Tales from Baseball's Golden Age

by Gene Fehler

Book Overview

Tales from Baseball's Golden Age is a collection of anecdotes about baseball in the 1940s and '50s. The author interviewed nearly 100 former Major League Baseball players about their experiences in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582612471
• ISBN13: 9781582612478
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A GREAT READ

THIS IS A BUNCH OF SHORT STORIES AND INSIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 60 PLAYERS FROM THE 1940'S THRU THE 1960'S. SOME PLAYERS INCLUDE RALPH KINER, FRANK MALZONE, BOB SHAW AND BOBBY THOMSON. EACH PLAYER IS GIVEN 3-4 PAGES OF INTERSTING AND ENTERTAINING STORIES. THIS AN EASY BOOK TO READ BUT VERY VERY ENJOYABLE. WE MORE AND MORE TALES FROM BASEBALL'S GOLDEN ERA. A MUST READ FOR NOSTALGIC FANS.

Very interesting stories

In this book, forty or fifty ball players are described and then each of them talk about players they have played against. Several umpires also tell of different events in some of their ballgames. It's very interesting to read of their thoughts about some of the better ball players.

Excellent reading!

Between 1940 and 1959 players like Musial, Aaron, Mantle, Mays, Spahn and Banks were just a few of the men to play baseball during what baseball purest call the "Golden Age of Baseball". Gene Fehler has put together a collection of 56 players from the era and the stories they tell bring to life the true world of baseball.262 pages may seem short and believe me there could have so much more, but what the author does within those pages is pure magic. Reading about what is was like to play along side the greats to winning World Series to having Joe DiMaggio spike you are but a few of the tales in this book.Baseball comes to life and the players live again as Fehler has collected stories about what is was like to face Musial and Williams, how to avoid Mantle's bat and so many other great ones. As a true baseball fan, I found this book both entertaining and a delight to read and read again.If you looking for a baseball book that gives the dirt on players this book is certainly not the one, but if you are looking for several hours of fun and enlightening then you can stop at your nearest book store and get yourself a copy.Fun under $20.00 Sports Publishing has given you a real winner - enjoy the reading!