Clearing the Bases: The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century - Couverture souple

Barra, Allen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803217633 ISBN 13 : 9780803217638

Editeur : Bison Books, 2008

Synopsis

Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? At their peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the same time against the same hitters, who would have won the most games? If Jackie Robinson had been white, would he be deserving of the Hall of Fame? Who was the greatest all-around player of the last century? Clearing the Bases is the first book to tackle these and many other of baseball's most intriguing questions and offer hard, sensible answers-answers based on exhaustive research and analysis. Sports journalist Allen Barra, whose weekly sports column "By the Numbers" attracted millions of fans and whose outspoken opinions are discussed regularly on National Public Radio, takes on baseball's toughest arguments. Using stats and methods he himself has developed, Barra takes you to the heart of baseball's ultimate question-"Who's the best?"-in this, the ultimate baseball debate book, one guaranteed to spark thousands of heated discussions and to supply the fuel for thousands more.

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À propos de l?auteur

Allen Barra is a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, and the New York Sun and is the author of several books, including The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant and Big Play: Barra on Football. Bob Costas is a sportscaster for the NBC network.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bison Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803217633
• ISBN 13: 9780803217638
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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