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A Baseball Hall of Famer as of 1948, Pie Traynor was the face of Pittsburgh baseball during the twenties and thirties, when the Pirates were a perennial pennant contender. (They won the Series in 1925.) Traynor was a line-drive hitter who drove in runs as effectively with doubles and triples as most of his peers did launching balls over the fence, and by all accounts he was a dazzling defender.
After his playing days ended, Traynor stayed in Pittsburgh, managing the Pirates for five years and working as a popular broadcaster for decades, cementing his place as one of the most popular athletes ever to play in the Steel City.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. From Canada to Somerville
2. Discovered on Cape Cod
3. Portsmouth's $10,000 Beauty
4. Killing Ushers in Birmingham
5. I Wouldn't Trade Him for Half of the Brooklyn Ballclub
6. World Champions
7. A Great Club Melting Away
8. Not a Kid Anymore
9. Endings and Beginnings
10. Squeezing Orange Juice from a Potato
11. The Homer in the Gloamin'
12. Keen Regret
13. At the Corner of Walk and Don't Walk
14. Live from Ringside
15. It Kind of Made Me Feel Like Crying
Appendix 1: Funeral Service
Appendix 2: Major League Statistics
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
