Baseball's Good Guys: The Real Heroes of the Game

by Walsh, Jack

• ISBN13: 9781582617220
• ISBN10: 1582617228
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

From Lou Gehrig to Derek Jeter, here are 26 players, including one woman, fans will want to get to know better because of their courage, determination, charity, and sacrifice.

Author Biography

Jack Walsh and Marshall J. Cook are avid baseball fans and prolific authors. Cook is also the author of 20 other books, he teaches writing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Outreach. Walsh recently retired as a finance officer for the Department of Health and Human Services in Boston and is now a freelance writer and tax consultant

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Always Right on Time	1	(6)
Buck O'Neill
The Iron Horse with a Lion's Heart	7	(7)
Lou Gehrig
Keeping the Faith	14	(16)
Hank Greenberg
Duty Calls	30	(14)
Ted Williams
Baseball's Most Valuable Player	44	(12)
Jackie Robinson
He Was Never Really Second	56	(9)
Larry Doby
The Heart and Soul of a Team	65	(7)
Roy Campanella
The Newark Eagle Soars	72	(5)
Monte Irvin
Baseball Interrupted	77	(7)
Jimmy Piersall
Pitching in on the Road to Capitol Hill	84	(9)
Jim Bunning
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Life Begins After Baseball	93	(7)
Ryne Duren
Grace Under Pressure	100	(12)
Henry Aaron
The Greatest Moment in Baseball History	112	(15)
Sandy Koufax
Making the World a Better Place	127	(6)
Roberto Clemente
What Might Have Been	133	(9)
Herb Score
A Survivor---On and Off the Field	142	(10)
Joe Torre
Second Chances	152	(9)
Tommy John
Don't Call Him Catfish	161	(9)
Jim Hunter
Baseball's New Iron Man Restores the Game's Glory	170	(13)
Cal Ripken Jr.
Praising God All the Way	183	(9)
Dave Dravecky
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down	192	(6)
Jim Eisenreich
Reluctant Role Model	198	(7)
Jim Abbott
A Long Way from Shining Shoes	205	(11)
Sammy Sosa
Hitting for Extra Bases On and Off the Field	216	(5)
Carlos Delgado
Turning Two Is a Family Matter	221	(8)
Derek Jeter
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down	229	(10)
Ila Borders
The Voice of the Dodgers	239	(9)
Vin Scully
Unmasking Homophobia	248	(8)
Dave Pallone
The Chicken Runs at Midnight	256
Rich Donnelly