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Tales from First Base - The Best, Funniest, and Slickest First Basemen Ever (Hardcover)
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Tales from First Base - The Best, Funniest, and Slickest First Basemen Ever (Hardcover)
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List price R599
Loot Price R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
You Save R107 (18%)
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When a batter races toward first base and players scramble to make
a tough play, anything can happen. Tales From First Base is a
humorous and insightful look at the players, coaches and umpires
who have spent time along those first ninety feet of the base path.
Wayne Stewart and Brad Engel check out some of the funniest players
and most amusing incidents from this corner of the field, such as
the time Larry Walker held a running conversation with opposing
cornerman Mark Grace in the dirt around the bag. The authors also
examine the slickest gloves at first base and how they defended the
many plays around that bag. Readers will also learn about the first
sackers'roles in some of the most famous plays of all time. In a
tight playoff game, Giants first baseman Whitey Lockman prayed to
God with his first base coach. They both looked up to the sky and
said, "We need some help here if there is anything you can do."
Moments later, Bobby Thomson hit his "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
to win the National League pennant for the Giants. Packed with
exclusive interviews with journalists, players, and fans alike,
this book will appeal to a wide audience, both newcomers to the
game and lifelong, die-hard fanatics. About the Author Brad Engel
has covered sports professionally for the past ten years and is
currently the sports editor of the Naperville (Illinois) Sun. He is
a former freelancer for the Chicago Sun-Times and Dallas Morning
News and has won four national awards and the Chicago Headline
Club's Peter Lisagor Award for his sportswriting. He lives near
Chicago. Wayne Stewart has covered the sports world as a writer for
more than thirty years, interviewing and profiling stars such as
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, and Ken
Griffey, Jr. In addition, he has written twenty-four baseball books
and appeared on Cleveland's Fox 8 and on ESPN Classic as a baseball
historian. He lives in Lorain, Ohio.
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