Working at the ballpark
Subtitle: the fascinating lives of baseball people-- from peanut vendors and broadcasters to players and managers
By: Tom Jones.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781602392267
Subjects: Baseball -- United States; Baseball fields -- United States -- Employees
Description: Offers interviews with fifty-two people who make their living from baseball and provides their thoughts on how they arrived at their positions and what their work means to them.
Table of contents: title: Peter Magowan, San Francisco Giants; title: Sandy Alderson, San Diego Padres; title: Pat Gillick, Philadelphia Phillies; title: Joe Spear, HOK Sport; title: Bob Watson, Commissioner's Office; title: Bob Boone, Washington Nationals; title: Leo Mazzone, Baltimore Orioles; title: Mike Hargrove, Seattle Mariners; title: Todd Hutcheson, San Diego Padres; title: Ron Jackson, Round Rock Express; title: Steve Liddle, Minnesota Twins; title: Jeromy Burnitz, Pittsburgh Pirates; title: Doug Mansolino, Houston Astros; title: Eric Byrnes, Arizona Diamondbacks; title: Fieldin Culbreth, umpire, Major League Baseball; title: Omar Vizquel, San Francisco Giants; title: Doug Mirabelli, Boston Red Sox; title: Philip Merkord, Texas Rangers; title: Gary Matthews, Jr., Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; title: Nick Johnson, Washington Nationals; title: Rheal Cormier, Cincinnati Reds; title: Luis Issac, Cleveland Indians; title: Woody Williams, Houston Astros; title: Derrick Turnbow, Milwaukee Brewers; title: Chris Hanson ("Bernie Brewer"), mascot, Milwaukee Brewers; title: John Guilfoy, Fenway Park; title: Pete Quibell, San Francisco Giants; title: Arnie "Peanut Dude" Murphy, Houston Astros; title: Johnny "from Connecticut," Fenway Park; title: Steven Carlovsky, Milwaukee Brewers; title: Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle; title: Jim Trdinich, Pittsburgh Pirates; title: Mike Krukow, San Francisco; title: Bruce Wilson, Texas Rangers; title: Howard Eskin, Philadelphia; title: Bob Tayek, Cleveland Indians; title: Joe Moeller, Florida Marlins; title: Larry Frattare, Pittsburgh Pirates; title: Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe; title: Pete D'Alonzo, San Franciso Bay Area; title: Jim Ferguson, Tampa Bay Devil Rays; title: Jim Fregosi, Atlanta Braves; title: Cy Buynak, Cleveland Indians; title: Colleen Reilly, Boston Red Sox; title: Mickey Morabito, Oakland Athletics; title: Luke Yoder, San Diego Padres; title: Chris Long, Philadelphia Phillies; title: Kurt Schloss, Cleveland Indians; title: Chris Fernandez, Tampa Bay Devil Rays; title: Johnny Pesky, Boston Red Sox.