Overview
"The playing and post-playing careers of all 1,560 players who appeared in a major league box score between 1950 and 1959--the ""golden age,"" many say--are profiled in this exhaustive work. From Aaron to Zuverink: this treasure-trove of anecdotes, many gathered from personal interviews, is full of historical facts, controversy, and trivia. Readers will be reminded, that Milwaukee Braves pitcher Humberto Robinson was asked by a gambler to fix a game against the Phillies (he refused), Joe Adcock chased Giants pitcher Ruben Gomez around the field with a bat, Bob Turley reached the top of the corporate ladder after his playing days, Casey Wise became an orthodontist, Bobby Brown became a heart surgeon and president of the AL, and that Chuck Conners became an actor. All of this and much more can be found here."
Full Product Details
Author: Rich Marazzi ,
Len Fiorito
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.975kg
ISBN: 9780786446889
ISBN 10: 0786446889
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 14 December 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Entries are strong on narratives, stories, a -- Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
Amusing anecdotes...you love the game, you gotta have it -- Booklist/RBB Booklist/RBB Entries are strong on narratives, stories, and anecdotes. -- Arba Arba Entries are strong on narratives, stories, a -- Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society amusing anecdotes...you love the game, you gotta have it --Booklist; entries are strong on narratives, stories, and anecdotes...very well done, covers a large number of names not found elsewhere, and is recommended --ARBA; difficult to put it down...very fascinating --Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society; treasure trove of 50's nostalgia --Boston Braves Historical Association Newsletter; plenty of original stuff...Marazzi interviewed hundreds of players...baseball junkies can get lost for hours in the anecdotes --Sunday Squibs; historic and entertaining --Valley Times; a glorious read --New Haven Register; baseball junkies can get lost for hours in the anecdotes --Connecticut Post; readers will enjoy the many photographs that show our heroes from the Golden Age of Baseball now in their golden years --Sports Collectors Digest; a glorious read...it's much more of an anecdotal, whimsical look at all 1,560 players of the 1950s than it is a statistical reference --New Haven Register; a who's who of 1950s baseball --Seattle Times; one of the more incredible books out there --New York Post; It is one of the finest books I've ever read --Bob Wolff, Broadcaster; Breezy, funny, and entertaining...it is 450 delightful pages of fun for anyone who ever put a bubble gum card of a ballplayer in his school notebook or stared at his radio when Bobby Thomson hit the 'Shot heard 'Round the World' --Writer Maury Allen. Baseball Players of the 1950s brings back many memories for me inasmuch as I covered that entire decade at the start of my career --Writer Jack Lang.
Author Information
Rich Marazzi has served 24 of the 30 major league teams as a baseball rules consultant, including ESPN, the YES Network, Bally Sports, and NBS Sports Chicago. He lives in Ansonia, Connecticut. SABR member Len Fiorito a former columnist for the Old Tyme Baseball News, lives in Seattle, Washington.
