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Mike "King" Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s. Slide, Kelly, Slide reacquaints baseball fans and scholars with this little-known pioneer of the game. Marty Appel, the author of several baseball books, conducted a thorough search of local archives to...
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A legendary New York Yankees PR man offers readers an inside look at one of baseball's greatest teams. Starting as a college student sorting Mickey Mantle's fan mail and rising to become the youngest director of public relations in baseball history, Marty Appel offers a unique behind-the-scenes memoir of life with the New York Yankees from 1968 to 1977. Appel stood shoulder-to-shoulder with both the benchwarmers and the superstars of the past and...
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162-0, Imagine a Yankees Perfect Season imagines that season by identifying the most memorable victory in Yankees history on every single day of the baseball calendar season, from late March to late October. Ranging from games with incredible historical significance and individual achievement to those with high drama and high stakes, this book imagines the impossible, a blemish-free Yankees season. Evocative photos, original quotes, thorough research,...
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Great care has been taken to make all statements as clear as possible for the average student. The less experienced player will find stated here the fundamentals which he needs; and the more proficient violinist will not resent the presence of this groundwork beneath the more advanced stages of advice offered for his profit. The photographic illustrations will reinforce the instructions given, by affording visible standards and models by which the...