Baseball and the baby boomer
Subtitle: a history, commentary, and memoir
By: by Talmage Boston.
Publisher: Bright Sky Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Houston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781933979267
Subjects: Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Baseball -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mickey Mantle and Jimmy Piersall : the dark side of fathers and sons playing catch; title: Yaz and the impossible dream : remembering baseball at its best; title: Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey : the elegant dance; title: Nolan Ryan : baby boomer symbol of the game; title: Bart Giamatti : baseball's lyricist; title: Cooperstown and the Hall of Fame : the magic of baseball's home plate; title: Roger Maris : the man, his record, and the steroids controversy; title: Friends in the game : a writer, a minister, a cardiologist, and a goodwill ambassador; title: First person perspective : time in the sun with a son and then time by myself.