9780671776749 - Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball di Ribowsky, Mark (21 risultati)

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hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st edition. 6 1/12 x 9 1/2", 351 pages. 1st printing,14 b/w photos throughout. Paige's reputation is based on his years in the Nego leagues, and on the times he pitched for barnstorming teams that played against major leaguers. The author "puts real flesh on the bones of a legend no smaller in stature than that of Babe Ruth".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mark Ribowsky strips away the caricature that has grown up around Satchel Paige and shows the real person in the context of his time. First Edition with all numbers from 1 to 10. This is NOT an ex-library copy. Has a black remainder mark, otherwise both the non price clipped Dust Jacket and the book are in very good condition. I have more than 220 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports and over 200 items on the Hall of Fame and its members in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports; Baseball; ISBN: 0671776746. ISBN/EAN: 9780671776749. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25090.

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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 351 pages. Index. Mark Ribowsky is the author of Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal and the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, among other books. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first electee of the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1971.Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He began his professional baseball career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League and became one of the most famous and successful players from the Negro leagues. While his outstanding control as a pitcher first got him noticed, it was his infectious, cocky, enthusiastic personality and his love for the game that made him a star. On town tours across the United States, Paige would have his infielders sit down behind him and then routinely strike out the side. He played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League. Good. Black mark at bottom edge. Fair DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. DJ has some damp stains at bottom back with minimal impact on rear cover and spine.

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Condizione: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 79pp. very good / good d/w torn at top of spine.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 03942250. DESIGNED BY: Levavi & Levavi. JACKET PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF: the National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, N.Y. JACKET DESIGN BY: Paul Bacon. CONTENTS: Introduction 1. Mannish Boy in Mobile 2. Ridin' on the L&N 3. Today Will be Yesterday Tomorrow 4. "Mister Satchel" 5. Feast of the Nimrods 6. Abode of the Gods 7. "It's Paige and Goodbye Ballgame" 8. Ain't Got No Home 9. Upright and Lowdown 10. Mucho Calor 11. Go Down, Moses 12. He Is Risen 13. I'm Not Selling Out, I'm Buying In 14. Night into Morning 15. Deliverance 16. This Fabulous Character 17. Those Who Must remain Are Still the Same 18. Tomorrow Is Not, Until Today Is Past 19. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory 20. Eternity Is Now; Index. SYNOPSIS: With the possible exception of Babe Ruth, there are more myths and legends about Leroy "Satchel" Paige than about anyone in baseball history. A slender, loose-limbed, slow-walking, hard-thrower from baseball's late pre-integration era, Paige was considered by many to be the greatest pitcher who ever lived. The claim is hard to dispute, since Paige was at least in his forties by the time the major leagues were willing to admit men of color, so his record is more anecdotal than statistical. (Even Satch's exact age is a figure of controversy, and some say he may have been fifty by the time he joined the Cleveland Indians.) His reputation is based on his years in the Negro leagues, and on the times he pitched for barnstorming teams that played against major leaguers. Satch's feats were legendary. He could warm up by throwing strikes not over home plate but over a matchbook. On a signal from Satch all his fielders would gather in the infield and sit and watch while he struck out the side, usually on nine pitches. He could pitch both ends of a doubleheader, and then do it again the next day in another city a couple of hundred miles down the road. He threw a blazing fastball with pin-point control, a hesitation pitch that left hitters half-corkscrewed into the ground, and a baffling breaking ball he called the "Bat Dodger." His famous rules for living, published in Collier's magazine in the 1950s, included the advice to "Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood" and "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." All this describes the legend of Satchel Paige. But who was the man? At his peak, Satch was a star on a par with the great black entertainers such as Cab Calloway, Bill Bojangles Robinson, and Louis Armstrong. But he was never popular among his teammates and opponents; he insisted on the prerogatives of a star, he could not be counted on to show up on time, and he insisted on being paid top dollar, never hesitating to jump from one team to another if the price was right. When Satch was finally brought to the big leagues by Bill Veeck, it was hardly the culmination of a lifelong dream; Satch was mostly concerned that he not have to take a pay cut to do it, and that he could protect his right to barnstorm during the winter months. Mark Ribowsky strips away the caricature that has grown up around this great athlete, and shows the real Satchel Paige in the context of his times. In doing so, he gives the best picture yet of life in the Negro leagues, free of the well-meaning but overly romantic visions of recent historians and resurrectionists. Ribowsky shows up the gangsters and shady characters for whom Paige and all the others played for most of their careers, and the battles and cutthroat dealings among them that make today's sports structure look like a tea party. By honoring Paige's greatness without shrouding him in condescending myth, Ribowsky does justice to the man who, yes, may well have been the greatest pitcher ever. In Don't Look Back, Ribowsky puts real flesh on the bones of a legend no smaller in stature than that of Babe ruth--and does so in a book to rank with the best of baseball biography. Mark Ribowsky is a free-lance writer whose articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including Sport, Inside Sports, People, and TV Guide. He is the author of He's a Rebel: The Truth About Phil Spector and Slick: The Silver and Black Life of Al Davis. He lives in New York with his wife, Sandi. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.