You Never Forget Your First: Ballplayers Recall Their Big League Debuts - Softcover

Lewin, Josh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597970654 ISBN 13: 9781597970655

Verlag: POTOMAC BOOKS INC, 2007

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Having already penned Getting in the Game, his inside scoop on the mayhem within baseball's winter meetings, Josh Lewin once again gives baseball fans a window into the big leagues. By interviewing big league ballplayers about their first day in the majors, Lewin creates fascinating mini-biographies of the players, highlighting the personalities hidden behind the on-field accomplishments. He lets the players recount their own memories of how they made it to the big leagues. In You Never Forget Your First, Lewin shares the stories of players great and less so. Tony Gwynn recalls singling in his first at bat and finding Pete Rose waiting for him at first base with a wink and a warning: "Don't break my record all at once, kid." Bob Brenly heard of his call-up on the car radio while on a family trip to the Grand Canyon. He then stood helplessly in the middle of the Arizona desert after his transmission gave out, trying to convince passersby he was a ballplayer heading to the big leagues and needed a lift to the airport. Duane Kuiper witnessed a fight both on the field and in his own clubhouse his first day in Cleveland. Greg Maddux recalls being stuck at the Chicago River drawbridge, convinced he'd never make it to Wrigley Field in time for his debut. Lewin interviews modern star players such as A-Rod, Barry Bonds, and Manny Ramirez, as well as Hall of Famers such as Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and George Brett. More than 100 popular baseball players are profiled, complete with the box scores of their big league debuts.

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JOSH LEWIN is a play-by-play announcer for Fox TV's "Saturday Game of the Week" and is the television voice of the Texas Rangers. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, he's worked with legendary broadcasters Jon Miller in Baltimore, Harry Caray in Chicago, and Ernie Harwell in Detroit. He lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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• Verlag: POTOMAC BOOKS INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1597970654
• ISBN 13: 9781597970655
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 253
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