MOMENTS IN THE SUN Baseball's Briefly Famous

MCGUIRE, MARK & MICHAEL SEAN GORMLEY

ISBN 10: 078640549X / ISBN 13: 9780786405497

Published by MCFARLAND & CO., JEFFERSON, NC, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MOMENTS IN THE SUN Baseball's Briefly Famous
• Publisher: MCFARLAND & CO., JEFFERSON, NC
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078640549X
• ISBN 13: 9780786405497
• Binding: PAPERBACK
• Edition: 1ST
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports

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Synopsis

Baseball's ranks are filled with those whose careers may not have been as spectacular as Ruth or Mays but who played essential roles in the game's history, like footnotes in a great book. Some were well known in their day, featured on the front of the sports section; others were lesser lights whose feats and misdeeds were so notable they deserve to be remembered.

Bert Shepard pitched a game for the Washington Senators in 1945 despite being shot down over Germany the year before and losing a leg. Bernie Carbo hit a dramatic three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Game Six of the 1975 World Series--but his blast was completely upstaged an hour or so later by Red Sox teammate Carlton Fisk's unforgettable shot down the left field line. Bo Belinsky no-hit the powerful Baltimore Orioles in 1962, but he finished his career with a monumentally disappointing 28-51 record. The 39 other subjects profiled in this work prove that, in baseball, fame can be fleeting.

About the Authors

Award winning journalist Mark McGuire, a member of SABR, has written for Baseball Digest, Baseball America and USA Today Baseball Weekly. He is the television and radio reporter for the Times Union in Albany, New York, and lives in nearby Delmar.

Michael Sean Gormley, a staff writer and editor for the Associated Press in Albany, New York, has received over 30 newspaper awards, including a share in the 1992 Associated Press Sports Editors Award. He lives in Ballston Spa, New York.