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Author: Kevin Nelson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439145156 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
A grand slam of a book. The sequel to the bestselling Baseball’s Greatest Insults, with hilarious put-downs and outrageous wisecracks about America’s national pastime. There are no lyrical passages here, no fond reminiscences about childhood games, no tributes to "inspiring" players. Too much real stuff has happened since Kevin Nelson collected Baseball's Greatest Insults in 1984. This hilarious all-star review reveals how the players, managers, umpires, owners, and the sports media really feel about one another.
Author: Kevin Nelson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439145156 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
A grand slam of a book. The sequel to the bestselling Baseball’s Greatest Insults, with hilarious put-downs and outrageous wisecracks about America’s national pastime. There are no lyrical passages here, no fond reminiscences about childhood games, no tributes to "inspiring" players. Too much real stuff has happened since Kevin Nelson collected Baseball's Greatest Insults in 1984. This hilarious all-star review reveals how the players, managers, umpires, owners, and the sports media really feel about one another.
Author: Ed Edmonds Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476629064 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 336
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Baseball and law have intersected since the primordial days. In 1791, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ordinance prohibited ball playing near the town's meeting house. Ball games on Sundays were barred by a Pennsylvania statute in 1794. In 2015, a federal court held that baseball's exemption from antitrust laws applied to franchise relocations. Another court overturned the conviction of Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice. A third denied a request by rooftop entrepreneurs to enjoin the construction of a massive video screen at Wrigley Field. This exhaustive chronology traces the effects the law has had on the national pastime, both pro and con, on and off the field, from the use of copyright to protect not only equipment but also "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" to frequent litigation between players and owners over contracts and the reserve clause. The stories of lawyers like Kenesaw Mountain Landis and Branch Rickey are entertainingly instructive.
Author: Rick Swaine Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786476540 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 247
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This book profiles forty major league ballplayers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading careers. Details of each comeback is provided along with a summary of the player's career. The comeback players range from Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Stan Musial; to near-greats like Tommy John and Luis Tiant; to journeyman performers like George McQuinn and Tony Cuccinello. In the absence of statistical standards to evaluate or even define comebacks, the selection of the top comeback players was based on the following criteria: historical significance, uniqueness, dramatic content, degree of difficulty, and the player's overall reputation and standing.
Author: Leonard Mogel Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9780883622087 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 316
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This premiere edition from Leonard Mogel provides up-to-date "snapshots"--with data, forecasts, and analyses--of career opportunities in the worlds of publishing, communications, media, and entertainment. A veteran of the printing, publishing, and movie industries, Mogel offers dozens of specific career tips and many interviews with experts in each field. Offering visions of "dream" jobs with a healthy dose of perspective and wisdom, this volume is intended for readers interested in pursuing careers in media and entertainment.
Author: Publisher: McFarland ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 282
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More than any other sport, baseball has become a ubiquitous part of popular culture in the United States. Even nonfans can be heard using the game's terminology to describe everyday situations. Writings on the sport reflect the nature of society, from sobering statistical studies to business analyses, from acclaimed novels on the sport to poetry about the game. The 4,500 works here are arranged by 25 broad categories, such as art, commercialization, drug use and abuse, ethnic diversity, heroic images, humor, innovation and change, songs, American values, and women in baseball. Compiled from a wide range of magazines, journals, newspapers, and books, the work gives full bibliographic information for each entry. Comprehensive author and subject indexes are provided for further ease of use.
Author: Brandon Toropov Publisher: Citadel Press ISBN: 9780806518541 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 198
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Right. For two and a half decades, Yankee boss George Steinbrenner has gone out of his way to find new ways to make baseball both interesting and infuriating. What can you say about an owner who ... - pays gambler Howie Spira to try to track down unsavory information on outfielder Dave Winfield? - fires Dick Howser, the manager who guided the New York Yankees to their best regular-season record since 1963? - leaks uncomplimentary facts about his own players to the press? - nurtures a codependent relationship with the late Billy Martin, eventually hiring (and firing) the Brash One five times? - composes, and distributes to the New York media, a press release attacking his own manager, Lou Piniella, for missing a phone call? - so enrages Yogi Berra that the Hall of Famer has sworn never to reenter Yankee stadium until someone else owns the team? - goes through managers the way other people go through Kleenex? - leads Jay Leno to call Saddam Hussein the "Steinbrenner of Iraq"? Well, there certainly is one thing to say: George Steinbrenner is the most hated man in major league baseball. With this book in hand you will find yourself laughing, crying, and cursing -- sometimes all at once. And remember... The only good thing about having power is that you can use it to help other people. - Steinbrenner expounding his personal philosophy, circa 1982 Okay, George, and I'm sure you have a bridge to sell us.
Author: Kevin Nelson
Author: Kevin Nelson
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Author: Rick Swaine
Author: Leonard Mogel
Author: Leonard Mogel
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Author: Brandon Toropov