George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else who has ever played the game, from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Altman played baseball at all the kids' levels, played college baseball at Tennessee State, played for the Kansas City Monarchs during the waning days of the Negro Leagues, played for the U.S. Army in service competition, played winter league ball in Cuba and Panama, spent nine years with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets, a two-time All-Star outfielder--then played in Japan as a regular All-Star. Altman has seen it all and he offers illuminating observations about teams, fans and the game.
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"Altman has seen it all and he offers illuminating observations about teams, fans and the game"-The Courier.
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Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7103-4 (9780786471034)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
George Altman is retired from major league baseball. Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News and Wyoming's Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Lew Freedman ?1
1.?Growing Up in Goldsboro ?7
2.?Basketball at Tennessee State ?17
3.?Back to Baseball ?27
4.?The Kansas City Monarchs ?33
5.?The Minors, the Army and Making the Cubs ?41
6.?The Major Leagues ?51
7.?Winter Ball in Cuba ?60
8.?Getting Used to the Majors ?68
9.?Just Playing Big League Ball ?75
10.?Big Moments and Tough Moments ?84
11.?Cubs Life ?91
12.?Joining the Cardinals ?97
13.?On to the Mets ?106
14.?Back to the Cubs ?115
15.?Learning to Play Ball in a Different Language ?124
16.?"Pure Boru!" (Play Ball) ?133
17.?Being an American in Japan ?141
18.?Japanese Workouts and Meetings ?149
19.?Nearing the End in Tokyo ?157
20.?Health Scare and Retirement ?165
21.?Retirement ?174
22.?Quite a Life in Baseball ?185
Epilogue by Lew Freedman ?195
Notes ?199
Index ?201
