Bring in the Right-Hander!: My Twenty-Two Years in the Major Leagues - Hardcover

Reuss, Jerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803248970 ISBN 13: 9780803248977

Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR, 2014

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One of only twenty-nine Major Leaguers to play in four different decades, Jerry Reuss pitched for eight teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates twice. So when Reuss tells his story, he covers about as much of baseball life as any player can. 

Bring In the Right-Hander! puts us on the mound for the winning pitch in Game Five of the 1981 World Series, then takes us back to the schoolyards and ball fields of Overland, Missouri, where Reuss first dreamed of that scene. His baseball odyssey, dedicated to the mantra “work hard and play harder,” began in 1969 with his hometown team, the St. Louis Cardinals (who traded him three years later for mustache-related reasons). Reuss carries us through his winning seasons with the Dodgers, taking in a no-hitter and that World Series triumph, and introducing us to some of baseball’s most colorful characters. Along the way, as the grizzled veteran faces injuries, releases, and trips to the Minors, then battling his way back into the Majors to finish his career with the Pirates, we get a glimpse of the real grit behind big league life, on and off the field.

 

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Since his retirement as an active player, Jerry Reuss has worked in broadcasting as a color analyst for ESPN, the Anaheim Angels, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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• Verlag: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803248970
• ISBN 13: 9780803248977
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258
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