How to steal a pennant
By: by Maury Willis, with Don Freeman.
Contributors: Freeman, Don, 1922- joint author.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Wills, Maury, 1932-; Baseball.
Description: Traditional baseball wisdom holds to playing "by the book": to be a winner, in all respects, don't buck tradition. Don't rock the boat. But Maury Wills, former star shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the man who broke a fifty-year record for stealing bases and went on to establish a career as a top sportscaster, sees it differently. For Maury, rules are made to be broken. More than a behind-the-scenes look at the strategies and politics of big-league ball, this is an intimate account of the human side of professional sports -- the elation of victory and the bitterness of defeat; the arguments, the camaraderie, and the wild practical jokes.
Notes: Autobiographical.