Close shave : the life and times of baseball's Sal Maglie / by James Szalontai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szalontai, James, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maglie, Sal, 1917-.

Maglie, Sal.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

v, 402 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2002]

Summary:

Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble. Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when his team needed a victory, and one who refused to quit, even when faced with blacklisting, crippling injuries, and advanced age. Off the field, he was an amiable man.

This work chronicles the life and career of the man and the player: his unspectacular minor league career, his 1945 debut with Mel Ott's New York Giants, his blacklisting by organized baseball for playing in Jorge Pasquel's Mexican League, and his rejoining the Giants in 1950 at the age of 33.

Contents:

Trials and triumphs of a bush league pitcher

Return to the International League

Wartime ball, "wartime" pitcher?

The baseball war, the black list, and the Mexican jumping beans

Back with the Giants

The American aristocracy and the miracle finish

Pitching in pain

A season to forget

Return to glory

Banished to Cleveland

The barber joins the enemy

From Dodger blue to Yankee pinstripes

The end is near

The old warrior fades away.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.

ISBN:

0786411899

OCLC:

49648527