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Chapters: Jackie Robinson, Pete Rose, Willie Mays, Ichiro Suzuki, Frank Robinson, Johnny Bench, Mark Mcgwire, Benito Santiago, Cal Ripken, Jr., Jose Canseco, Ryan Braun, Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, Orlando Cepeda, Ryan Howard, Scott Williamson, Mike Piazza, Lou Piniella, Dick Allen, Tom Seaver, Nomar Garciaparra, David Wright, Carlton Fisk, Mark Fidrych, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Dustin Pedroia, Thurman Munson, Andre Dawson, Frank Howard, Hideo Nomo, Kerry Wood, Jason Bay, Evan Longoria, Tommie Agee, Eddie Murray, Carlos Beltrán, Tony Kubek, Rod Carew, Jeff Bagwell, Luis Aparicio, David Justice, Chuck Knoblauch, Tony Oliva, Hanley Ramírez, Justin Verlander, Alvin Dark, Eric Hinske, Willie Mccovey, Mike Hargrove, Jim Gilliam, Scott Rolen, Ozzie Guillén, Steve Sax, Dontrelle Willis, Don Newcombe, Gary Matthews, Ángel Berroa, Fred Lynn, Alfredo Griffin, Rick Sutcliffe, Ken Hubbs, Vince Coleman, Harvey Kuenn, Lou Whitaker, Sandy Alomar, Jr., Dave Righetti, Chris Chambliss, Billy Williams, Rafael Furcal, Wally Moon, Herb Score, Sam Jethroe, Tim Salmon, Joe Black, Huston Street, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Bob Horner, Bill Virdon, Walt Dropo, Bobby Crosby, Jason Jennings, Walt Weiss, Ben Grieve, Gregg Olson, Steve Howe, Roy Sievers, Ron Hansen, Jon Matlack, Raúl Mondesí, Tommy Helms, Jim Lefebvre, Pat Zachry, Jack Sanford, Gil Mcdougald, Ron Kittle, Bob Allison, Todd Worrell, Tom Tresh, Curt Blefary, Marty Cordova, Chris Sabo, Pat Listach, Earl Williams, Todd Hollandsworth, Bob Hamelin, Eric Karros, Bob Grim, Stan Bahnsen, Butch Metzger, Joe Charboneau, Al Bumbry, Alvin Davis, Don Schwall, Albie Pearson, Harry Byrd, Bake Mcbride, Carl Morton, Andrew Bailey, Gary Peters, Ted Sizemore, Jerome Walton, John Castino, John Montefusco. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 784. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. E...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16193 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on November 17, 1999. The length of the article is 1016 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. 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.

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Title: 100 años de historia.(jugadores de béisbol; personalidades)(TT: One hundred years of history.)(TA: baseball players; personalities)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 17, 1999
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 6Issue: 350Page: 16

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In a landmark work that continues the tradition established fifty years ago by the legendary Tom Meany, sports analyst David Shiner fills in the last fifty years with portraits of modern baseball’s Greats. From Aaron to Yastrzemski, Dave tells the stories of how and why the greatest players achieved so much. Filled with thrills and insights into what made them tick, Baseball’s Greatest Players is a hit in its own right. ... Read more

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Linking Baseball's Best
As we share Shiner's nostalgia, we rediscover Aaron, Mays, McCovey, Mantle, and Gibson, old heros, old memories. Baseballs Greatest Players, The Saga Continues is more than a Who's Who of baseball, it's a way of life, a catalog of events, a collection of memories. As Shiner reveals the greatest players, we, who are old enough to remember, bask in their glory and relive our own unachieved ambitions.

But Shiner does more than take us back, he bundles the past with the present and into the future, tyingthe memories together forever in our minds. McGuire's record-setting season rekindles other home run hitters: Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, even Babe Ruth. We connect to the present, even anticipate the future. McGuire's 70 home run season triggers a vision of people diving into San Francisco Bay to retrieve the balls Barry Bonds his in 2001, the year he surpassed McGuire's record.

Baseball fans will love this book, others will like it. It's clearly, simply, and accurately presented and guaranteed to stir a memory or two.

One For The Books
With the writing of Baseball's Greatest Players, author David Shiner takes a serious risk.The only thing a sports fan loves more than making a "greatest list" is arguing voluably about why the other guy's list is WRONG!One read of this book will shut down most any other greatest list's chances, and it does so with style, wit, and a healthy dose of readable fact.

In its text, Shiner's book fulfils both the needs of casual fan's interest and the SABR-members desire for solid, quantifiable statistical evidence.But it goes beyond just fact and storytelling to get to the intangibles that separate the players truly great between the white lines from those whose personality and dedication supported not just their teams, but the game itself.

Baseball, more than any other sport (though Canadian hockey fans will rightly take exception to this) carries its past with it.This continuity, this love of the game that both transcends and unites generations is served well by Shiner's writing.Buy Baseball's Greatest Players, and take it to a sports bar near you.You won't go wrong.

50 Years of Baseball's Best Players--Fun and Interesting!
It's hard not to enjoy this well written, easily readable book on baseball's best players of the past 50 years.Lively anecdotes plus comprehensive (but not boring) analysis shows exactly why these are the best players of the game.I got a kick out of remembering a lot of things I had almost forgotten, like just how good Bob Gibson was.Some of the facts are amazing, like that in the last two years Sandy Koufax pitched, there were 8 games where the Dodgers only scored one run for him--but he won 4 of them.This book also avoids wallowing in sex and drug garbage.It's a baseball book, not National Enquirer.Balanced, interesting, a really solid piece of work.

Fun & Interesting Book on Baseball
Brief synopses of baseball's best players during the past 50 years.Fun and informative.Enjoyed reading this, think others would also.

GREAT BOOK ON BASEBALL'S GREAT PLAYERS!
What an enjoyable book!I loved it.Great short biographies of the greatest baseball players from the past 50 years.For the serious baseball fan or the novice (or anyone who wants to know the story behind legendary players like Mantle and Mays, or why Ricky Henderson really IS one of the greatest players ever).Whether you are ten or eighty, this book is fun, interesting, and helps explain why millions love baseball--and their heroes!Makes a great gift for kids or adults.Exciting stories, well written. ... Read more

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Selected Baseball stories from the Sports Illustrated magazine for the year 1971. ... Read more

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Explanations of some of the major events in baseball during the sixties
Some of the best sports writing appears in Sports Illustrated and these stories are an existence proof of that. In only a few pages, the authors delve into the personality of the player and what it is that makes them worth writing about. The players and topics featured in the stories are as follows:

*) Humming a Rhapsody in Blue - a story that features the rookie year of pitching sensation Vida Blue.
*) Smash New Act of the Season - a story about the Baltimore Orioles in 1966, when newly acquired Frank Robinson was teamed with Brooks Robinson and together they were destroying opposing pitching.
*) Leading Man: Wondrous Willie - a story about how slugger Willie Mays was moved to the leadoff spot in the batting order at the start of the 1969 season.
*) The Season of the Zero Hero - a story about the 1968 season, when pitchers totally dominated the game and runs were very hard to come by.
*) Henry Raps One for History - a story about Henry Aaron knocking out his 3,000 hit.
*) Pursuit of N. 60: The Ordeal of Roger Maris - a story describing the extreme stress that Roger Maris went through in 1961, the year he broke the single season homerun mark of Babe Ruth.
*) Sandy Makes a Pitch for Posterity - a story describing the sensational year that Sandy Koufax was having in 1965 and his ongoing and severe health problems.
*) On the Trail of a Hero - a story about a day in the life of superstar Mickey Mantle.
*) The Longest Hitting Streak in History - a story about the 56 game hitting streak of Joe Dimaggio.
*) No More Jokes - as story about the amazing season of 1969, when the Mets "lost" last place.
*) Virtue is Rewarded - a story of 1967, when the Red Sox rose up from mediocrity to win the pennant.
*) The Mouse Who Builds Mountains - a story about the 1965 Dodgers, a team that had was anemic when it came to offensive prowess.
*) A Head for a Triple Crown - a story about the 1970 season of slugger Harmon Killebrew, where he suddenly began hitting for average.

Baseball is about many things and personalities are one of the important ones. These stories go behind the front and illustrate some of the reasons why unusual events took place.
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Here are the exciting Major League Players of "today" (1962), their inside stories, their lifetime records and an 8-page who's who picture section. The thrill packed 1962 World Series. ... 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 3910 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