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I wore Babe Ruth's hat : field notes from a life in sports /

David W. Zang played junior high school basketball in a drained swimming pool. He wore a rubber suit to bed to make weight for a wrestling meet. He kept a log as an obsessive runner (not a jogger). In short, he soldiered through the life of an ordinary athlete. Whether pondering his long-unbuilt rep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zang, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:Sport and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Learning fundamentals
  • Chip Hilton's sports cult
  • The half-court snuff of Donnie Rose
  • Dennis Kubeck ruins it for everyone
  • Dark edges
  • Failing to meet Jackie Robinson
  • Beware!! Dangerous jocks ahead
  • I wore babe Ruth's hat (and Poe's head)
  • Look away, look away
  • A long run toward mediocrity
  • Wishful thinking
  • A million answers short of heaven
  • Impossible dreams
  • Why Cal Ripken touched us
  • To an athlete dying.