epub |eng | | Author:Kevin Cook

CHAPTER 13 The Robbery Joe DiMaggio swung and the ball took off like a bullet. With two out in the sixth, the Dodgers were clinging to a three-run lead. Substitute ...

epub |eng | 2018-12-22 | Author:Fay Vincent

I was happy when I got there. At that time the manager was Tom Sheehan, because they just had released Bill Rigney. He told me, he said, listen, you’re going ...

epub |eng | 2019-04-20 | Author:Bud Harrelson, Phil Pepe

CHAPTER 2 “Hey, you swing pretty good left-handed. I like it. Why don’t you try it?” The gruff, gravelly voice was unmistakable. If you’ve heard it once, you never forgot ...

epub |eng | | Author:Filip Bondy

16 The Ninth “I wanted that pitch to be buried in his neck. He beat me. I don’t know how he got the barrel of his bat on that ball.” ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richard Ben Cramer

Ted made himself into a warrior pilot—and a good one in his Marine F-9 Panther jet. On a bombing run, north of the 38th parallel, Ted lost sight of the ...

epub |eng | | Author:Phil S. Dixon

The article was yet another case of the systemic bias African American fans and players routinely faced in the white media. Isaminger’s article was patronizing toward the Philadelphia Stars. He ...

epub |eng | | Author:Bill Pennington

19 Lost Promise THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reporter called Bill Livesey at his Florida home on Sunday, December 19. “The guy from the AP wanted my reaction to Brien Taylor’s shoulder ...

epub |eng | 2018-02-06 | Author:Averell "Ace" Smith [Smith, Averell Ace]

Dr. Aybar took out his folded speech, which had been sitting in his pocket for nearly two weeks, and read it aloud: “We have gone to the Honorable President Trujillo ...

epub |eng | 2017-01-17 | Author:Ila Jane Borders & Jean Hastings Ardell & Mike Veeck [Borders, Ila Jane]

Even though he was nineteen years old and a beautiful girl was knocking on his door, he said, “Come back tomorrow,” explaining that he couldn’t have anyone in his room ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-17 | Author:Rick Ankiel

CHAPTER FIFTEEN I wanted to feel better about myself. I wanted to feel good about tomorrow. At the same time, I didn’t want to care so much. I didn’t want ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-28 | Author:Mookie Wilson

The Dread Scott Series After having so dominated the highly competitive National League East, much of the media and our fans envisioned us using the Houston Astros as a mere ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-16 | Author:Roger Angell

CRYING MAN Walking my dog last week, I came upon a man crying in the street. He was sitting on the raised stone ledge of a back-yard fence separating two ...

epub |eng | 2012-12-21 | Author:Jesse Florea [Florea, Jesse]

Over the years Mariano Rivera and shortstop Derek Jeter (right) have been part of five World Series championship teams for the New York Yankees. During that time, they’ve developed a ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Filip Bondy [Bondy, Filip]

16 The Ninth “I wanted that pitch to be buried in his neck. He beat me. I don’t know how he got the barrel of his bat on that ball.” ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-06 | Author:Joe Peta [Peta, Joe]

15 June and the Vexing Minnesota Twins Nearly half of the games played in June were interleague games. From June 17 through the end of the month, American League teams ...