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Fast Pitch Fifties
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Author : Pete Gallo
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-06-28
Fast Pitch Fifties written by Pete Gallo and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Fast-Pitch A lost chapter in the history of America's favorite pastime is finally recovered and retold in brilliant and play-by-play detail in Pete Gallo's book, "Fast-Pitch Fifties." Readers are warmly invited to revisit New Rochelle during the 1950s and discover the Twilight League and windmill baseball at its height as some 20 teams battled for championship titles and local bragging rights. Fast-Pitch recalls a period when local sports was king and a championship series in towns like New Rochelle would draw crowds that were measured in the tens of thousands. Based on interviews and historical accounts, the author brings to life local legends of windmill at its height, such as pitcher Rush Riley who threw a softball at major league speeds and was known for his Olympian endurance, playing up to ten games per week. While many of the names are less familiar, windmill stars who managed national acclaim are also recalled such as Hicksville, Long Island native Roy Stevenson, an early pioneer of windmill pitch who helped inspire a generation of players in the New York metropolitan area. Aimed at sports fans, the book is also the story of an era - one full of memorable characters like 'Popeye' Claps an affable stationery store owner and baseball coach who managed to get Roy Rogers and his troupe to visit New Rochelle for an ad hoc block party for local kids. Then there was Bruce Flowers a professional boxer who helped lead New Rochelle's most-winning windmill team for the decade, the New Rochelle Royals. You will read about Bill Marino, a veteran who lost his arm in World War II, but remarkably managed to recapture personal glory by becoming one of the league's most feared pitchers. The author also finds that windmill's most prominent feature lead to its decline in community sports. It was a game where sheer pitching strength ruled the day, making balancing league play difficult, which helped give rise to its successor, modern "slow-pitch" softball. Though, fast-pitch persists in popularity, particularly among women's college leagues, Gallo brings us back to an era when communities across America were first discovering the game. The book recalls how the social fabric of the 1950s, with its unbridled post-war optimism and corresponding economic boom, provided for a golden era in community sports - from stickball play to fast-pitch. Gallo reminds us of how this amateur recreational league evolved to resemble a full-fledged minor B-ball league, housed in a single city - the Queen City of the Sound.
Fast Pitch Fifties
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Author : Pete Gallo
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-06
Fast Pitch Fifties written by Pete Gallo and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Fast-Pitch A lost chapter in the history of America's favorite pastime is finally recovered and retold in brilliant and play-by-play detail in Pete Gallo's book, "Fast-Pitch Fifties." Readers are warmly invited to revisit New Rochelle during the 1950s and discover the Twilight League and windmill baseball at its height as some 20 teams battled for championship titles and local bragging rights. Fast-Pitch recalls a period when local sports was king and a championship series in towns like New Rochelle would draw crowds that were measured in the tens of thousands. Based on interviews and historical accounts, the author brings to life local legends of windmill at its height, such as pitcher Rush Riley who threw a softball at major league speeds and was known for his Olympian endurance, playing up to ten games per week. While many of the names are less familiar, windmill stars who managed national acclaim are also recalled such as Hicksville, Long Island native Roy Stevenson, an early pioneer of windmill pitch who helped inspire a generation of players in the New York metropolitan area. Aimed at sports fans, the book is also the story of an era one full of memorable characters like Popeye' Claps an affable stationery store owner and baseball coach who managed to get Roy Rogers and his troupe to visit New Rochelle for an ad hoc block party for local kids. Then there was Bruce Flowers a professional boxer who helped lead New Rochelle's most-winning windmill team for the decade, the New Rochelle Royals. You will read about Bill Marino, a veteran who lost his arm in World War II, but remarkably managed to recapture personal glory by becoming one of the league's most feared pitchers. The author also finds that windmill's most prominent feature lead to its decline in community sports. It was a game where sheer pitching strength ruled the day, making balancing league play difficult, which helped give rise to its successor, modern "slow-pitch" softball. Though, fast-pitch persists in popularity, particularly among women's college leagues, Gallo brings us back to an era when communities across America were first discovering the game. The book recalls how the social fabric of the 1950s, with its unbridled post-war optimism and corresponding economic boom, provided for a golden era in community sports from stickball play to fast-pitch. Gallo reminds us of how this amateur recreational league evolved to resemble a full-fledged minor B-ball league, housed in a single city the Queen City of the Sound.
The Softball Game
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Author : John L. Kinsler
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2000-10-31
The Softball Game written by John L. Kinsler and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-31 with Fiction categories.
20 million men and women in this country play softball. On the surface, The Softball Game is about men and their need for battles. Aggression is as coded in our DNA as is our need to reproduce. It is a fun game with laughs recalled from years playing softball. The old storyteller is reluctant to do battle. He tells the confrontation in the first person singular, episode by episode. The game is a tribal struggle played by redneck, bad guys and middle class, semi-affluent, anti-heroes. Coming to the rescue is Beth - - a woman! Beth reduces the male struggle to a farce. The driving timbre is the storyteller’s experiences with three females whose lives are indirectly, obliquely, and directly affected by his wars at softball. The Softball Game is about these women. Phaedra literally hands the young warrior his first sexual experience. Entering the “man world” still a child, he meets Bridgette his playtoy. She is a transition to adulthood and the paragon of summer love. Playing at sex with adult bodies and a child’s maturity, they both lose. Then comes Beth. If you read one chapter, it should be 11. There has never been a hero like her.
Doing Statistics With Spss
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Author : Alistair W Kerr
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2002-03-08
Doing Statistics With Spss written by Alistair W Kerr and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-08 with Social Science categories.
`This book is to be commended, particularly, for putting the tool of statistics into the familiar context of a research study. In so doing it emphasizes the neglected pre-analysis stages of a research study. Indeed the performing of a data analysis, this book reminds us, should be the mere icing on an already well cooked cake' - Psychology Learning & Teaching Doing Statistics With SPSS is derived from the authors' many years of experience teaching undergraduates data handling using SPSS. It assumes no prior understanding beyond that of basic mathematical operations and is therefore suitable for anyone undertaking an introductory statistics course as part of a science based undergraduate programme. The text will: enable the reader to make informed choices about what statistical tests to employ; what assumptions are made in using a particular test; demonstrate how to execute the analysis using SPSS; and guide the reader in his/her interpretation of its output. Each chapter ends with an exercise and provides detailed instructions on how to run the analysis using SPSS release 10. Learning is further guided by pointing the reader to particular aspects of the SPSS output and by having the reader engage with specified items of information from the SPSS results. This text is more complete than the alternatives that usually fall into one of two camps. They either provide an explanation of the concepts but no instructions on how to execute the analysis with SPSS, or they are a manual which instructs the reader on how to drive the software but with minimal explanation of what it all means. This book offers the best elements of both in a style that is economical and accessible. Doing Statistics with SPSS will be essential reading for undergraduates in psychology and health-related disciplines, and likely to be of invaluable use to many other students in the social sciences taking a course in statistics.
Fifty Years Of Thunderbolt Tradition
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Author : Jim Hansen
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2006-08
Fifty Years Of Thunderbolt Tradition written by Jim Hansen and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08 with History categories.
No other high school in Nebraska evokes as much pride, passion, inspiration, and devotion as Pius X High School. The school that was started in 1956 and remains today Nebraska's largest co-educational parochial school, is a beacon for success and leadership. Thunderbolt athletics has been a bench mark for programs to follow, and only those privileged few student athletes who have had the opportunity to don the Pius X uniform can begin to understand why that is so. Pius X's undeniably rich tradition and success over the past fifty years are enough to separate it from other schools: 54 state titles in both boy and girl sports, 12 all sports awards, nine state football championships, and countless academic all state athletes. Coaches such as Aldrich, Kelley, Aylward, Moore, and Forycki, as well as many others, have set the standard of excellence, and have created the feelings of honor and utmost pride associated with Pius X and being a Thunderbolt. Travel back with us as we take a look at Past great athletes and teams and why they make Pius X such a special and magical place. This is a must read for all past and present Thunderbolt athletes, and for Pius X fans and foes alike. Now read the stories and accounts of past Pius X athletes as they attempt to define the significance of being a part of the storied tradition that is a Pius X Thunderbolt.
The Faith Of Fifty Million
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Author : Christopher Hodge Evans
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Faith Of Fifty Million written by Christopher Hodge Evans and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This volume features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relation of baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include issues of national identity, baseball and civil religion, baseball as a metaphor and more.
Philadelphia S Top Fifty Baseball Players
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Author : Rich Westcott
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2020-04-01
Philadelphia S Top Fifty Baseball Players written by Rich Westcott 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 2020-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players takes a look at the greatest players in Philadelphia baseball history from the earliest days in 1830 through the Negro Leagues and into the modern era. Their ranks include batting champions, home run kings, Most Valuable Players, Cy Young Award winners, and Hall of Famers--from Ed Delahanty, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Roy Campanella, Mike Schmidt, and Ryan Howard to Negro League stars Judy Johnson and Biz Mackey and other Philadelphia standouts such as Richie Ashburn, Dick Allen, Chuck Klein, Eddie Collins, and Reggie Jackson. For each player the book highlights memorable incidents and accomplishments and, above all, his place in Philadelphia's rich baseball tradition.
A History Of Marlborough College During Fifty Years From Its Foundation To The Present Time
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Author : Arthur Granville Bradley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
A History Of Marlborough College During Fifty Years From Its Foundation To The Present Time written by Arthur Granville Bradley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with categories.
Greg Maddux
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Author : Matt Christopher
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-12-19
Greg Maddux written by Matt Christopher and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-19 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Provides a fact-filled biography of Greg Maddux, covering the baseball superstar's life as a pitcher, his character as a player, and the special achievements of his career, such as winning four Cy Young Awards and six Gold Glove Awards.
Fifty Years Behind The Microphone
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Author : Les Keiter
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Fifty Years Behind The Microphone written by Les Keiter and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A sports broadcaster looks back on his life and career and shares memories of fellow broadcasters and famous sports figures.