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Availability:In StockContributor:Judith TestaAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-12-15Pages:486
Language:EnglishPublisher:Northern Illinois University PressISBN-13:9780875803678ISBN-10:875803679UPC:9780875803678Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:SportsAward:2008 Society of Midland Authors Award Winner - Biography AwardSize:9.38 x 6.15 x 1.39 inchesWeight:2.0327Product ID:SC1NYZC541

To the batters who faced him, pitcher Sal Maglie looked like the hurler from hell. Tall and sinister in appearance, with glowering dark eyes and a formidable five-o'clock shadow, the famed right-hander earned the nickname "Sal the Barber" for his high-inside fastball that cut dangerously close to the batter's chin. But Maglie was much more than his intimidating image.

This biography provides a colorful, detailed, occasionally shocking, and often moving narrative about the son of poor Italian immigrants who rose far beyond his family's and his own early dreams and became a star pitcher for the New York Giants. He then, at the apex of his career in the mid-1950s, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. This is the story of a man whose early mediocrity and failures in the minor leagues in no way prefigured his later success and fame.

Maglie's major league career shines with baseball drama. He was a key player in some of the most dramatic pennant races in baseball history and a participant in several of the sport's most famous games. Women found him irresistible, and his first marriage was at times severely strained by his infidelities. Despite his success in baseball, he endured pain, disappointment, and personal tragedy.

Through wide-ranging research that includes interviews with Maglie's relatives, friends, former teammates, and team officials, as well as newspaper reports, books, and magazines, Judith Testa creates an insightful and compelling portrait of one of baseball's most intriguing figures. Baseball fans and people interested in baseball history and in the Italian American experience will discover new insights and a wealth of information in Sal Maglie.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Northern Illinois University PressISBN-13:9780875803678ISBN-10:875803679UPC:9780875803678Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:SportsAward:2008 Society of Midland Authors Award Winner - Biography AwardSize:9.38 x 6.15 x 1.39 inchesWeight:2.0327Product ID:SC1NYZC541

Judith Testa, a former professor at Northern Illinois University, grew up as a baseball fan in the New York City area in the 1950s. Author of many articles relating to Italy and a popular book on Rome, she now writes about a life-long love, baseball.


Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press

Awards

🏆 2008 Society of Midland Authors Award Winner - Biography Award

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Judith Testa

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