Overview
To diehard baseball fans, the selection of players who will join the ranks of Cooperstown inductees often seems a bit arbitrary. Over the years there have been many outstanding players passed over, time and again, by the Veterans Committee, despite the players' qualifications and the support of fans and teammates. In Out by a Step, Mike and Neil Shalin compile their list of the 100 finest major leaguers who, in their views, deserve a place on the hallowed walls of Baseball's Hall of Fame. Out by a Step celebrates the fine careers of this ""close but no cigar"" fraternity-Richie Allen, Joe Torre, Tommy John, Elroy Face, and Urban Shocker, to name just a few-and will surely open up lively debate among baseball fans everywhere.
Full Product Details
Author: Mike Shalin ,
Neil Shalin
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Imprint: Taylor Trade Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9781888698442
ISBN 10: 1888698446
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 05 August 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
it's sure to open up lively debates among baseball fans everywhere. Daily Herald Brothers Mike and Neil Shalin will stir up baseball fans of all ages...a fast moving and entertaining collection of the 100 best players not in the Hall of Fame... Arizona Republic ...is the only book I know of which pays tribute to those players whose accomplishments have fallen short of Cooperstown glory. This is a terrific read... -- lloyd Carroll Good Times Magazine mention of Shalin giving a talk at Borders, Oak Brook, IL Oak Brook Doings This boffo book for baseball buffs makes oft-convincing cases for why 115 players should be elected to join the national pastime's heroes already immortalized in Cooperstown. Forbes
...is the only book I know of which pays tribute to those players whose accomplishments have fallen short of Cooperstown glory. This is a terrific read....--lloyd Carroll Good Times Magazine
Author Information
Veteran sportswriter Mike Shalin spent 15 years on the baseball beat, first covering the New York Yankees for the New York Post and then the Boston Red Sox for the Boston Herald. Since leaving the beat in 1995, he has covered the sports scene at Boston College, but still keeps his hand in baseball via freelance writing, including a series of young readers' books done in the late 90s. Mike Shalin resides in Peabody, Massachusetts. Neil Shalin is a freelance writer in the Chicago, Illinois, area, who currently covers high school and college sports for The Daily Herald. In 1999, he retired from his position as an editor, speechwriter, and Midwest public relations director for MetLife.
