuous first year of America's favorite field and the ragtag…
team of Red Sox who crowned the season with a world championshipTony Oliva: the life and times of a Minnesota Twins legend
By Thom Henninger. 2015
In April 1961, the twenty-two-year-old Cuban prospect failed to impress the Twins in a tryout, but the sudden rupture in…
U.S.-Cuba relations made a return visa all but impossible. The story of how Oliva's unexpected stay led to a second chance and success with the Twins--as well as decades of personal and cultural isolation--is told for the first time in this full-scale biography of the man the fans affectionately call "Tony O."Billy Martin: baseball's flawed genius
By Bill Pennington, Scott Waxman. 2015
Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the clutch second baseman for the dominant New York Yankees of…
the 1950s. He then spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues, and is considered by anyone who knows baseball to have been a true baseball genius, a field manager without peer. Yet he's remembered more for his habit of kicking dirt on umpires, for being hired and fired by George Steinbrenner five times, and for his rabble rousing and public brawls. He was combative, fiery, intimidating, and controversial, yet beloved by the everyday fan. He was hard on his players and even harder on himself. He knew how to turn around a losing team like no one else--and how to entertain us every step of the wayPlaying with the enemy: a baseball prodigy, a world at war, and the long journey home
By Gary W. Moore. 2008
Gene Moore was a country boy who could hit a baseball a country mile. He was so good that the…
Brooklyn Dodgers came calling. When Gene's baseball career was interrupted by World War II, he joined the U.S. Navy, and in 1944, he found himself on a top-secret mission: to guard the German sailors captured from a U-505 submarine carrying an Enigma decoding machine. Stuck with guard duty, Gene taught the enemy how to play baseball. It was a decision the irrevocably changed his life... and maybe baseball itself. Inspired by true events. 2006