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Zack Wheat

The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer

By: Joe Niese

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Zack Wheat

The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer

By: Joe Niese

Zack Wheat was long considered the greatest player in Dodgers history. The Missouri native parlayed his tenacious work ethic and raw skills into a major league career. For almost two decades, the mild-mannered outfielder was a mainstay for the Dodgers, bringing stability to a team that was at times unhinged. To this day, Wheat is the franchise leader in several batting categories. Greatly respected by his peers and adored by fans, Wheat served as Brooklyn's captain for several years, leading the club to two pennants (1916 and 1920). After his playing days, Wheat found difficulty working his way back into the game and was nearly killed in an automobile accident as a member of the Kansas City police force before finding redemption in election to the Hall of Fame in 1959.

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McFarland

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147664182X

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9781476641829

Burleigh Grimes

Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer

By: Joe Niese

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Burleigh Grimes

Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer

By: Joe Niese

Burleigh Grimes--forever to be remembered as the ill-tempered spitballer with the perpetual five o'clock shadow. For nearly two decades, he brought his surly disposition to the pitcher's mound. His life-or-death mentality resulted in a reputation as one of the game's great competitors and a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Along the way he suited up for eight different ball clubs and played alongside a record 36 Hall of Famers. Grimes spent more than half a century in professional baseball as a player, manager, coach and scout. This biography covers all aspects of his life, from his childhood in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, to his twilight years in that same town. In between are World Series highs and lows, brawls, five marriages, a near-death experience and 270 major league victories.

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1476601798

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9781476601793

Gus Dorais

Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach

By: Joe Niese,Bob Dorais

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Gus Dorais

Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach

By: Joe Niese,Bob Dorais

Charles "Gus" Dorais (1891-1954) was the quarterback of Notre Dame's "Dorais to Rockne" tandem that revolutionized football's forward pass. A triple threat prep star from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Dorais was a captain and undefeated four-year starter at Notre Dame, and the school's first consensus All-American in 1913. Over the next four decades, Dorais was a professional player in the pre-NFL days and a college football coach--notably at the University of Detroit--and then head coach of the Detroit Lions. During his career, he tallied more than 150 wins. A pioneer of offensive strategies, Dorais played with and coached against most of the prominent football legends of his time.

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1476675244

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Burleigh Grimes

Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer

By: Joe Niese

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Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer

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2008 Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Joe Clemens

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2008 Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Joe Clemens

With a more limited supply of baseball card sets on the market, and 20 of the 30 professional U.S. baseball teams reporting increases in attendance in the last year and a half, there's no doubt that this is your season, card collector. No one understands this better than the staff of Sports Collectors Digest, the voice of the hobby and the experts responsible for the reliable and thoroughly researched pricing you'll find in 2008 Baseball Card Price Guide. This one-of-a-kind modern card reference must-have contains nearly 400,000 cards, including packs and boxes, inserts, parallels and rare variations.

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Krause Publications

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0896896188

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9780896896185

2007 Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Joe Clemens

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2007 Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Joe Clemens

*Great price point of $21.99 and portable format provides easy access to essential dataJust like a good infielder, nothing gets by this popular baseball card reference. 2007 Baseball Card Price Guide covers all regular baseball card issues from the 1980s to 2006 - more than 375,000 cards, with 2,200 detailed photos for identification, and authoritative pricing based on data from a large network of sports collectibles dealers and auction sales. Easily locate cards from Topps, Fleer, Score, UpperDeck and more using the collector-friendly index.

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0896894584

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9780896894587

Zack Wheat

The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer

By: Joe Niese

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The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer

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1476680140

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Handy Andy

The Andy Pafko Story

By: Joe Niese

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Handy Andy

The Andy Pafko Story

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Andy Pafko was a quiet, faith-filled man, who was extremely proud of his Slovak heritage. He also happened to play the game of baseball exceptionally well. Called up to the Chicago Cubs in September 1943, Pafko helped give hope to a club in turmoil. He was a part of the franchise's last World Series in 1945 and blossomed into a five-time All-Star as both an outfielder and a third baseman. In June 1951 he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers. That October, Pafko watched the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" sail over his head into the leftfield bleachers at the Polo Grounds. The next year he helped lead the Dodgers to the World Series, where they lost to the New York Yankees. After being traded to the Braves, Pafko was instrumental in back-to-back World Series appearances in 1957 and '58 against the Yankees, helping Milwaukee win the crown in '57. He retired after the 1959 season and spent the next decade as a coach and scout. In his twilight years, Pafko frequented Old-Timers games, autograph sessions and made public appearances for the teams he played on professionally.

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0692306420

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Gus Dorais

Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach

By: Joe Niese,Bob Dorais

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Gridiron Innovator, All-American and Hall of Fame Coach

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Zack Wheat

Zack Wheat

Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

Gus Dorais

Gus Dorais

Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

2008 Baseball Card Price Guide

2008 Baseball Card Price Guide

2007 Baseball Card Price Guide

2007 Baseball Card Price Guide

Zack Wheat

Zack Wheat

Handy Andy

Handy Andy

Gus Dorais

Gus Dorais

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