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Synopsis
Johnny Allen didn't particularly want to, but as a young man he resumed attending Sunday school. This made him eligible to play outfield in a church baseball league. It was the right thing to do. In a few years, he was pitching in the major leagues. The book Fiery Fast-Baller traces how this superb, self-trained athlete made his own way from an upbringing in a North Carolina orphanage to tbe pinnacle of big-time baseball.. He was the game's top rookie after joining the New York Yankees in 1932, and set pitching records while with the Cleveland Indians in 1937 and 1938. His career paralleled that of Babe Ruth, a good friend of his. The book could not help wondering why Allen never has been admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Maybe it's because, as someone driven to win, time and again he fought and argued with managers, umpires, club owners and other players. He made himself memorable as "Jawin' Jawn," one of baseball's most colorful characters.
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About the Author
The author of Fiery Fast-Baller, Wint Capel, is former editor of a daily newspaper published in Thomasville, N.C., and now a freelance writer residing in Chapel Hill, N.C. He began collecting information for a book about the headline-making big-league pitcher Johnny Allen after learning Allen was reared at an orphanage in Thomasville.
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- PublisheriUniverse
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0595179266
- ISBN 13 9780595179268
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages136
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