Roy Sievers

"The Sweetest Right Handed Swing" in 1950s Baseball

Paul Scimonelli (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476668697 (ISBN)

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In the history of baseball, is there any other player who suffered as many setbacks as Roy Sievers and still prevailed to become one of the most feared and respected hitters in baseball? This biography provides an in-depth look into Roy Sievers, the person.

Few players in the history of baseball suffered as many professional setbacks as Roy Sievers (1926-2017). After an award winning rookie season in 1949, he endured a year and a half-long slump, a nearly career-ending injury and a major position change--all from 1950 through 1953.

Traded in 1954, he prevailed and became one of the most feared hitters of the decade, the Washington Senators' home run leader and the biggest gate attraction since Walter Johnson.

Drawing on original interviews with Sievers and teammates, this first full-length biography covers the life and career of a first baseman who overcame adversity to restore a dispirited franchise.

Paul Scimonelli, retired teacher and musician, had a successful music career for more than 60 years. He has written numerous articles for music journals and his dissertation on the history of the Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music is a widely read resource in the university library’s database. He lives in Woodstock, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Foreword by Bob Wolff

Introduction

1. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

2. “A pair of spikes, and they were too big!”

3. “I thought, hell, this is easy!”

4. The Sophomore Jinx

5. Bad Breaks and Small Wonders

6. Big Bat and Short Fences

7. “The sweetest right-handed swing in baseball”

8. The World Is His Oyster

9. The Times, They Are A-Changin’

10. The Best Is Yet to Come

11. Coming Home

Epilogue

Appendix: Achievements, Awards and Highlights

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2018
Zusatzinfo	24 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-13	9781476668697 / 9781476668697
Zustand	Neuware