Out by a Step
The 100 Best Players Not in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Published on 5. August 2002
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-888698-44-2 (ISBN)
Description
To diehard baseball fans, the selection of players who will join the ranks of Cooperstown inductees often seems a bit arbitrary. Over the years there have been many outstanding players passed over, time and again, by the Veterans Committee, despite the players' qualifications and the support of fans and teammates. In Out by a Step, Mike and Neil Shalin compile their list of the 100 finest major leaguers who, in their views, deserve a place on the hallowed walls of Baseball's Hall of Fame. Out by a Step celebrates the fine careers of this "close but no cigar" fraternity-Richie Allen, Joe Torre, Tommy John, Elroy Face, and Urban Shocker, to name just a few-and will surely open up lively debate among baseball fans everywhere.
Reviews / Votes
it's sure to open up lively debates among baseball fans everywhere. * Daily Herald * Brothers Mike and Neil Shalin will stir up baseball fans of all ages...a fast moving and entertaining collection of the 100 best players not in the Hall of Fame... * Arizona Republic * ...is the only book I know of which pays tribute to those players whose accomplishments have fallen short of Cooperstown glory. This is a terrific read.... -- lloyd Carroll * Good Times Magazine * mention of Shalin giving a talk at Borders, Oak Brook, IL * Oak Brook Doings * This boffo book for baseball buffs makes oft-convincing cases for why 115 players should be elected to join the national pastime's heroes already immortalized in Cooperstown. * Forbes *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-888698-44-2 (9781888698442)
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Persons
Veteran sportswriter Mike Shalin spent 15 years on the baseball beat, first covering the New York Yankees for the New York Post and then the Boston Red Sox for the Boston Herald. Since leaving the beat in 1995, he has covered the sports scene at Boston College, but still keeps his hand in baseball via freelance writing, including a series of young readers' books done in the late 90s. Mike Shalin resides in Peabody, Massachusetts. Neil Shalin is a freelance writer in the Chicago, Illinois, area, who currently covers high school and college sports for The Daily Herald. In 1999, he retired from his position as an editor, speechwriter, and Midwest public relations director for MetLife.