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Beginning with his early years as a St. Louis teenager, Elston tells of Elston Howard’s love of baseball and his encounters with racism. His three decades with the New York Yankees include numerous anecdotes about fellow Yankee legends such as Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Written with a wife’s compassion and a sportswriter’s eye for detail, and with countless personal moments and rarely seen photographs, Elston is the touching story of one of baseball’s great players.

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ISBN-13:	9781493029013
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Arlene Howard is Elston Howard’s widow and was by his side throughout his career. Unlike many baseball wives of the day, she took an active role in supporting her husband and managing his ambition. In 2001, she teamed up with New York Post writer Ralph Wimbish to write the first edition of Elston, entitled Elston and Me.

Ralph Wimbish has been a sports editor for the New York Post for over 25 years, writing articles on a range of sports topics from baseball to golf.

Foreword Don Newcombe vii

Foreword Yogi Berra ix

Preface xi

Introduction: The Funeral xv

Chapter 1 Compton Hill 1

Chapter 2 Emmaline's Son 5

Chapter 3 Kansas City 13

Chapter 4 The Wedding 19

Chapter 5 The White Yankees 23

Chapter 6 The Rookie 33

Chapter 7 The Bronx, 1956 45

Chapter 8 Casey's Machine 53

Chapter 9 A New Ball Game 63

Chapter 10 Baseball's Best Catcher 75

Chapter 11 Teaneck 85

Chapter 12 MVP 93

Chapter 13 Elston Howard Night 99

Chapter 14 The Elbow 107

Chapter 15 The Impossible Dream 119

Chapter 16 Retirement 131

Chapter 17 Good-bye, Jackie 141

Chapter 18 Ready to Manage 153

Chapter 19 Elston Jr. 159

Chapter 20 Yankee Class 167

Chapter 21 Farewell 175

Epilogue 183

Afterword Mike Vaccaro 185

Acknowledgments 189

Bibliography 191

Index 193

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"Elston Howard played in ten World Series and was a member of nine All Star teams. And yet, from reading Arlene Howard's bittersweet memoir, her husband Elston's career was badly hurt by his becoming the first African-American to play for the New York Yankees. He had to wait too long to become a Yankee. He had to wait too long to become the starting catcher. He had to wait—in vain—to be named the Yankee manager. As he explained segregation to his five-year-old son: 'It's like a private club,' Ellie told him, 'and we aren't members.'"

Peter Golenbock

"Arlene and Elston were in many ways the "First Family" of the great Yankee teams of the '50s and '60s. So much was asked of them—integrating a historically white franchise while dealing with the racial issues in a changing America—all while winning championships and forming lifelong friendships through basic goodness and kindness. Their story is an American story we all need to know better."

Marty Appel

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