A sports history with a personal touch, this compendium of baseball profiles and remembrances highlights and celebrates some of the greatest Italian American ball players of the 20th century. This history, thoroughly illustrated with high-quality photographs, also shines a light on those lesser known but equally colorful paesani of the baseball diamond, including Berra, Campanella, DiMaggio, Furillo, Petrocelli, Santo, Torre, and more. The book will touch upon the players' backgrounds and the eras in which they played as well as the positive cultural impact their success had on the Italian American community. Born of a young fan's curiosity about his own ethnic background and the history of the game, the author brings a lifetime of research to this ethnic baseball history about the Italian American ball players who made an impression on the game long before he was born.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Illustrationen
Halftones, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9557-0 (9781476695570)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Otto Bruno, Jr. is a freelance writer and radio host in western New York. He is also a lecturer and teaches courses on film, TV, and pop culture history.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1.¿Babe Pinelli (1918)
2.¿Tony Lazzeri (1926)
3.¿Ernie Orsatti (1927)
4.¿Tony Cuccinello (1930)
5.¿Ernie Lombardi (1931)
6.¿Frankie Crosetti (1932)
7.¿Dolph Camilli (1933)
8.¿Cookie Lavagetto (1934)
9.¿Zeke Bonura (1934)
10.¿Phil Cavarretta (1934)
11.¿The DiMaggio Brothers: Joe, Vince, and Dom (1936, '37, '40)
12.¿John Berardino (1939)
13.¿Phil Rizzuto (1941)
14.¿Ralph Branca (1944)
15.¿Carl Furillo (1946)
16.¿Joe Garagiola (1946)
17.¿Yogi Berra (1946)
18.¿Vic Raschi (1946)
19.¿Sam Mele (1947)
20.¿Roy Campanella (1948)
21.¿Johnny Antonelli (1948)
22.¿Joe Altobelli (1955)
23.¿Rocky Colavito (1955)
24.¿Frank Malzone (1955)
25.¿Jim Gentile (1957)
26.¿Joe Torre (1960)
27.¿Ron Santo (1960)
28.¿Jim Fregosi (1961)
29.¿Dave Giusti (1962)
30.¿Rico Petrocelli (1963)
31.¿Tony Conigliaro (1964)
32.¿Sal Bando (1967)
33.¿Gary Gaetti (1981)
34.¿A. Bartlett Giamatti
35.¿Others of Note
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
