Full Description
This collection of more than 300 graphic biographies of baseball players is a throwback to the illustrated biographies or cartoons seen regularly in newspaper sports sections of the '30s, '40s and '50s. All manner of ballplayers are included from the Hall of Famers (the Legends), to the everyday players (the Journeymen), to the cup-of-coffee guys (the Short-Timers).
Almost all of the bio-illustrations are of major league players, but there are interesting exceptions--minor leaguers, female players, entertainers... These bio-illustrations regularly appeared in the pages of Sports Collectors Digest from 1997 through 2011.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Assorted Legends, Journeymen, and Short-Timers
Big Boppers
Natural Born Hitters
Armed and Dangerous 1
Tragedies and Near Tragedies 1
World War II 1
Korea and Vietnam
Men of Desegregation 2 1
Music, Movies, and TV
Speedsters
Cool Couplings
Wholly-Worthy Half-Pagers 27
Black Sox: 1919 Chicago White Sox
Whiz Kids: 1950 Philadelphia Phillies
Pinstripers: 2009 New York Yankees
Index