The Story
The playing and postplaying careers of all 1,560 players who appeared in a major league box score between 1950 and 1959the golden age, many sayare profiled in this exhaustive work. From Aaron to Zuverink: this treasuretrove of anecdotes, many gathered from personal interviews, is full of historical facts, controversy, and trivia.Readers will be reminded, that Milwaukee Braves pitcher Humberto Robinson was asked by a gambler to fix a game against the Phillies (he refused), Joe Adcock chased Giants pitcher Ruben Gomez around the field with a bat, Bob Turley reached the top of the corporate ladder after his playing days, Casey Wise became an orthodontist, Bobby Brown became a heart surgeon and president of the AL, and that Chuck Conners became an actor. All of this and much more can be found here.
Description
The playing and postplaying careers of all 1,560 players who appeared in a major league box score between 1950 and 1959the golden age, many sayare profiled in this exhaustive work. From Aaron to Zuverink: this treasuretrove of anecdotes, many gathered from personal interviews, is full of historical facts, controversy, and trivia.Readers will be reminded, that Milwaukee Braves pitcher Humberto Robinson was asked by a gambler to fix a game against the Phillies (he refused), Joe Adcock chased Giants pitcher Ruben Gomez around the field with a bat, Bob Turley reached the top of the corporate ladder after his playing days, Casey Wise became an orthodontist, Bobby Brown became a heart surgeon and president of the AL, and that Chuck Conners became an actor. All of this and much more can be found here.
