"That Was Part of Baseball Then": Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers

In this collection of interviews, baseball players, coaches, and managers speak candidly about their most memorable moments and experiences in baseball's big leagues. Their recollections of the former big leaguers often come from their early years spent learning the game, their first time stepping on the field as a big leaguer, their first strikeout as a pitcher, or their first hit as a batter--to the more disappointing moments such as a first trade, a World Series loss, or a release signaling the end of a career. Bob Friend, Bobby Thomson, Johnny Pesky, Jim Kaat, Frank Malzone, Dale Berra, Larry Bowa, Gil McDougald, Gene Garber, Billy Sample, Nellie Briles, Jon Matlack, Catfish Hunter, Fred Patek, Vern Law, Clem Labine, Virgil Trucks, Frank Tanana, Jimmy Greengrass, Bill Virdon, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, Hector Lopez, and Ralph Houk are the interviewees.

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"That Was Part of Baseball Then": Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers

In this collection of interviews, baseball players, coaches, and managers speak candidly about their most memorable moments and experiences in baseball's big leagues. Their recollections of the former big leaguers often come from their early years spent learning the game, their first time stepping on the field as a big leaguer, their first strikeout as a pitcher, or their first hit as a batter--to the more disappointing moments such as a first trade, a World Series loss, or a release signaling the end of a career. Bob Friend, Bobby Thomson, Johnny Pesky, Jim Kaat, Frank Malzone, Dale Berra, Larry Bowa, Gil McDougald, Gene Garber, Billy Sample, Nellie Briles, Jon Matlack, Catfish Hunter, Fred Patek, Vern Law, Clem Labine, Virgil Trucks, Frank Tanana, Jimmy Greengrass, Bill Virdon, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, Hector Lopez, and Ralph Houk are the interviewees.

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"That Was Part of Baseball Then": Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers

by Victor Debs Jr.

"That Was Part of Baseball Then": Interviews with 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches and Managers

by Victor Debs Jr.

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Overview

In this collection of interviews, baseball players, coaches, and managers speak candidly about their most memorable moments and experiences in baseball's big leagues. Their recollections of the former big leaguers often come from their early years spent learning the game, their first time stepping on the field as a big leaguer, their first strikeout as a pitcher, or their first hit as a batter--to the more disappointing moments such as a first trade, a World Series loss, or a release signaling the end of a career. Bob Friend, Bobby Thomson, Johnny Pesky, Jim Kaat, Frank Malzone, Dale Berra, Larry Bowa, Gil McDougald, Gene Garber, Billy Sample, Nellie Briles, Jon Matlack, Catfish Hunter, Fred Patek, Vern Law, Clem Labine, Virgil Trucks, Frank Tanana, Jimmy Greengrass, Bill Virdon, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, Hector Lopez, and Ralph Houk are the interviewees.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786411788
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 06/03/2002
Pages: 233
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Victor Debs, Jr., is also the author of Missed It by That Much: Baseball Players Who Challenged the Record Books (1998) and Still Standing After All These Years: Twelve of Baseball’s Longest Standing Records (1997). A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he lives on Staten Island, New York.

Table of Contents


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments    
Introduction    

ON THE ROAD    
Bob Friend    
Bobby Thomson    
Johnny Pesky    
Jim Kaat    
Frank Malzone    
Dale Berra    
Larry Bowa    
Gil McDougald    
Gene Garber    
Billy Sample    
Nellie Briles    
Jon Matlack    

ON THE PHONE   
Catfish Hunter    
Fred Patek    
Vernon Law    
Clem Labine    
Virgil Trucks    
Frank Tanana    
Jimmy Greengrass    
Bill Virdon    
Sparky Anderson    
Dick Williams    
Hector Lopez    
Ralph Houk    

Index    
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