Overview
Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble. Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when his team needed a victory, and one who refused to quit, even when faced with a blacklisting, crippling injuries, and advanced age. Off the field, he was an amiable man. This work chronicles the life and career of the man and the player: his unspectacular minor league career, his 1945 debut with Mel Ott's New York Giants, his blacklisting by organized baseball for playing in Jorge Pasquel's Mexican League, and his rejoining the Giants in 1950 at the age of 33. He thereupon established himself as a bona fide big league pitcher, and went on to have a stellar career in the majors that included stints with the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. Game-by-game analyses of Maglie's professional career, intimate portraits of the men Maglie played with and against--Mel Ott, Eddie Stanky, Monte Irvin, Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo, Willie Mays, among others--and a look at baseball as it was played in the 1940s and 1950s are features of the book.
Full Product Details
Author: James D. Szalontai
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.581kg
ISBN: 9780786411894
ISBN 10: 0786411899
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 23 September 2002
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
a comprehensive, well-crafted view of baseball in the '40s and '50s --Sports Collectors Digest; one of the finest books I've ever read...remarkable research --Brooklyn Spectator; a truly great book --Staten Island Register; an eye-opener...exhaustive detail...intelligent --North Buffalo Rocket; intelligent and effective --Tonawanda News; notable for its thought examination of the baseball context of the pitcher's life, revealing the dark side of 1950s baseball --SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter.
a comprehensive, well-crafted view of baseball in the '40s and '50s --<i>Sports Collectors Digest</i>; one of the finest books I've ever read...remarkable research --<i>Brooklyn Spectator</i>; a truly great book --<i>Staten Island Register</i>; an eye-opener...exhaustive detail...intelligent --<i>North Buffalo Rocket</i>; intelligent and effective --<i>Tonawanda News</i>; notable for its thought examination of the baseball context of the pitcher's life, revealing the dark side of 1950s baseball --<i>SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter.</i>
Author Information
Writer and researcher James D. Szalontai is the author of books about pitcher Sal Maglie, and baseball and World War II. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and lives in North Port, Florida.
