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Authorized by the twelve-time all-Star and future Hall of famer
himself, and written by the nation's leading expert on youth
mentoring and an award-winning investigative journalist, the
incredible story behind one of the greatest baseball sluggers of
all-time.
Manny Ramirez is a future Hall of Fame outfielder who has played
in Los Angeles, Boston, and Cleveland. He ranks 17th in career
homeruns and eighth in career slugging percentage--the only players
above him on both lists are Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Barry
Bonds. Manny is the hottest icon in baseball right now, and that
will continue throughout the offseason, where speculation regarding
his free agency will be the top baseball news on ESPN and
throughout
sports media. In contrast to most sports biographies, Becoming
Manny brings an unusually
thoughtful analysis to the territory, examining
Manny's life through the lens of larger issues like
youth-mentoring and immigration, while also telling the story of a
great career. Manny has perplexed the baseball world for years now
with his amazing hitting and his unique approach to life and the
game. Incredibly focused at the plate and incredibly carefree
everywhere else, Manny has become a constant topic of discussion on
national sports radio and television, on sports websites, and in
print. With unprecedented access, Jean Rhodes and Shawn Boburg have
uncovered fascinating stories and family photos spanning from
Manny's early years in the Dominican Republic to the present. This
is an authorized inside look at the roots, development, and career
of an individual and player on his way from Washington Heights to
the Hall of Fame.
Well established as the premier sports anthology, "The Best
American Sports Writing" brings together the year's finest writing
on sports. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional and
specialty publications, the twenty five pieces here embrace the
world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement.
He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of
Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to his teammates, the Big Bam. From
the award-winning author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Ted
Williams" comes the thoroughly original, definitively ambitious,
and exhilaratingly colorful biography of the largest legend ever to
loom in baseball--and in the history of organized sports.
" Montville is] one of America's best sportswriters." --"Chicago
Tribune"
Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For
eighty-five years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He
has been named Athlete of the Century . . . more than once. But who
"was "this large, loud, enigmatic man? Why is so little known about
his childhood, his private life, and his inner thoughts? In "The
Big Bam," Leigh Montville, whose recent "New York Times"
bestselling biography of Ted Williams garnered glowing reviews and
offered an exceptionally intimate look at Williams's life, brings
his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of
the Babe.
Based on newly discovered documents and interviews--including pages
from Ruth's personal scrapbooks --"The Big Bam" traces Ruth's life
from his bleak childhood in Baltimore to his brash entrance into
professional baseball, from Boston to New York and into the record
books as the world's most explosive slugger and cultural luminary.
Montville explores every aspect of the man, paying particular
attention to the myths that have always surrounded him. Did he
really hit the "called shot" homer in the 1932 World Series? Were
his home runs really "the farthest balls ever hit" in countless
ballparks around the country? Was he really part black--making him
the first African American professional baseball superstar? And was
Ruth the high-octane, womanizing, heavy-drinking "fatso" of legend
. . . or just a boyish, rudderless quasi-orphan who did, in fact,
take his training and personal conditioning quite seriously?
At a time when modern baseball is grappling with hyper-inflated
salaries, free agency, and assorted controversies, "The Big Bam"
brings back the pure glory days of the game. Leigh Montville
operates at the peak of his abilities, exploring Babe Ruth in a way
that intimately, and poignantly, illuminates a most remarkable
figure.
The charismatic basketball coach at the University of Connecticut
reveals the victorious secrets behind his team's breathtaking
journey to the 1999 NCAA Division I National Championship--and
along the way shares his philosophy for winning.
It was one of those games that basketball fans will talk about for
years. Here was the seemingly unbeatable Duke Blue Devils pitted
against the first-time finalist Connecticut Huskies, and at stake
was the ultimate crown: the National Championship. On that
unforgettable night in St. Petersburg, Jim Calhoun and his amazing
team wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the UConn
Huskies program, putting the perfect exclamation point on a season
to remember.
But behind the high drama that fateful night in Florida lay an even
more fascinating tale of one man's rise to college basketball
preeminence. In Dare to Dream, the Huskies iron-willed coach, Jim
Calhoun, for the first time shares his own story about his
inspirational family and the tragedies they faced; about his early
successful years at Northeastern, where he began to compile the
first half of a unique double (he's the only coach to have won at
least 250 games at two different Division I schools); and about his
assumption of ultimate responsibility at the sleeping giant in
Storrs, Connecticut.
Along the way, Jim Calhoun paints fascinating portraits of the
players who have done battle for him, and of the unsung heroes
behind the scenes whose hard work and dedication to Connecticut
basketball have kept the dream alive. In just thirteen years, Jim
Calhoun has turned the Huskies into one of the leading basketball
programs in the country, and in this moving, funny, and inspiring
book, he takes us behind the scenes to show us just how he did it.
"From the Hardcover edition."
This is the definitive portrait of a small-town man who became an
American icon. Evel Knievel may have jumped the Snake River Canyon
and posed on every kid's lunchbox in the 70s, but few know the
story of this kid from a small, lawless mining town who invented a
persona that would captivate, and embody, the 1970s and beyond.
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