The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk about the Game They Loved - Paperback
by Fay Vincent
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fay VincentSeries:Baseball Oral History Project #1Publish date:2007-04-03Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780743273183ISBN-10:743273184UPC:9780743273183Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC5VX8108A
The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk about the Game They Loved
The 1930s was the era of such baseball legends as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Joe DiMaggio. In The Only Game in Town, pitcher Elden Auker recalls what it was like to face these sluggers, while Red Sox outfielder Dom DiMaggio remembers how he nearly ended his brother Joe's record hitting streak. Then, in the 1940s, baseball underwent tremendous change. First came World...
Series: Baseball Oral History Project #1
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9780743273183ISBN-10:743273184UPC:9780743273183Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC5VX8108A
Vincent, Fay: - Fay Vincent is a former entertainment and business executive who served as the commissioner of baseball from 1989 to 1992. This volume is the third in a series drawn from his Baseball Oral History Project. The previous two volumes, The Only Game in Town and We Would Have Played for Nothing, include ballplayers' reminiscences of the 1930s and 1940s, and the 1950s and 1960s,...
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