Author: James D. Szalontai
March 2002 · Paperback
402 Pages
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Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble.
Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when his team needed a victory, and one who refused to quit, even when faced with blacklisting, crippling injuries, and advanced age. Off the field, he was an amiable man.
This work chronicles the life and career of the man and the player: his unspectacular minor league career, his 1945 debut with Mel Ott's New York Giants, his blacklisting by organized baseball for playing in Jorge Pasquel's Mexican League, and his rejoining the Giants in 1950 at the age of 33. |
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