Last Time Out: Big-League Farewells Of Baseball's Greatest - Couverture rigide

Nogowski, John

 
9781589790803: Last Time Out: Big-League Farewells Of Baseball's Greatest
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ISBN 10 : 1589790804 ISBN 13 : 9781589790803
Editeur : Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Most sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. The stories of these men and how they finished their careers, never collected anywhere before now, show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends. After hours and hours of research, through biographies, microfilm, magazines, and memories, award-winning sportswriter John Nogowski culled the stories of the final games of 25 of The Game's greatest athletes-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Carlton Fisk, Bob Feller, Joe Morgan, and Carl Yastrzemski are among those featured. This impressive work recounts the circumstances surrounding these final games and puts you in a box seat to witness and sense the moment as these glorious careers ceased, most often with little fanfare. Whether it be Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Pete Rose, or Cal Ripken, Jr., Last Time Out beautifully captures in words and photographs the essence of these players' last time in uniform and celebrates the magic of the game these famed players mastered and loved.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Nogowski has worked at newspapers from New Hampshire to Florida for 20 years. A three-time national winner in the AP Sports Editor competition with many other state and regional honors, he resides in Tallahassee, Florida.

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Éditeur
Taylor Trade Publishing
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1589790804
ISBN 13 
9781589790803
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
172
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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