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PublisherGlobe Pequot Press, T.H.E.

ISBN-101493066536

ISBN-139781493066537

eBay Product ID (ePID)17050397564

Product Key Features

Book TitleLast Time Out : Big League Farewells of Baseball's Great

Number of Pages328 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General, General

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorJohn Nogowski

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-060776

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal796.357092273

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisMost sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history ......, Most sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. The stories of these men and how they finished their careers, never collected anywhere before now, show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends. After hours and hours of research, through biographies, microfilm, magazines, and memories, award-winning sportswriter John Nogowski culled the stories of the final games of 25 of The Game's greatest athletes-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Carlton Fisk, Bob Feller, Joe Morgan, and Carl Yastrzemski are among those featured. This impressive work recounts the circumstances surrounding these final games and puts you in a box seat to witness and sense the moment as these glorious careers ceased, most often with little fanfare. Whether it be Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Pete Rose, or Cal Ripken, Jr., Last Time Out beautifully captures in words and photographs the essence of these players' last time in uniform and celebrates the magic of the game these famed players mastered and loved., In this updated edition of Last Time Out, we take one last lingering look at the game's most recently celebrated retirees-Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Tony Gwynn, Ken Griffey Jr., and some who weren't all that celebrated in retirement-Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa, all four ignored by voters for Baseball's Hall of Fame, John Nogowski reflects on their finales as well as those of many other giants of the game-44 in all. This edition includes a few personal moments, such as the time in Boston's Fenway Park when Reggie Jackson, then an Oriole, had a delightful and memorable exchange with some loud fans (of which the author was one) with amazing results. The concluding chapter captures the very first game in the major-league career of Nogowski's favorite player, his son, John Jr., who debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2020 and was all too briefly a cult hero in Pittsburgh in 2021. The stories and antics surrounding the career finales of these legends are generally untold. Last Time Out freezes that moment when baseball's greatest players put down the bat or glove and hung up the spikes for the last time. Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberGV863.A1N64 2022