Roger Maris Baseball's Reluctant Hero

Name: Roger Maris Baseball's Reluctant Hero
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ISBN: 9781416589297

ISBN-10: 1416589295

ISBN-13: 9781416589297

Edition: 2010

Authors: Tom Clavin, Danny Peary

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The definitive biography of the baseball legend who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record - the natural way - and withstood a firestorm of media criticism to become one of his era's preeminent players. ROGER MARIS may be the greatest ballplayer no one really knows. In 1961, the soft-spoken man from the frozen plains of North Dakota enjoyed one of the most amazing seasons in baseball history, when he outslugged his teammate Mickey Mantle to become the game's natural home-run king. It was Mantle himself who said, "Roger was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was." Yet Maris was vilified by fans and the press and has never received his due from biographers - until…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 5/10/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Prologue: October 1, 1961



The Marases and Mariches



Leaving Minnesota



Family Turmoil



Settling in Fargo



A Schoolboy Sensation



A Pro



Making a Name for Himself



Defiance



A Title and a Wedding Ring



The Rookie



Traded



At Home in Kansas City



The All-Star



The New Yankee



An Instant Star



A Pennant



The MVP



The M&M Boys



Challenging Ruth



The Asterisk



The Unrelenting Press



Down the Stretch



Babe Ruth's Ghost



Making History



World Champions



The Burden of Celebrity



The Unappreciated Superstar



A Second Ring



The Villain



Breaking Down



The Yankees' Last Hurrah



The Betrayal



Rock Bottom



Redemption in St.Louis



The Final Season



Family Man



Number 9



The Final Out



The Legacy


Postscript


Acknowledgments


Appendix: 61 in 1961; Career Stats


Selected Bibliography


Index