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Don Zimmer had his first taste of baseball glory in 1948 as a member of a national champion American Legion team. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers, only to have his career—and life—threatened when he was beaned in a minor league game in 1953.
After a miraculous recovery, he went on to play for Brooklyn's only world-championship team in 1955, the L.A. Dodgers' first world-championship team four years later, and as an original
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 451 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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In this revelatory biography, Allen Barra presents Yogi's remarkable life as never seen before, from his childhood in "Dago Hill, " the Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, to his leading role on the 1949-53 Yankees, the only team to win five consecutive World Series, to the travails of the '64 pennant race, through his epic battles and final peace with George Steinbrenner. Features one hundred photos and countless "Yogi-isms."
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Traces the ... story of Merl Eberly and his Clarinda A's baseball team, which he tended over the course of five decades, transforming them from a town team to a collegiate summer league powerhouse. Along with Ozzie Smith, future manager Bud Black, and star player Von Hayes, Merl developed scores of major league players (six of which are currently playing). In the process, Merl taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility"--Dust...
Publisher
Detour Filmproduction
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A profile of University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in any sport in NCAA Division I history. He is the winner of five National Championships (3 at Cal State Fullerton and 2 at UT) and the only coach to win National Championships in four different decades and at two different schools. The film examines this remarkable coach's career and unique approach to teaching the game with unprecedented access to his team meetings,...
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