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Last Time Out: Big League Farewells of Baseball's Greatest
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by John Nogowski
Sales Rank: 752509
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List Price: $24.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 172 pages
Published by: Taylor Trade Publishing; 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed edition December 25, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1589790804
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1589790803
Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Nogowski offers a tribute to 25 baseball giants, with a twist. This is a remembrance of the players' final moments on the field, alternately remarkable and heartbreaking. Eschewing well-known stats, celebrated World Series games and other popular material, talented sportswriter Nogowski opens an unusual window onto the last hurrahs of such players as Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente and Cal Ripkin Jr. Among the more poignant entries is "Lou Gehrig: Sad Finish for the Iron Horse." Once the most feared man in baseball, Gehrig famously suffered a nerve disease (ALS) that zapped his strength. Nogowski replays Gehrig's last at-bat with excruciating detail, explaining the slugger's despair when he stranded ten runners in his final game as a Yankee in 1939. Readers also watch as Pete Rose strikes out in 1986, Willie Mays grounds out in 1973 and Bob Feller, the greatest strikeout artist of his day, doesn't strike out a single batter in his final 1956 game. But Ted Williams walks away a champ, hitting a home run in 1960, and Joe DiMaggio doubles on his final major league at-bat in 1951. Nogowski has a gift for putting readers in the game, supplying rich color. He's honest about Major League Baseball's obsession with age and the bottom line, but still manages to celebrate these titans' final moments on the field with wonder and admiration. Photos.
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Book Description
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? Last Time Out answers that question as it looks at how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. These stories never collected anywhere before now show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends.
Reader Reviews
This is a gem of a book and one to be savored. I recommend you read a story and put the book down for a day or two before you read the next story. Every one of these players is worth reflecting on for a while before you dig into the next one. John Nogowski knows and loves baseball, and has created a keeper for any sports library. Ned Foster
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