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Masters of the games : essays and stories on sport / Joseph Epstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Joseph, 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 309 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Contents:
- Essays
- A Boy's Favorite Author 15
- This Sporting Life 31
- Confessions of a Low Roller 47
- Balls-Up 63
- Ep, the Bulls Are Six-Point Dogs 75
- The Thrill of Defeat 83
- Open Another Can of Quarterback 97
- The Old Ball Game 103
- Wrigley Field 111
- Red Smith 117
- Jocks
- Joe DiMaggio: Where'd He Go? 127
- Michael Jordan: He Flies through the Air 139
- Hank Greenberg: Designated Mensch 149
- Bob Love: The Unknown Superstar 155
- Stories
- The Goldin Boys 171
- Danny Montoya 195
- Out of Action 211
- Short Takes
- Hats Off 229
- A Sartorial Double Fault 233
- The Running of the Bulls 237
- Best Seat in the House 241
- A Super (Yawn) Sunday 245
- A Secret Vice 249
- Sport Magazine 253
- The Agony of Da Feet 257
- Opinionations
- The Sports Leninist 263
- Aren't We Grand? 267
- Bored with Baseball? 271
- March Sanity 275
- The Joy of Not Being There 279
- Leave the Kids Alone 283
- Don't Hide Your Eyes, Unionize 287
- Summing Up
- Trivial Pursuits 293
- Still Hooked 307.
- ISBN:
- 9781442236530
- 1442236531
- OCLC:
- 878837501
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