That Was Part of Baseball Then
Subtitle: Interviews With 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, Coaches & Managers
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786411788
Subjects: Interviews; Sports; General; Baseball - History; Sports - Baseball; Sports & Recreation; Biography / Autobiography; Major League Baseball (Organization); Major League Baseball (Organiz; History; Sports / Baseball; United States; Baseball - General; 20th century; Baseball; Baseball players
Description: "In this collection of interviews, former players, coaches, and managers speak candidly about their most memorable experiences in baseball's big leagues. Recollections include their early years spent learning the game, their first time stepping on the field as a big leaguer, their first strikeout as a pitcher, their first hit as a batter - to the more disappointing moments such as a first trade, a World Series loss, or a release signaling the end of a career.

Bob Friend, Bobby Thomson, Johnny Pesky, Jim Kaat, Frank Malzone, Dale Berra, Larry Bowa, Gil McDougald, Gene Garber, Billy Sample, Nellie Briles, Jon Matlack, Catfish Hunter, Fred Patek, Vern Law, Clem Labine, Virgil Trucks, Frank Tanana, Jimmy Greengrass, Bill Virdon, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, Hector Lopez, and Ralph Houk are the interviewees."--Jacket.