Sal Maglie
Subtitle: baseball's demon barber
By: Judith Testa.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: DeKalb, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780875803678
Subjects: Maglie, Sal, -- 1917-; Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [436]-445) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Maglies of Italy and America; title: The Niagara Nugget goes nowhere: Sal's career in the minor leagues; title: A taste of the bigs : from the Jersey City Giants to the New York Giants; title: The Cuban winter league and the Mexican baseball war; title: Down Mexico way : Sal's two seasons with the Puebla Parrots; title: Knocking around : the All-Stars, the gas pumps, and the Drummondville Cubs; title: While you were gone; title: : major league baseball from 1946 through 1949; title: The birth of "The Barber" : Sal's 1950 season with the New York Giants; title: At the axis of event, part 1 : Maglie and the 1951 miracle season; title: At the axis of event, part 2 : the playoffs, the pennant, and the World Series; title: 1952 : a season of sun and shadows; title: 1953 : Sal's season in hell; title: 1954 : the Giants take it all; title: 1955 : troubles, travels, and a transformed family; title: 1956 : the artful dodger; title: Sal comes "home" to Brooklyn; title: 1956 : money pitcher : Maglie's no-hitter, the pennant, and the World Series; title: 1957 : "the calendar never killed anybody" : Sal at 40 as a Dodger and a Yankee; title: 1958-1959 : sunset at the show; title: Maglie's last year as a player; title: 1960-1962, 1966 : coaching the kids : four seasons with the Boston Red Sox; title: 1967 : tragedy at home, triumph in Boston; title: 1968-1969 : Maglie's stint with the Seattle Pilots; title: The rest of his days : Sal's life after baseball; title: Twilight and darkness : Maglie's final years.