A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth - Couverture rigide

Smith, Curt

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1597976709 ISBN 13 : 9781597976701

Editeur : Potomac Books Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Smith Curt

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This title features the largest collection - more than a hundred - of radio and TV announcers, or Voices, telling their favourite baseball stories. It showcases the Voices of the American League, National League, and the networks in their own words. It celebrates broadcasters, such as Bob Costas, Jon Miller, Bob Uecker, Ken Harrelson, and Jerry Coleman, who are sometimes more famous than the teams they announce. In the largest collection of Voices in any sports book, "A Talk in the Park" features the favourite stories of baseball's most famous and beloved announcers in their own words. This riveting collection includes reminiscences from radio and TV; Voices from each major-league team and the baseball networks of ESPN, Fox, TBS, and the new MLB; and, from retired but still popular play-by-play men and analysts. Here are nine decades of baseball history in one anecdotal book, with a special focus on the last twenty years. Subjects include players, managers, ballparks, characters, interleague play, Hispanic broadcasting, fellow Voices, how to improve the game, and a tribute to the beloved Ernie Harwell, who died in 2010 and to whom the book is dedicated. Endorsed by the National Radio Hall of Fame, this book stars the very announcers who have reached millions on a daily or weekly basis, including: Bob Costas, Jon Miller, Bob Uecker, Jerry Coleman, Ken Harrelson, Milo Hamilton, Gary Cohen, Michael Kay, Dave Niehaus, Felo Ramirez, Dick Stockton, Charley Steiner, and Bob Wolff.

Biographie de l'auteur :

USA Today calls CURT SMITH the "Voice of authority on baseball broadcasting." He is the author of thirteen books, including the acclaimed Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story (Potomac Books, Inc., 2009). He is a Gate House Media columnist, National Public Radio affiliate host, senior English lecturer at the University of Rochester, and former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. He has written about baseball for Newsweek, the New York Times, and Sports Illustrated and hosted panel discussions at the Smithsonian Institution and Baseball Hall of Fame. He lives in upstate New York.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Potomac Books Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1597976709
• ISBN 13: 9781597976701
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320