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• Towering figures
• Marie Taglioni
• Anna Pavlova
• Vaslav Nijinsky
• Isadora Duncan
• Martha Graham
• Margot Fonteyn
• Sir Frederick Ashton
• George Balanchine
• Of steps and their authorship
• Music makes me
• The rehearsal room
• Coaches and teachers
• Hands and things that can fill them
• Balletomania and other thrills
• Inspiration
• Seductions attempted, surmised, and completed
• Critical lines
• Turning points
• From stage to page
• Fauna
• Scandals
• Touring
• The theaters
• Costumes, footgear, and hair do's and don'ts
• Make-up
• Conductors
• Dancing and related theatrical professions
• Dancing and the movies
• Injuries, maladies, misfortunes, and cures
• On partnering and partnerships
• A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound
• Stagecraft
• Big pictures.

Mindy Aloff, a leading dance critic who has written for "The Nation", "The New Republic", and "The New Yorker", has brought together here a marvelous book of stories by and about dancers - entertaining and informative anecdotes that capture the boundless variety and richness of dance as an art, a tradition, a profession, a pastime, an obsession, a reality, and, for the dancer, an ideal. George Balanchine is here, and so are Fred Astaire, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Savion Glover, Martha Graham, and Lola Montez, and also stars from other arts - such as Akira Kurosawa and Bob Dylan - who have spoken about dancing with wit or illumination. There are stories about Irene and Vernon Castle, Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, Paul Taylor and Mark Morris. We read about the charisma and spontaneity of Anna Pavlova, about the secret to Vaslav Nijinsky's success ("I worked like an ox and I lived like a martyr"), about George Balanchine racing to a union dispute with a bag of dimes. Many of the stories are amusing, but some are rueful, even sad, and a few are dark. Aloff concludes the volume with an essay about how dancing has been able to record its past, sometimes over centuries, and about how the art of the dancer, apparently as ephemeral in performance as cloud patterns, turns out, when conditions are hospitable, to be much more hardy and resilient than many people suppose. A glorious promenade of stories that stretch as far back as classical times and as far afield as Japan, India, and Java, this superb collection will be treasured by everyone who loves dance, whether young or old.
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• Warehouse white noise
• The "Palm Springs of Washington"
• Ganas in Carver Country
• Getting out
• Walla Walla walkabouts
• Cold feet
• The arrival
• Tree noodles
• "Indian time"
• La Cruz de Campos
• Glacier dip
• Washington gray
• Goldendale
• An X-Man
• Apache medicine
• Cougar country
• City-slicker natives
• Tlaloc in L.A.
• Southern fire
• Main in the maze
• Running the wrong way
• The devil's coffin
• El chapito
• Deer runners
• Chihuahua
• Touch of treasure
• The rebirth story
• Nayarit
• Mangoes
• Santo coyote
• Hardware store
• Weaving words
• The flying men of Teotihuacán
• Descending eagle
• Oaxaca
• Zapatistas : rebel country
• Acteal
• Guatemala
• Old orchard
• Today

"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Dené, Secwépemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Purépecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own, Álvarez writes about a four-month-long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear--dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion--but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities. Running through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind, Álvarez forges a new relationship with the land, and with the act of running, carrying with him the knowledge of his parents' migration, and--against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit--the dream of a liberated future."--Amazon.com

In The Art of a Beautiful Game, Chris Ballard, the award-winning Sports Illustrated writer who has covered the NBA for the past decade, goes behind the scenes to examine basketball in ways that will surprise even die-hard fans. An inveterate hoops junkie who played some college ball, Ballard sits down with the NBA's most passionate, cerebral players to find out their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them, taking readers away from the usual sports talk radio fodder and deep into the heart of the game. Ballard talks to Dwight Howard, a prolific shot-blocker, about the enervating feeling of meeting another man at the height of his leap; challenges Steve Kerr to a game of H-O-R-S-E to understand the mentality of a pure shooter; reveals the roots of Kobe Bryant's unmatched killer instinct; and spends time with LeBron James to better understand both his mental game and his seemingly unlimited physical skills. He tracks down renowned dunkers from Dominique to Shaq to explore the impact of the dunk on the modern game, shadows Shane Battier during his preparations to defend LeBron, takes lessons from a freethrow shooting guru who once hit 2,750 in a row, and attends an elite NBA training camp to feel the pain that turns a prospect into a pro. Packed with lively characters and basketball history, and grounded in superb writing and the reportage that is the hallmark of Sports Illustrated, The Art of a Beautiful Game is an often witty, always insightful look at the men like Steve Nash, Yao Ming, and Alonzo Mourning who devote themselves to this elegant and complicated sport. It ultimately provides basketball fans what they all want: an inside read on the game they love.
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• Preliminar
• Mas de un siglo de béisbol
• Primer estadio: la Glorieta San Carlos
• Fraternal encuentro triangular
• Los "Negros viejos" juegan entre sí
• Me retiro... por si acaso
• ¿Calentar el brazo? No, enfriarlo
• ¿Base intencional? No, ¡Jonrón!
• Estadio Vidal, templo del béisbol en los años treinta y cuarenta del siglo XX
• Con pitchers no, sin ellos sí
• De cómo un foul fue bola buena
• La chispa de Chiflán Clark
• La falta del mejor determinó la victoria
• La expulsión de un árbitro por un pelotero
• No más intentos de robar segundan-- Si somos menos tocamos a más
• Un error inolvidable
• Y Carlos Rey tumbó la cerca sin soltar la pelota
• Mayúscula sorpresa
• Cero hit, cero carrera
• El juego primero y la novia después
• Expreso Oriente, campeón en 1941
• Hermanas Galano, ¡jonroneras!
• No quedo nadie en el terreno
• ¿Pelotevos o equipaje?
• Estadio Municipal, antecedente más cercano del Julio Antonio Mella
• Campeones con el equipo del Central Rosario
• Curbeira y el segundo cero a cero
• La caricatura de un campeonato
• Los terrenos de pelota abiertos
• El "viejito" ponchó a veinte bateadores
• ¿Un jonrón o dos?
• Out en la goma, pero
• Saque al blanquito o nojuego más
• Un abusador me privó de un buen juego
• Valió la pena el sacrificio
• Y el yanqui no pudo burlarse de los tuneros
• La primera Liga de los Cubanitos
• El más inesperado de los ponches
• Los Titancitos
• Excelente espectáculo en un juego de barrio
• Triste regalo de cumpleaños
• La doble victoria del tamalero
• Brazo fracturado al intentar una curva
• Los cubanitos después de 1959
• Quien no oye consejos...
• La alegría que echó por tierra un hit
• ¿por qué Meteoro Oriental?
• La indisciplina costó una derrota
• Tercer cero hit, cero carrera
• Una avioneta decidió el juego
• El clásico pelotero de placer
• La disciplina es vital
• Un jonrón inolvidable
• La pizarra perdió los números
• La culpa fue de... la vaca
• El primer trio de campeones con Orientales
• La estrella no pudo en el box, pero sí al bate
• Confusión en la pizarra, pero hubo un nuevo récord
• El cuarto choque sin hit ni carrera
• El quinto cero a cero en la historia de la pelota tunera
• El sexto cero a cero fue de José Miguel Báez
• Consiguió Damichel Gonzålez séptimo cero a cero
• El juego perfecto de Róger Cuevas
• La extraordinaria hazaña del zurdo Josvel Céspedes
• José Rafael Santana logró el tercer juego perfecto
• El cuarto juego perfecto lo tiró un juvenil
• Lluvia de récords y explosión unica de un narrador
• Sufrió Las Tunas único juego perfecto al máximo nivel en Cuba.

El béisbol ha sido, desde tiempos inmemorales parte de la identidad nacional, por ello Juan Emilio Batista nos regala crónicas y anécdotas de más de cien años de su práctica en Las Tunas, Con la fe de que esta pequeña muestra sirva para entender por qué nuestras grandes luminarias, desde Eleodoror Yoyo, Diaz; Cleveland, Chiflan, Clark, hasta Eliécer Velázquez, Félix Núñez, José Miguel Båezy los Urrutia constituyen paradigmas para el pueblo. De la pelota tunera..., revela, en muchos casos desde la experiencia personal del autor, la razón por la cual el deporte de las bolas y los strikes es el preferido de los habitantes del Balcön del Oriente Cubano.

• Ich Radle, Also Bin Ich
• Etappe : Ich - Extrem-Radfahrer
• Weil man auf dem Rad das Glück erfährt
• Weil man auf dem Rad immer neue Er-fahrungen macht
• Weil Radfahrer lernen, auf ihre Körper zu hören
• Weil man als Radfahrer vom Wind etwas lernen kann
• Weil Radfahrer Individualisten sind
• Weil der extreme Radfahrer Grenzerfahrungen macht
• Weil man als Radfahrer fremde Länder und fremde Sitten kennenlernt
• Weil man als Radfahrer auch im Wald keine Angst mehr hat
• Etappe : Wie Alles Begann und Welchen Sinn es Hat
• Weil sich jeder an das erste Mal erinnern kann
• Weil (fast) jeder Radfahren lernen kann
• Weil man auf dem Fahrrad keinen Ballast mitnehmen kann
• Weil Radfah-ren körperlich und geistigßt hält
• Weil Radfahrer den Rausch der Geschwindigkeit erleben
• Weil man als Radfahrer in verrückte Situationen gerät
• Weil man als Rad-fahrer die Polizei verspotten kann
• Weil für Radfahrer die Unschuldsvermutung gilt
• Etappe : das Rad als Solches
• Weil man Fahrräder noch selbst reparieren kann
• Weil jedes Fahrrad unverwechsel-bar ist
• Weil Fahrräder so alt wie Galapagos-Schildkröten werden können
• Weil man Fahrräder so leicht pflegen kann
• Weil der Besuch im Fahrradgeschäft ein emotiona-les Erlebnis ist
• Weil man als Radfahrer mit Helm lustig aussieht
• Etappe : vor- und Nachteile des Radfahrens
• Weil man als Radfahrer die wahren Feinde erkennt
• Weil man als Radfahrer vielen Verführungen ausgesetzt ist
• Weil man vom Radfahren süchtig wird
• Weil man sich als Radfahrer häutet und verjüngt
• Weil man als Radfahrer den Unterschied zwischen Kämpfer und Krieger erkennt
• Weil man sein Fahrrad auch tragen kann
• Weil Radfahren das Selbstvertrauen stärkt
• Weil man beim Radfahren träumen und denken kann
• Weil das Fahrrad ideal für Fitnessmuffel ist
• Weil man beim Radfah-ren nicht rauchen kann
• Weil Radfahren ein gutes Mittel gegen Computersucht ist
• Etappe : Metaphysik des Radfahrens
• Weil man sich als Radfahrer frei entscheiden kann
• Weil das Radfahren zu einer Entkrampfung der Sitten beiträgt
• Weil das Fahrrad zur Selbstbestimmung der Frauen beitrug
• Weil man sich als Radfahrer auch verkleiden kann
• Weil das Fahr-rad die Erfindung des Flugzeugs inspirierte (und leider auch die des Autos)
• Weil man als Radfahrer kein Schmarotzer ist
• Weil man als Radfahrer keine Bonuskarten braucht
• Etappe : Tour de Wolga I
• Weil der Radfahrer weiß, wie kostbar Wasser ist
• Weil man als Radfahrer etwas lernen kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer Vorurteile widerlegen kann
• Weil Radfahrer auch von Kohlekumpels akzeptiert werden
• Weil dem Radfahrer das wahre Leben gezeigt wird
• Weil man ah Radfahrer jederzeit eingeladen wird
• Etappe : Komm ins Offene, Freund!
• Weil man als Radfahrer Unterschiede erkennt und sein Gehör schult
• Weil Radfahrer das Geheimnis der Langsamkeit kennen
• Weil man beim Radfahren Geld spart
• Weil einem Radfahrer fast immer geholfen wird
• Weil Radfahren eine Form der Medita-tion ist
• Weil man beim Radfahren immer wieder überrascht wird
• Weil man beim Radfahren Musik und Geschichten hören kann
• Weil das Radfahren zum Dichten verführt
• Weil man beim Radfahren kostenlos singen kann
• Etappe : Tour de Wolga II
• Weil man als Radfahrer auch Steinzeitmenschen trifft
• Weil man als Radfahrer nachts am Ufer der Wolga träumen kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer auch nachts noch vernünftige Ideen hat
• Weil man vom Radfahren Appetit bekommt
• Weil das Rad-fahren den sozialen Zusammenhalt stärkt
• Etappe : Kulturgeschichtliches
• Weil man Radball spielen kann
• Weil man Radpolo spielen kann
• Weil Radfahren auch Kunst sein kann
• Weil auch mehrere Personen auf einem Radfahren können
• Weil man auch im Wohnzimmer Radfahren kann
• Weil man auch liegend Rad fahren kann
• Weil man auch in der Luft Rad fahren kann
• Weil man Geschicklich-keitsrennen fahren kann
• Weil das Fahrrad vielseitig verwendbar ist
• Etappe : Helden
• Weil man Tag-Nacht-Etappen fahren kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer Extreme im-mer noch steigern kann
• Weil man im Winter auf dem Baikalsee Radfahren kann
• Weil man auf dem Fahrrad um die Erde radeln kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer lernt, die Langeweile auszuhalten
• Weil man beim Radfahren fotografieren kann
• Weil man beim Radfahren Alkohol trinken kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer zur Revolte aufrufen kann
• Obwohl die Tour de France ein Freiluftexperiment der internatio-nalen Pharmaindustrie ist
• Obwohl Jan Ullrich ein Quäntchen Wahnsinn fehlte
• Weil man als Radfahrer ein gespaltenes Verhältnis zu den Zahlen hat
• Weil man vom Radfahren müde wird
• Weil man als Radfahrer so schön schauspielern kann
• Weil Radfahren die Filmkunst bereichert
• Weil das Fahrrad in der Literatur ein wichtiges Requisit ist
• Etappe : Tour de Wolga III
• Weil man als Radfahrer auch Pilger sein kann
• Weil man als Radfahrer erfährt, was Kommunismus ist
• Weil man als Radfahrer von armenischen Boxern nicht verprü-gelt wird
• Obwohl man auch als Radfahrer überfallen werden kann
• Obwohl man als Radfahrer böse stürzen kann
• Weil Radfahren die Umwelt schont
• Weil Fahrräder so schöne Namen haben
• Weil man als Radfahrer Zeus kitzeln kann
• Weil Radfahrer auf andere wie Traumtänzer wirken
• Weil Radfahrer auch die kleinen Plagegeister gern ertragen
• Weil Radfahrer Momente der Kristallisation lieben
• Weil man als Radfahrer leicht berühmt wird
• Etappe : die Politik des Fahrrads
• Weil der Besuch von Fahrradmessen spannend ist
• Weil man auf dem Fahrrad die deutsche Geschichte erfahren kann
• Weil es schön ist, sich zu verirren
• Weil man über Radfahrer Witze erzählen kann
• Weil der ADFC eine nützliche Organisation ist
• Obwohl die Radfahrer aus der Straßenverkehrsordnung gestrichen wurden
• Weil auch Verkehrsminister manchmal Unsinn erzählen
• Etappe : die Politik des Fahrrads
• Weil der Besuch von Fahrradmessen spannend ist
• Weil man auf dem Fahrrad die deutsche Geschichte erfahren kann
• Weil es schön ist, sich zu verirren
• Weil man über Radfahrer Witze erzählen kann
• Weil der ADFC eine nützliche Organisation ist
• Obwohl die Radfahrer aus der Straßenverkehrsordnung gestrichen wurden
• Weil auch Verkehrsminister manchmal Unsinn erzählen-ker sind
• Weil Radfahren auch im Hagelsturm Spaß macht
• Weil langes Radfahren berauschend wirkt
• Obwohl Radfahren ein Flirt mit dem Tod ist
• Weil man sich als Radfahrer auf die Zukunft freuen kann
• Weil das Rad rund ist
• Weil das Leben schön ist
• Danksagung, Literatur
• Quellenangaben.

"This engrossing memoir chronicles the journey of a boy with a fanatical mountain-guide father who was determined to instill toughness in his son to a teen whose obsessive nature drove him to the top of the sport-climbing circuit. Caldwell's affinity for adventure then led him to the vertigo-inducing and little understood world of big wall free climbing. But his evolution as a climber was not without challenges; in his early twenties, he was held hostage by militants in a harrowing ordeal in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Soon after, he lost his left index finger in an accident. Later his wife, and main climbing partner, left him. Caldwell emerged from these hardships with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He set his sights on free climbing El Capitan s biggest, steepest, blankest face the Dawn Wall. This epic assault took more than seven years, during which time Caldwell redefined the sport, found love again, and became a father."--Jacket.

On author's reminiscences about his life as a sports journalist and brief biography of some famous cricket players from India and Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

BBC sports presenter Mark Chapman is no longer in his physical prime. There is an argument to suggest he has never been in his physical prime. Now in his forties, he is facing a world of knee replacements and ever-expanding waistlines, whilst his children are thriving. There is huge pride that they are doing so well, mixed with a fair amount of jealousy that actually they are better at a wide range of sport than he ever was. He is passionate about sport and it has played a huge part in his life. His parents encouraged him from a very early age and he wants to pass the baton on to his son and daughters. Although there is every chance he might drop it and have a massive strop instead. He is also very aware of the huge changes in sport today compared to when he was growing up; and he is determined that his own attitude to his son and daughters' sport - be it football, netball, cricket or gymnastics - will be exactly the same. And he wants to shine a light on grass roots sports - the incredible and largely unsung contribution that volunteers make in the sporting commnity, without whom - for example - no professional footballer would be in the game today. Funny, touching, passionate about sport and parenthood, Mark Chapman paints sport as a touchstone for everything important: growing up, becoming a parent, enjoying family time, getting old, learning how to win (and how to lose gracefully), the legacy we all hope to leave our children; in short, life and all that goes into it.
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• Preface Minutes-Southern California Falconry Club Lessons from the Edge Letter to Dave and Ann Croft Introduction to Climbing and Surfing in the 1950s Remember That Big Storm The Master's Apprentice The North Wall of Mount Edith Cavell Quarter Dome - North Face Modern Yosemite Climbing Sentinel Rock: A New Direct North Wall Route Personal Notes from the North American Wall Muir Wall - El Capitan Letter to Malinda Pennoyer Fun Hogs Thoughts on Climbing in the Kaisergeberg Coonyard Mouths Off Das Tent Letter to Ken Wilson, Mountain Magazine, Chouinard Cerro Torre On Tump Lines All That Glitters Isn't Gold Coonyard Mouths Off - Part II Salsipuedes Excerpts from Climbing Ice My Life on Ice The Myth of Powder Pinhead's Progress One-Way Trip on the Clarks Fork 'Opihi Man by Claire Chouinard and The Rest of the Story Dear Mum The Secret Weapon Seaweed Salad Attack of the Killer Limpets Eat da Bait! Bad Day at Flat Rock Further Adventures with the Atoll Man: A Month at Sea and on Land Foreword to No Bad Waves Dear Claire A Miracle in Calcutta Dear Mister President Why Voting Is Not a Waste of Time An Introduction to Glenn Exum Memorial for Dick Pownal Eulogy for Bruce Hill Why a Tools Conference, Patagonia's Tools for Grassroots Activist We Lost a Chief - Doug Tompkins Measuring Time The Minestrone Hatch Sucker Cakes Bhutan Brown Trout The Pack A Good Skunking Lessons from a Simple Fly Threats to Coldwater Fisheries The Responsible Economy Do Good Zen Lessons.
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"A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both." -- LP Jacks For nearly 80 years, Yvon Chouinard has followed this advice, pursuing, with equal fervor, sports adventures, business excellence, and environmental activism. Since 1950, he has captured the lessons and revelations he's learned in articles and books, personal letters and poetry, introductions and eulogies. In this fascinating inside look, Chouinard himself has selected his favorites from years of reflection, all accompanied by illustrative photos, many never published before. The results is both more of Chouinard's iconoclastic and provocative thinking, his skilled storytelling and sense of humor, and a picture of the evolution of his thoughts and philosophies. With articles on sports, from falconry to fishing and climbing to surfing, with musings on the purpose of business and the importance of environmental activism, this very personal book is like sitting on the couch with this amazing man, flipping through his photo album as he tells the stories of his life. Some Stories is an eclectic portrait of a unique life lived well. Yet the final pages of the book indicate that Chouinard will continue to challenge people, business, and the world. He presents the company's new simple but direct mission statement, revised for the first time in 27 years: "We are in business to save our home planet." With it he emphasizes the urgency of the climate crisis then entreats every person's obligation to reflect on, commit to, and act on this mission.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

The ESPN radio show host describes scandals, rivalries, and players' lives along with his own life behind-the-scenes, revealing details of what goes on in professional sports and at the sports channel.

• Introduction Baseball's Infancy Abner Doubleday Invented Baseball Ninety Feet Is a Magical Distance Today's Reds Are Baseball's Original Pro Team Old Hoss Radbourn Pitched His Team's Last 27 Games in 1884, Winning 26 The Pitching Distance Was Increased from 50 to 601/2 Feet In 1893 Mike Grady Made Four-Plus Errors on One Batted Ball Home Plate is So Named Because it is Shaped Like A House Negro Pitching Legend Rube Foster Taught Christy Mathewson the Screwball Concessionaire Harry M. Stevens, with Help from a Cartoonist, Introduced the Hot Dog The World Series Was Named After a Newspaper Dummy Hoy, a Deaf-Mute, Created Umpires' Hand Signals Nick Altrock Won a Game Without Pitching a Ball Honus Wagner Objected to Tobacco Products Honus Wagner Viciously Tagged Out Ty Cobb on a Steal Attempt in the 1909 World Series Tinker, Evers and Chance Were a Great Double Play Combo Ty Cobb Psyched Joe Jackson Out of a Batting Title Old-Time Relief Pitchers Were Nothing More than Washed-Up Starters Grover Land Hit a 65-Foot Home Run Christy Mathewson Died As the Result of a Gassing Incident in World War I Charles Comiskey Gypped Ed Cicotte Out of a 30-Win Season and Bonus The Reds Hit an Inordinate Number of Triples Toward Joe Jackson's Position in the 1919 World Series The Truth About Ruth The Red Sox's Owner Sold Ruth to Finance His Theatrical Production, No, No Nanette Ruth Replaced George Halas as the Yankees' Right Fielder The Yankees Adopted Pinstripes to Make Ruth Look Slimmer The Baby Ruth Candy Bar Was Not Named After the Yankees' Slugger Ruth Won Only One MVP Award in His Career Ruth Promised and Delivered a Home Run to Johnny Sylvester Ruth Didn't Really Call His Shot in the 1932 World Series The Lively Ball Era A Lively Baseball Was Introduced in the 1920s Center Fielder Johnny Mostil Caught a Foul Ball A Headache Cost Wally Pipp His Career Babe Herman Tripled Into a Triple Play Grover Alexander Clinched the 1926 World Series Despite Nursing a Hangover The Yankees Beat the Pirates in the 1927 World Series Before the Games Even Started For 51/2 Years, Chuck Klein Was as Great a Hitter as Baseball Ever Saw Al Simmons's Holiday Cost Lefty Grove His 16-Game Win Streak Mel Ott Owed All of His Success to the Polo Grounds Ted Williams Risked His .400 Average on the Last Day of the 1941 Season Bill Veeck Tried to Buy the Phillies and Stock it with Black Players, Years Before Jackie Robinson Leo Durocher Said "Nice Guys Finish Last" Enos Slaughter Scored from First Base on a Single to Win the 1946 World Series Joe DiMaggio Was One of the Best Outfielders Ever Jackie Robinson Was the First Black Player in the Major Leagues Bill Bevens and Cookie Lavagetto Ended Their Careers on the Near No-Hitter in the 1947 World Series A Boston Writer Cost Ted Williams the 1947 AL MVP Award The 1948 Braves Won the Pennant Only Because of Spahn and Sain Ted Williams Lost the Closest Batting Race in History The Indians Could Have Had Aaron, Mays, and Banks Hoyt Wilhelm Homered and Tripled His First Two Times Up, then Never Hit Another Homer or Triple in His 21-Year Career Willie Mays Caught a 480-Foot Drive in the 1954 World Series A Racist Manager Prevented Brooks Lawrence from Winning 20 Games Fidel Castro Was a Pro Baseball Prospect The 1955-60 K. C. Athletics Gave Away Their Talent to the Yankees Jerome Holtzman Invented the Save Timeless Myths A Hit That Bounces over the Fence is a Ground-Rule Double The Curveball is an Optical Illusion "I Got Stan Musial Out Forty-Nine Times in a Row" Abbott and Costello Are in The Baseball Hall of Fame There Are Writers' & Broadcasters' Wings at the Baseball Hall of Fame The Head-First Slide is Dangerous A Star Relief Ace is as Valuable as Any Other Great Player Artificial Turf Increases Batting Averages and Shortens Careers A Team with a 91-71 Record is 20 Games Above .500 The Quality Start is a Meaningless Statistic Derek Jeter is a Great Clutch Hitter The Expansion Era Stu Miller Was Blown off the Mound in the 1961 All-Star Game Roger Maris's Home Run Record Was Marked with an Asterisk Sandy Koufax Suddenly Matured to Become Great Bill Dewitt Gave Away Frank Robinson, Calling Him "An Old 30" Tony Conigliaro Was the Youngest Man to Hit 100 Homers Curt Flood Pioneered Free Agency Hank Aaron Rode 'The Launching Pad' to the Career Home Run Record Pete Rose Ruined Ray Fosse's Career in a Meaningless Game Joe Morgan Became a Superstar Because He Escaped the Astrodome Ted Simmons Was a Lousy Catcher The Designated Hitter Rule Was Introduced by Charlie Finley in the 1970s Minnie Minoso Was the Oldest Man to Get a Hit Willie Aikens Was Named after Willie Mays Pete Rose Broke the Career Hit Record Only Because He Was a Manager, Permitting Himself to Play Bill Buckner Lost the 1986 World Series for the Red Sox Pete Rose Was Banned from the Hall of Fame and Jailed for Betting on Baseball Billy Martin Died While Driving Drunk Expansion Has Diluted Baseball's Talent The 1991-2005 Braves Were Underachievers Shorter Fences Have Aided Modern Home Run Hitters Bibliography Index.
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Baseball followers have been perpetuating, debating, and debunking myths for nearly two centuries, producing a treasury of baseball stories and "facts." Yet never before have these elements of baseball history been carefully scrutinized and compiled into one comprehensive work-until now. In Baseball Myths: Debating, Debunking, and Disproving Tales from the Diamond, award-winning researcher Bill Deane examines baseball legends-old and new. This book covers such legendary players as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Pete Rose, and Derek Jeter, while also looking at lesser-known figures like Dummy Hoy, Grover Land, Wally Pipp, and Babe Herman-not to mention people who found fame in other fields, such as Civil War General Abner Doubleday, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Deane's original research and logic will educate, amuse, and often surprise readers, revealing the truth behind such legends as the inventor of baseball, the first black player in the major leagues, and even the origin of the hot dog. With photographs, stats, and more than 80 myths examined, this book is sure to fascinate everyone, from the casual baseball fan to lifelong devotees of the sport.
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