1) baseball
2) cowboy hats
3) cherry pie
4) monster trucks
5) reality television
6) owning several Great Danes
7) motorcycle gangs
8) patriotism
9) country music
10) media conglomerates
We at the University of Missouri Press have published many books about baseball. In fact, three of our fall paperbacks are about the sport, and they're all grand slams. So in the interest of keeping the Fourth of July spirit going, let's take a look at these baseball books and get our America on.
Branch Rickey, one of baseball’s foremost innovators and talent scouts, once said that in 1922 George Sisler was “the greatest player that ever lived.” Sisler played with Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby, all of whom considered "Gorgeous George" their equal. Yet Sisler has faded from baseball's collective consciousness. Now in The Sizzler, this “legendary player without a legend” gets the treatment he deserves. Rick Huhn presents the story of one of baseball’s least appreciated players and studies why his status became so diminished. Huhn argues that the answer lies somewhere amid the tenor of Sisler’s times, his own character and demeanor, the kinds of individuals who are chosen as our sports heroes, and the complex definition of fame itself.
Bob
Gibson remains one of the most unique, complex, and beloved players in
Cardinals history. Gibson's Last Stand places his final years on the team within the context
of American history and popular culture. During the
late 1960s, exorbitant salaries and free agency were threatening to change
baseball forever, and Gibson’s pitching success caused team owners to think
fans wanted only base hits and home runs. The action of the game, both on and off
the field, is interjected with interesting and detailed tidbits on players’
backgrounds that often tie them to famous players of the past, current stars,
and well-known contemporary places.
“If You Were Only White” explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional
athletes ever, Leroy “Satchel” Paige. Paige was arguably one of the world’s
greatest pitchers and a premier star of Negro Leagues Baseball, but in this
biography Donald Spivey reveals Paige to have been much more than just a
blazing fastball pitcher. Through chronicling Paige’s life from his birth in
Alabama to his death in Kansas City, Spivey reveals a man who not only battled
the color line but was intertwined with many of the most important issues of
the times in U.S. and African American history. With baseball as his platform,
Paige pushed the boundaries of segregation and bridged the racial divide, and
his performance refuted the lie that black baseball was inferior to white
baseball. His was a contribution to civil rights of a different kind—his
speeches and demonstrations expressed through his performance on the mound.
4 comments:
Although I am a bigger fan of cherry pie than I am of baseball, your post caught my attention right off the bat. Your style is fun, and your reviews of the three books covered all the bases. Score one for the home team!
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