Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else

Name: Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
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ISBN: 9780743284905

ISBN-10: 0743284909

ISBN-13: 9780743284905

Edition: 2008

Authors: Rob Neyer

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The latest and greatest in ESPN.com baseball guru Rob Neyer's Big Book series,Legendsis a highly entertaining guide to baseball fables that have been handed down through generations. The well-told baseball story has long been a staple for baseball fans. InRob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends, Neyer breathes new life into both classic and obscure stories throughout twentieth-century baseball -- stories that, while engaging on their own, also tell us fascinating things about their main characters and about the sport's incredibly rich history. With his signature style, Rob gets to the heart of every anecdote, working through the particulars with careful research drawn from a variety of…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.37" wide x 9.13" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Rob Neyer has been writing a daily baseball column for ESPN.com, the most popular sports site on the Web, since 1996. He is the coauthor of "Baseball Dynasties".



Foreword


Preface


1903 Rube Waddell & Beans


1914 Bill Brennan & Grover Land


1923 Clarence ""Climax"" Blethen


1960 Tommy Lasorda & God


1977-1988 Ron Guidry & Willie Wilson


1991-2005 Greg Maddux & Jeff Bagwell


1933 Mel Ott, Ed Brandt & Walter Stewart


1915-1923 Ty Cobb & Carl Mays


Shoulders of Giants


Taken from the Pages of SABR Journals


1952 Johnny Sain & Satchel Paige


1953 Browns Finish...Barely


1922 Browns & Yankees


1922-1927 Fred Haney & Babe Ruth


1918 Babe Ruth & Lee Fohl


1962 John Felske & Hal Jeff