Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780826220134 |
| ISBN10: | 0826220134 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| See also | 9780826215550 |
| No. of pages: | 336 pages |
| Size: | 230x154x24 mm |
| Weight: | 527 g |
| Language: | English |
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Sizzler
George Sisler, Baseball's Forgotten Great
Series:
Sports and American Culture Series;
1;
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Date of Publication: 30 October 2013
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Short description:
&&&8220;Gorgeous George&&&8221; Sisler began his major-league baseball career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns. During his sixteen years in the majors, he played with such baseball luminaries as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby. By including excerpts from Sisler&&&8217;s unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, this reveals the full picture of this family man and his career.
Long description:
&&&8220;Gorgeous George&&&8221; Sisler, a left-handed first baseman, began his major-league baseball career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns. During his sixteen years in the majors, he played with such baseball luminaries as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby. He was considered by these stars of the sport to be their equal, and Branch Rickey, one of baseball&&&8217;s foremost innovators and talent scouts, once said that in 1922 Sisler was &&&8220;the greatest player that ever lived.&&&8221;
By including excerpts from Sisler&&&8217;s unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years.
By including excerpts from Sisler&&&8217;s unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years.
