At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a
seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie
Mitchell--"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September
9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth
perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at
Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a
game attended by President Nixon and his family. These are just
some of the great, quirky, and comic moments in the annals of
baseball recorded in THE GREATEST BASEBALL STORIES EVER TOLD. Here
also are profiles of such legendary figures as Joe DiMaggio, Pete
Rose, and Yogi Berra, essays that explore the complexities and
pleasures of the game, even an excerpt from the movie" Bull Durham.
"This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever played so much as
a game of catch.
Contributors include:
John Updike
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Abbott & Costello
Ring Lardner
Bill Barich
Zane Grey
David James Duncan
Al Stump
Pete Hamill
P.G. Wodehouse
Damon Runyan
Roy Blount, Jr.
Richard Ben Cramer
Gay Talese
A. Bartlett Giamatti
and many more
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