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| | Satchel Paige - Don't Look Back |
Author: Mark Ribowsky
April 2000 · Paperback
368 Pages
Some say he was the greatest pitcher ever -- and certainly his dazzling record
of perhaps as many as 2,000 wins, first in the Negro Leagues and then in the integrated major leagues, ranks as one of the most remarkable athletic feats of the century.
Mark Ribowsky gives the best picture yet of life in the Negro Leagues as he brings to life a man whose act as a lovable eccentric with a golden arm masked a decidedly darker side as womanizer, hard drinker, and contract jumper always on the lookout for number one.
Sporting News hailed Don't Look Back as "a fine and perceptive biography...that captures the essence of a complicated and terribly significant person". |  |
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| Fear Strikes Out - The Jim Piersall Story |  Author: Jim Piersall
February 1999 · Paperback
Jim Piersall played baseball in the 1950s and 1960s for the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, the New York Mets, and the California Angels.
After brief forays into professional football and wrestling businesses, he has worked for many years in broadcasting and minor league player development for the Chicago Cubs.
He lives in Arizona during the off-season and in Chicago during the season. | | |
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