PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Peter Golenbock has written more than sixty books, including ten New York Times best sellers. His books on baseball include Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964; The Bronx Zoo (with Sparky Lyle); Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Balls (with Graig Nettles); Amazin’: The Miraculous History of New York’s Most Beloved Baseball Team; and Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It. He resides in St. Petersburg, FL.
Baseball's continued mythical appeal is only made possible by the many characters who have become central to the sport's history. Golenbock has talked to more of these characters than almost anybody else. And by sharing some of their best stories in this book, he has provided us baseball fans a great gift. These stories provide fascinating color to the game's key eras and moments: Ted Williams' ascension to greatness, the launching of the second Yankee dynasty, the Shot Heard Round the World, and the 1969 Miracle Mets to name a few. But perhaps even more interestingly, these stories reveal what could have been. Commissioner Richard Nixon, anybody? Readers will learn something new on every page as they're taken on a ride through baseball history that will leave them swearing they're in Baseball Heaven. --Jacob Kornhauser, author of The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History Here is Dock Ellis, famous for pitching a no-hitter while floating on LSD, years later terrified as a Senior League starter that his skills would desert him now that he was sober. Here are tales of Leo Durocher, all-star criminal who stole money and a watch from roommate Babe Ruth, and of Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler, who was actually a hero, run out of baseball as payback for his courage standing up to the owners' vote to keep Jackie Robinson out of the major leagues. All of this and way more lies ahead in this wonderful mosaic of the game. (From the foreword) --Robert Lipsyte, award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times, author, and former Ombudsman for ESPN In Baseball Heaven, Peter Golenbock gives us a wonderful book of interviews with ballplayers that transports us back to another era. Nobody does it better than he does. --Ron Rapoport, author of Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks This is the greatest baseball book I think I have ever read. What makes it great is the style, the interviews, and I must admit, I am a little jealous because I have known some outstanding interviewers but Peter Golenbock has managed to show the interview as an art form. This is a book that, yes, is like heaven, because of all the golden nuggets about baseball, but Peter has also given us an insight into his genius as an interviewer. Magnifique! --Tony Castro, author of Mantle: The Best That Ever Was
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