![]() ![]() Golenbock, one of baseball's premier purveyors of oral history, collects some of his leavings from older interviews in this entertaining volume, with interviews ranging from the game's biggest stars (Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella) to some of its most memorable characters, including former Milwaukee Braves pticher Gene Conley. "Whispers of the Gods: Tales From Baseball's Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It" by Peter Golenbock (Rowman & Littlefield). True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy is an unconventional biography, focusing on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, his first year playing in the essentially all-white minor leagues for the Montreal Royals 1949, when he won the Most Valuable Player Award in his third season as a Brooklyn Dodger 1956, his. ![]() Plus, it has loads of entertaining on-field anecdotes, including a memorable 1993 brawl at Milwaukee County Stadium between the Brewers and the Oakland A's. Scott, the first openly gay umpire in Major League Baseball, tells the story of his life and career in this honest, often-fun autobiography that gives one of the clearest portrayals of the work of umpiring you'll ever read. "The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and Living My True Self" by Dale Scott with Rob Neyer (University of Nebraska Press). ![]()
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