Tales from the Dugout The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told

by Shannon, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780809229505
• ISBN10: 0809229501
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Batter up--here comes the most memorable collection of anecdotes about the national pastime ever assembled.Tales from the Dugoutbrings together never-before-told stories from baseball personalities such as Roger Maris, Ken Griffey Jr., Pete Rose, Phil Rizzuto, and Gaylord Perry in this illustrated, one-of-a-kind compendium.

Author Biography

Mike Shannon is the editor of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine and the author of five baseball books, including Diamond Classics: Essays on 100 of the Best Baseball Books and Baseball: The Writer's Game.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Sparky Anderson	p. 1
Autographs	p. 3
Bats	p. 8
Tim Belcher	p. 11
Yogi Berra	p. 13
Birds	p. 17
Wade Boggs	p. 20
Books	p. 22
Oil Can Boyd	p. 26
Gene Brabender	p. 27
Bobby Bragan	p. 28
George Brett	p. 29
Broadcasters	p. 33
Jay Buhner	p. 37
Casey Candaele	p. 39
Steve Carlton	p. 41
Roger Clemens	p. 43
Flea Clifton	p. 45
Collecting	p. 47
Scott Cooper	p. 53
Cooperstown	p. 54
Pat Darcy	p. 58
Delino DeShields	p. 59
Rob Dibble	p. 60
Don Drysdale	p. 61
Ebbets Field	p. 64
Bob Feller	p. 66
Cecil Fielder	p. 69
Charlie Finley	p. 72
Nellie Fox	p. 73
Ken Griffey Jr.	p. 77
Alfredo Griffin	p. 80
Harvey Haddix	p. 82
Wild Bill Hagy	p. 83
Jay Hook	p. 84
Charlie Hough	p. 86
Catfish Hunter	p. 88
Brian Kingman	p. 90
Sandy Koufax	p. 91
Tommy Lasorda	p. 95
Mickey Mantle	p. 97
Roger Maris	p. 99
Billy Martin	p. 103
Mascots	p. 105
Willie Mays	p. 109
The Mets of 1986	p. 113
The Minor Leagues	p. 115
Kevin Mitchell	p. 127
Don Mossi	p. 129
Thurman Munson	p. 132
Hideo Nomo	p. 135
Bob Ojeda	p. 136
Junior Ortiz	p. 137
Amos Otis	p. 139
Gaylord Perry	p. 141
Mike Piazza	p. 145
The Press Box	p. 146
Kirby Puckett	p. 149
Dick Radatz	p. 151
Replacement Players	p. 152
Branch Rickey	p. 155
Jose Rijo	p. 158
Mickey Rivers	p. 160
Phil Rizzuto	p. 162
Brooks Robinson	p. 164
Rookies	p. 166
Pete Rose	p. 169
Nolan Ryan	p. 175
Salary Negotiations and Contracts	p. 180
Tim Salmon	p. 184
Steve Sax	p. 185
Marge Schott	p. 187
Tom Selleck	p. 189
The '68 Tigers	p. 190
George Steinbrenner	p. 197
Casey Stengel	p. 199
Dick Stuart	p. 203
Tiger Stadium	p. 204
Trivia	p. 207
The Ugly American World Series	p. 209
Umpires	p. 211
Bob Veale	p. 219
Larry Walker	p. 221
Earl Weaver	p. 223
Ed Whitson	p. 227
Anthony Young	p. 229
Index	p. 231
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