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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends
Rob Neyer
The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
Fireside
April 2008
On Sale: April 1, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 0743284909
EAN: 9780743284905
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The latest and greatest in ESPN.com baseball guru Rob
Neyer's Big Book series, Legends is 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. In Rob 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
primary sources. For each story, he asks: Did this really
happen? Did it happen, sort of? Or was the story simply the
wild invention of someone's imagination? Among the scores of
legends Neyer questions and investigates... - Did an
errant Bob Feller pitch really destroy the career of a
National League All-Star?
- Did Greg Maddux mean to
give up a long blast to Jeff Bagwell?
- Was Fred Lynn
the clutch player he thinks he was?
- Did Tommy
Lasorda have a direct line to God?
- Did Negro
Leaguer Gene Benson really knock Indians second baseman
Johnny Berardino out of baseball and into General
Hospital?
- Did Billy Martin really outplay Jackie
Robinson every time they met?
- Oh, and what about
Babe Ruth's "Called Shot"?
Rob checks each
story, separates the truths from the myths, and places their
fascinating characters into the larger historical context.
Filled with insider lore and Neyer's sharp wit and insights,
this is an exciting addition to a superb series and an
essential read for true fans of our national pastime.
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