Sal Maglie : baseball's demon barber / Judith Testa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Testa, Judith Anne, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maglie, Sal, 1917-.

Maglie, Sal.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, [2007]

Contents:

The Maglies of Italy and America

The Niagara Nugget goes nowhere: Sal's career in the minor leagues

A taste of the bigs : from the Jersey City Giants to the New York Giants

The Cuban winter league and the Mexican baseball war

Down Mexico way : Sal's two seasons with the Puebla Parrots

Knocking around : the All-Stars, the gas pumps, and the Drummondville Cubs

While you were gone

: major league baseball from 1946 through 1949

The birth of "The Barber" : Sal's 1950 season with the New York Giants

At the axis of event, part 1 : Maglie and the 1951 miracle season

At the axis of event, part 2 : the playoffs, the pennant, and the World Series

1952 : a season of sun and shadows

1953 : Sal's season in hell

1954 : the Giants take it all

1955 : troubles, travels, and a transformed family

1956 : the artful dodger

Sal comes "home" to Brooklyn

1956 : money pitcher : Maglie's no-hitter, the pennant, and the World Series

1957 : "the calendar never killed anybody" : Sal at 40 as a Dodger and a Yankee

1958-1959 : sunset at the show

Maglie's last year as a player

1960-1962, 1966 : coaching the kids : four seasons with the Boston Red Sox

1967 : tragedy at home, triumph in Boston

1968-1969 : Maglie's stint with the Seattle Pilots

The rest of his days : Sal's life after baseball

Twilight and darkness : Maglie's final years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [436]-445) and index.

ISBN:

0875803679

9780875803678

OCLC:

65407334