Books > Biography > Sport
|
Buy Now
Urban Shocker - Silent Hero of Baseball's Golden Age (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R745
Discovery Miles 7 450
You Save: R152
(17%)
|
|
Urban Shocker - Silent Hero of Baseball's Golden Age (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
2018 SABR Baseball Research Award Winner Baseball in the 1920s is
most known for Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, but there was
another great Yankee player in that era whose compelling story
remains untold. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and
colorful pitcher, a spitballer who had many famous battles with
Babe Ruth before returning to the Yankees. Shocker was traded away
to the St. Louis Browns in 1918 by Yankees manager Miller Huggins,
a trade Huggins always regretted. In 1925, after four straight
seasons with at least twenty wins with the hapless Browns, Shocker
became the only player Huggins brought back to the Yankees. He
finally reached the World Series, with the 1926 Yankees. In the
Yankees' storied 1927 season, widely viewed to be the best in MLB
history, Shocker pitched with guts and guile, finishing with a
record of 18-6 even while his fastball and physical skills were
deserting him. Hardly anyone knew that Shocker was suffering from
an incurable heart disease that left him able to sleep only while
sitting up and which would take his life in less than a year. With
his physical skills diminishing, he continued to win games through
craftiness and well-placed pitches. Delving into Shocker's baseball
career, his love of the game, and his battle with heart disease,
Steve Steinberg shows the dominant and courageous force that he
was. Purchase the audio edition.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.