Roy Sievers : "the sweetest right handed swing" in 1950s baseball /

"Few players in the history of baseball suffered as many professional setbacks as Roy Sievers (1926-2017). After an award winning rookie season, he endured a year and a half-long slump, a nearly career-ending injury and a major position change. Traded in 1954, he prevailed and became one of the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Scimonelli, Paul, 1949- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., [2018]
Sujets:
Sievers, Roy, > 1926-2017.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Baseball players
United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
  • "A pair of spikes, and they were too big!"
  • "I thought, hell, this is easy!"
  • The Sophomore Jinx
  • Bad Breaks and Small Wonders
  • Big Bat and Short Fences
  • "The sweetest right-handed swing in baseball"
  • The World Is His Oyster
  • The Times, They Are A-Changin'
  • The Best Is Yet to Come
  • Coming Home.

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