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Baseball Heaven
Up Close and Personal, What It Was Really Like in the Major Leagues
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2024
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“With its personal feel and near-mystical quality, this highly recommended work will mesmerize baseball lovers and casual fans.” Library Journal, Starred Review
A behind-the-scenes look at baseball history, as told through timeless interviews with major leaguers
For fifty years, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has been interviewing some of the most fascinating figures in baseball. Their conversations are a journey back in time to the days of Ruth and Gehrig, Gehringer and Greenberg, Robinson and Reese, and Howard and Mantle, as they reflect on the sport’s greatest moments and biggest issues.
In Baseball Heaven, Golenbock brings together for the first time the most historic and captivating of these conversations. The stories range from Elden Auker remembering the day Lou Gehrig told him he was sick to Albert Happy Chandler reflecting on his decision to allow Jackie Robinson into the big leagues, from Ralph Branca discussing the home run he gave up that cost the Dodgers the pennant to Del Webb talking about why he hired Casey Stengel and why he fired him.
Baseball Heaven is baseball history at its very best. It pulls back the curtain on the major leagues to reveal inside stories, intimate reminiscences, and the friendships and rivalries that make baseball America’s Game.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-8182-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-8183-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
324
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Introduction No access
chapter one Elden Auker No access Pages 1 - 23
chapter two Elden Auker No access Pages 24 - 44
chapter three Elden Auker No access Pages 45 - 60
chapter four Johnny Pesky No access Pages 61 - 75
chapter five Albert “Happy” Chandler No access Pages 76 - 87
chapter six Del Webb No access Pages 88 - 101
chapter seven Del Webb No access Pages 102 - 122
chapter eight Ralph Branca No access Pages 123 - 144
chapter nine Ralph Branca No access Pages 145 - 163
chapter ten Bobby Thomson No access Pages 164 - 172
chapter eleven Donald Hall No access Pages 173 - 181
chapter twelve Elston Howard No access Pages 182 - 203
chapter thirteen Hot Rod Kanehl No access Pages 204 - 217
chapter fourteen Rod Kanehl No access Pages 218 - 234
chapter fifteen Dock Ellis No access Pages 235 - 263
chapter sixteen Dock Ellis No access Pages 264 - 278
chapter seventeen Gary Carter No access Pages 279 - 297
chapter eighteen Gary Carter No access Pages 298 - 310
