Ted and Joe : Players' Memories of Two Icons

by Valerino, John

• ISBN13: 9781595715142
• ISBN10: 1595715142
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-11
• Publisher: Word Assn Pub

Summary

Baseball devotee John Valerino of Lakeland, Florida is back with his second baseball book, Ted Joe, Players' Memories of Two Icons, with a special introduction by none other than the great Yogi Berra. In this book, Valerino puts it all out there for fansthe behind-the-scenes stuff, the stats, the many photos and the opinions of their famous teammates as well as their rivals. Readers will be enthralled by stories collected from the likes of Whitey Ford, Bob Feller, George Kell, Mickey Vernon, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio, and Bobby Doerr among the many featured in Valerino's book. Fans who love the post-war era of Williams and DiMaggio and even those who just love baseball will find that this book is for them. It's as rich and atmospheric as those afternoon double-headers. In the words of the oft-quoted Yogi Berra, "This book is the next-best-thing to knowing them]]" Although Berra does concede, as only he can do, that "Ted was Ted and Joe was Joe."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
Joe DiMaggio up close	p. 9
Ted Williams up close	p. 17
DiMaggio's streak ends at 56 in Cleveland	p. 25
Williams chases 400 on the final day	p. 49
Teammates and rivals remember Ted & Joe	p. 67
DiMaggio finally enters the Hall of Fame	p. 153
Williams gets the call from the Hall	p. 159
The DiMaggio-Williams feud in 1949	p. 167
Ted & Joe said it	p. 173
Ted & Joe by the numbers	p. 177
About the Author	p. 193
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