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Title:

The baseball book / Rob Fleder, editor ; [introduction by Tom Verducci].

Publisher:

Sports Illustrated Books/Time Inc. Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

294 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Baseball--United States--History.
Baseball--United States--Pictorial works.
Major League Baseball (Organization)--History.
Major League Baseball (Organization)--Pictorial works.
Baseball players--United States--Biography.
Baseball players--United States--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Fleder, Rob.

Other Titles:

Sports illustrated.

Notes:

Compilation of articles and images from Sports illustrated.

Contents:

Acknowledgements. by Leigh Montville -- Tiger tales / A one-way ticket to obscurity / by John Schulian -- Wrigley rapture / by Steve Rushin -- Baseball's Johnny Appleseed / by Harold Peterson -- The 1920s -- "Everyone is helpless and in awe" / by Roy Blount Jr. -- The transistor kid / by Robert Creamer -- The 1930s -- A series to savor / by Steve Rushin -- The benching of a legend / by Roger Kahn -- This old house / by William Nack -- The quiet warrior / by Esmeralda Santiago -- The 1940s -- The very best act in town / by Jack Olsen -- SI's alltime all-stars -- Final twist of the dream / by George Plimpton -- The 1950s -- William does it! / by Richard Hoffer -- A workingman's hero / by Richard Hoffer -- You had to see it to believe it / by Rick Reilly -- The Mick always swung from the heels / by Richard Hoffer -- The 1960s -- Aches and pains and three batting titles / by Myron Cope -- Standing tall at short / by Steve Wulf -- Giants among men / by Frank Deford -- The 1970s -- Lost in history / by William Nack -- Fabric of the game / by Sarah Ballard -- High-wire act / by Tom Verducci -- All is forgiven / by Keith Olbermann -- The 1980s -- The record almost killed him / by Rick Telander -- End of story / by Tom Verducci -- No place in the shade / by Mark Kram -- The 1990s -- The spirit of St. Louis / by Rick Reilly -- Love, hate and Billy Martin / by Frank Deford -- The stuff of legend / by Steve Wulf -- A day of light and shadow / by Jonathan Schwartz -- The 2000s -- From the hill to the hall / by Herbert Warren Wind -- Rapid Robert can still bring it / by Frank Deford -- Tiger tales / by Leigh Montville -- Acknowledgements.

ISBN:

9781933405230
1933405236

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71804462

LCCN:

2006929293

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