Baseball S Comeback Players
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Baseball S Comeback Players
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Author : Rick Swaine
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-03-27
Baseball S Comeback Players written by Rick Swaine and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book profiles forty major league ballplayers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading careers. Details of each comeback is provided along with a summary of the player's career. The comeback players range from Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Stan Musial; to near-greats like Tommy John and Luis Tiant; to journeyman performers like George McQuinn and Tony Cuccinello. In the absence of statistical standards to evaluate or even define comebacks, the selection of the top comeback players was based on the following criteria: historical significance, uniqueness, dramatic content, degree of difficulty, and the player's overall reputation and standing.
Meet Josh Hamilton Baseball S Unbelievable Comeback
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Author : Ethan Edwards
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 1900-01-01
Meet Josh Hamilton Baseball S Unbelievable Comeback written by Ethan Edwards and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Josh Hamilton has struggled with addiction, but with perseverance he has found both sobriety and career triumph with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This book traces Hamilton’s life from his high-school days through his years in the minor leagues, to his Major League career ups and downs. Chapters also explore his life outside of baseball, including his charity work and family life.
Comeback Season
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Author : Cam Perron
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-03-30
Comeback Season written by Cam Perron and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 2007, at the age of twelve, Perron bought a set of Topps baseball cards featuring several players from the Negro Leagues. He started writing letters to former Negro League players asking for their autographs and a few words about their careers. The players responded with detailed stories about their glory days on the field, and the racism they faced, including run-ins with the KKK. The letters turned into phone calls, and in these conversations many of the players revealed that they had fallen out of touch with their former teammates. Perron and a small group of fellow researchers organized the first annual Negro League Players Reunion in Birmingham, Alabama in 2010. This is the story of his mission to help many players get pension money that they were owed from Major League Baseball-- and to get a Negro League museum opened in Birmingham, stocked with memorabilia. -- adapted from jacket
Pro Baseball S All Time Greatest Comebacks
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Author : Drew Lyon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Pro Baseball S All Time Greatest Comebacks written by Drew Lyon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From an unexpected playoff run to a title winning walk-off home run, few things are more exciting in pro baseball than seeing an underdog come back to win it all. Baseball history is filled with incredible stories of teams that defied the odds to win a championship and players who overcome personal struggles to return to the game they love. Filled with dramatic stories and action-packed images, readers will find themselves cheering on their favorite underdog teams and players to victory. The Capstone Interactive edition comes with simultaneous access for every student in your school and includes read aloud audio recorded by professional voice over artists.
Comeback Pitchers
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Author : Lyle Spatz
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2021-04
Comeback Pitchers written by Lyle Spatz and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
2022 SABR Baseball Research Award Finalist for the 2022 SABR Seymour Medal The careers of pitchers Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke began in the Deadball Era and peaked in the 1920s. They were teammates for many years, with both the cellar-dwelling Boston Red Sox and later with the world champion Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack. As far back as 1912, when he was just twenty-nine, Quinn was told he was too old to play and on the downward side of his career. Because of his determination, work ethic, outlook on life, and physical conditioning, however, he continued to excel. In his midthirties, then his late thirties, and even into his forties, he overcame the naysayers. At age forty-six he became the oldest pitcher to start a World Series game. When Quinn finally retired in 1933 at fifty, the "Methuselah of the Mound" owned numerous longevity records, some of which he holds to this day. Ehmke, meanwhile, battled arm trouble and poor health through much of his career. Like Quinn, he was dismissed by the experts and from many teams, only to return and excel. He overcame his physical problems by developing new pitches and pitching motions and capped his career with a stunning performance in Game One of the 1929 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, which still ranks among baseball's most memorable games. Connie Mack described it as his greatest day in baseball. Comeback Pitchers is the inspirational story of these two great pitchers with intertwining careers who were repeatedly considered washed up and too old but kept defying the odds and thrilling fans long after most pitchers would have retired.
One Last Strike Enhanced Edition
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Author : Tony La Russa
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2012-09-25
One Last Strike Enhanced Edition written by Tony La Russa and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
One Last Strike by legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa is a thrilling sports comeback story. La Russa, the winner of four Manager of the Year awards—who led his teams to six Pennant wins and three World Series crowns—chronicles one of the most exciting end-of-season runs in baseball history, revealing with fascinating behind-the-scenes details how, under his expert management, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged victorious in the 2011 World Series despite countless injuries, mishaps, and roadblocks along the way. Talking candidly about the remarkable season—and his All-Star players like Albert Pujols and David Freese—the recently retired La Russa celebrates his fifty years in baseball, his team’s amazing recovery from 10 ½ games back, and one final, unforgettable championship in a book that no true baseball fan will want to miss.
Major League Baseball Awards
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: PediaPress
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Major League Baseball Awards written by and has been published by PediaPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Miracle On The Eastern Shore
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Author : David A. Ranzan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-09-13
Miracle On The Eastern Shore written by David A. Ranzan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the summer of 1937 the Salisbury Indians, a Class D minor league team in rural Maryland, achieved national celebrity playing one of the most amazing comeback seasons in baseball history. Starting with 21-5, the club allegedly violated the Eastern Shore League's rules by fielding more than four players with professional experience. Forfeiting their 21 wins and plummeting to the bottom of the standings, they went on to win 59 of their last 70 games, capturing the league pennant and playoffs championship. This game-by-game account chronicles the extraordinary pitching and relentless hitting of one of the greatest minor league teams ever assembled, under the redoubtable leadership of D'Arcy "Jake" Flowers.
Lost In The Sun
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Author : G. Richard McKelvey
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2007-11-15
Lost In The Sun written by G. Richard McKelvey and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball players, like teams, have their ups and downs. Pitchers inexplicably lose their command of the strike zone, batters think themselves into deep slumps, and injuries, addiction, and poor decision-making can radically change the fortunes of either. It's in the response to such adversity that memorable stories are made. This book focuses both on players whose determination in the face of injury or private demons landed them back in the big leagues and stars who never recovered from their dramatic, unexpected falls. Profiled here are 14 players whose stories are among the most stirring in baseball history: Tony Conigliaro, Monte Stratton, Pete Rose, Bert Shepard, Eddie Waitkus, Mark Wohlers, Red Barney, Lou Brissie, Tommy John, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Steve Blass, Dave Dravecky, and Joe Jackson.
Baseballs Basketballs And Matzah Balls
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Author : Mitchell Smith
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2009
Baseballs Basketballs And Matzah Balls written by Mitchell Smith and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fasts and feasts categories.
The ancient Greeks had a spectacular civilization which was involved in every art and science. Approximately 3,000 names have come down to us of key personalities that contributed to this culture. We have the work of only one-quarter of these and fragments of the work of the remainder. This book describes the known work of 704 of these ancient personalities. There are many books that give the lives of the more famous of these ancient Greeks. There are a number of biographical dictionaries that give one line descriptions of many more of these ancients. This book, though, is an attempt to describe the major points about all ancient Greek personalties of which anything is known. It is a handy encyclopedia in which one can quickly find the salient features of any ancient Greek personality. Each article in this book has the following order: The personality's name is stated. This is followed by his birth and death years or whatever of these can be approximated. The first sentence of the text gives the areas in which the personality was active. Then there is a description of whatever is known about the character and life of the personality. The article concludes with the material or intellectual accomplishments of the personality.