The "Golden Age of Sports," roughly the period between the two world wars, is brought to life in these interviews of 25 sportswriters by Jerome Holtzman. The reporters interviewed include Red Smith, Paul Gallico, Shirley Povich, Ford Frick, and Jimmy Cannon.
Babe Ruth remains the most popular player in the history of baseball. The slugger for the New York Yankees established a home run record in the 1927 season, just a year before joining the league of authors. Babe Ruth's Own Book is a who's who of old-time greats-Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and many others. It describes the Babe's rise from ...
For the first time the entire colorful saga of major league baseball in Chicago is wrapped between the covers of a single book sure to appeal to both Cubs and White Sox fans.
An authorized biography of the Chicago sports announcer who became the "voice of the Chicago Cubs"--Brickhouse did radio play-by-play for the Bears for 24 years, and broadcast on radio and TV for the White Sox and the Cubs for 30 years. Anecdotes include portraits of figures such as Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Ernie Banks, Irv ...
Home Run is a memorable look at a memorable man -- and a memorable event. On the 25th anniversary of his shattering of Babe Ruth's career home run mark, Hank Aaron offers his thoughts on being a hero, about life, about where he and baseball are today -- and where both are going. The book is augmented by a comprehensive biographical section, ...
First published in 1946, Warren Brown's history of the Cubs, like Frederick G. Lieb's history of the St. Louis Cardinals, was commissioned by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Brown begins with the founding of the National League - with the Cubs as a charter member - in 1876 and continues through the 1945 World Series, which the Cubs lost to the Detroit Tigers ...
From the official historian of Major League Baseball, who was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, comes this definitive collection of more than 40 years' worth of his award-winning columns and articles that have appeared in "The Sporting News, Saturday Evening Post, " and "Baseball Digest." Photos.
Alfonso Ramon Lopez spent 36 years in the baseball league as a catcher and manager. He had a 261 lifetime batting average, compiled 1547 hits and caught a then-record 1918 games in a 19-year playing career. The teams he managed, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, won two pennants and finished runner-up 10 times in 17 seasons. He also ...
In his own unmistakably contrarian voice, Jerome Holtzman, national baseball columnist for The Chicago Tribune, has compiled the first complete history of the commissioners of baseball. With the office of the commissioner of baseball only recently filled, and the sport struggling to rebuild its image, there's never been a better time for an ...
For the last half century, since 1945 when they won their last pennant, the Chicago Cubs have often been characterized as "lovable losers." Even Dallas Green, when he took over the club following the 1981 season, was unaware of the Cubs' glorious history and launched a promotional campaign entitled "Building a New Tradition." It was an ...
Baseball, Chicago Style explores the exciting, enticing, enduring and frequently frustrating panorama of our national pastime. For the first time the colorful saga of Major League Baseball in Chicago is wrapped between the covers of a single book sure to appeal to both Cubs and White Sox fans. No writers are better suited to survey it than ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
