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<p>the Second Volume Of Former Commissioner Of Baseball Fay Vincent S Oral-history Project -- The First Was <i>the Only Game In Town</i> -- This Rich Work Records Vincent's Own Interviews With 11 Major League Stars From The 1950s And 60s Talking About Their Careers And Their Fellow Competitors. Included Are Interviews With The Hall Of Famers Whitey Ford, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Billy Williams, Robin Roberts, Duke Snider, Ralph Branca, Carl Erskine, Bill Rigney, Lew Burdette, And Frank Robinson.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>vincent's Second Volume Of Interviews With Ballplayers Hearkens To A Time When Kids Played Baseball All Day (with Only A Break For Lunch), Annual Salaries For Professional Players Rarely Reached Six Figures And The Color Barrier Was Only Recently Broken By Jackie Robinson. Robinson's Legacy Looms Large In The 11 Accounts Featured Here; In One Of The Book's More Touching Passages, Late New York Giants Shortstop Bill Rigney Laments Failing To Introduce Himself After The Brooklyn Dodger Slugged His First Big-league Home Run Against The Giants In 1947. Elsewhere, Duke Snider Recalls Playing In The Final Game At Ebbets Field Before The Dodgers Moved We

Author

Vincent, Fay; Vincent, Fay

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416553434

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences

Rating

4.4 / 5 (63 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14