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"Joe Matson, or Baseball Joe, as he was better known throughout the country, sprang to his feet and held out a New York paper with headlines which took up a third of the page." ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3973 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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Interviews, press conferences and speeches given by Joe DiMaggio.Includes an introduction given by Kevin Costner.Segments contain Joe talking about his childhood, heroes, the Yankee's organization, his hitting streak, Marilyn Monroe and more. ... Read more

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Baseball Legand Re-awakened!
The BEST thing I have listened to in a while.Worthwile, great, well put together, not to mention Giuliano's wonderful job on everything.Thanks Geoff for bring Joe alive again! ... Read more

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Illuatrated with black-and-white photographs. ... Read more

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The Big League Baseball Library ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Baseball Digest, published by Century Publishing Co. on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 6012 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The fans speak out.
Author: Frank Felice
Publication: Baseball Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: Century Publishing Co.
Volume: 67Issue: 8Page: 6(10)

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Here are the outstanding careers of the four great competitors whose careers spanned almost the entire history of the game. TY COBB: The game's most fiery competitor compiled a .367 1ifetime batting average and a dozen hitting titles during his long career (1905-1928). Ty would do anything to win, once claiming that, "The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerve." BABE RUTH: He didn't play it the same way as Cobb. The Sultan of Swat did it by hitting a baseball further than anyone before him. He was a wild, flamboyant personality who created legends wherever he went. Some say he single-handedly saved the game after the Black Sox Scandal of 1919 and was baseball's most colorful figure throughout the Golden Age of the 1920's and into the 1930's. JOE DIMAGGIO: While the Babe helped create the first-rate Yankee teams, Joe DiMaggio was the man who continued the tradition in the late 1930's and throughout the '40's. The Yankee Clipper brought into the game a grace and dignity that it had rarely seen before. JACKIE ROBINSON: Had he not been a ballplayer of consummate skills, Jackie Robinson would still have made baseball history. He was the first Black ballplayer in the major leagues, breaking in with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He was 28 years old then, but still played top-flight baseball for another decade. And he played under a constant pressure that would have made lesser men fold. Jackie made the Hall of Fame as a player, but he was also a Hall of Famer as a man. ... Read more

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LEATHER BOUND book accented in 22kt gold! ! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Decades: Primary Sources, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 824 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.American Decades Primary Sources provides fresh insight into the decade's most important events, people, and issues. Entries representing a diversity of views that provide insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from the decade. Also included are concise contextual information, notes about the author and further resources. American Decades Primary Sources includes chapters on the arts, medicine and health, media, education, world events, religion, government and politics, lifestyles and social trends, law and justice, religion, business and the economy, and sports. Included to provide unique perspectives and a wealth of understanding are first hand accounts that include oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoonsand recipes. ... Read more

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Terrific portrayal of Joe D
Unlike the Cramer book, this book relies heavily on firsthand anecdotes offered by people who knew Dimaggio. And it pretty much covers every aspect of his adult life. I loved it, and it allowed me to get to know the Yankee Clipper pretty well without author conjecture and hyperbole. ... Read more