Baseball
epub |eng | | Author:Bob Gibson

Most Detroiters considered Al Kaline to be the second-greatest player in Tigers history, behind only Ty Cobb. At the age of thirty-three, he had already played in thirteen All-Star games, ...
( Category: Baseball September 8,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-21 | Author:George Cantor [Cantor, George]

Dave Bergman, here stealing a base against Kansas City in the ALCS, all but knocked the Blue Jays out of the pennant race with his dramatic game-winning homer in early ...
( Category: United States September 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-02 | Author:Nicholas Dawidoff [Dawidoff, Nicholas]

THE INFORMATION BERG was sending to Washington from the top floor of 24 Dufourstrasse wasn’t as dramatic as his cables describing the meeting with Heisenberg, but intelligence work rarely manages ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People September 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-03 | Author:Ben Bradlee Jr. [Bradlee, Ben Jr.]

Ted’s brilliance in 1957 reverberated well into 1958, producing a burst of glowing press and national recognition. The Associated Press named Ted its 1957 Male Athlete of the Year, and ...
( Category: Baseball September 6,2018 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Bill Lee & Richard Lally [Lee, Bill & Lally, Richard]

As the season entered its final weeks, the Super Sox played a game in Bobby Maduro Stadium in northern Miami. Another loss. During the bus ride back to Winter Haven, ...
( Category: Baseball September 5,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Skip Desjardin

CHAPTER 11 DON’T NAG SEPTEMBER 6–16 In American society at large, another issue was bubbling to the surface: the role of women. The state of Massachusetts had been at the ...
( Category: Americas August 29,2018 )
epub |eng | 2006-08-25 | Author:Seth Mnookin

When Pedro Martinez returned to the mound in the eighth inning of Game 7, John Henry felt as if he were watching a horror movie. He knew Martinez was spent; ...
( Category: Americas August 26,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-02 | Author:Nicholas Dawidoff [Dawidoff, Nicholas]

THE INFORMATION BERG was sending to Washington from the top floor of 24 Dufourstrasse wasn’t as dramatic as his cables describing the meeting with Heisenberg, but intelligence work rarely manages ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:Carlo DeVito [DeVito, Carlo]

To an Ex-American League Pennant Winner Although you were defeated, Yanks, You shouldn’t feel too blue; Just think of all your bars and banks And bowling alleys, too. As businessmen ...
( Category: Biographies August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-26 | Author:Sherman L. Jenkins [Jenkins, Sherman L.]

These announcements of African Americans’ transition to white teams only heightened anticipation of the annual East-West All-Star Game, scheduled for Sunday, July 27, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. For the ...
( Category: Biographies July 27,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-25 | Author:Ryan A. Swanson [Ryan A. Swanson]

The sheer amount of coverage papers gave to nonsectionalism and nonpoliticism made it obvious that baseball was, well, indeed sectional and political. The prior military affiliations of players did matter. ...
( Category: Sociology July 25,2018 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-10 | Author:Bennett Jacobstein [Jacobstein, Bennett]

Ice Cream with Sprinkles Brisket-acho Cheesy Corn Brisket-acho is Kauffman Stadium’s version of nachos. Brisket, baked beans, cheesy corn, and cole slaw are piled high over a bed of chips ...
( Category: Baseball July 23,2018 )
epub |eng | 2003-02-27 | Author:Stephen Jay Gould [Gould, Stephen Jay]

But these details do not touch the main point—Holway’s premise is false because he accepts the conventional mythology about long sequences. He believes that streaks are unbroken runs of causal ...
( Category: Baseball July 23,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-13 | Author:Zack Hample [Hample, Zack]

TAILOR YOUR REQUEST TO THE SITUATION When you first enter the stadium, you probably won’t need to be too creative when asking for a ball. You might not even need ...
( Category: Industries July 20,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-04 | Author:Roger Kahn [Kahn, Roger]

Part 4 Getting Closer 26 Writing Sports Esquire, August 1970 A look at the craft as the press gives way to the media. During the mauve years of Richard Nixon’s ...
( Category: Miscellaneous July 15,2018 )