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Title: Ol'Pete: The Grover Cleveland Alexander Story by Jack Kavanagh ISBN: 1-888698-03-9 Publisher: Diamond Communications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A VERY SAD TALE ABOUT A GREAT PITCHER
Comment: THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT ONE OF THE LEGENDARY PITCHERS OF THE GRAND OLD GAME. A TREMENDOUS ON THE FIELD SUCCESS AND OFF THE FIELD FAILURE. HIS 1926 WORLD SERIES IS LEGENDARY AS IS HIS STORIED CAREER. BUT HIS OFF THE FIELD DRINKING AND EPILEPSY IS VERY SHOCKING AND GUT WRENCHING. I WONDER WHAT SORT OF CAREER HE COULD HAVE HAD IF HE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT THE DEMON OF ALCOHOLISM. ALEX'S PLAYING DAYS ARE DONE IN GREAT DETAIL, JUST WISH MORE WAS AVAILABLE ABOUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE. BUT A WELL DONE JOB BY THE AUTHOR. A MUST READ FOR BASEBALL HISTORY FANS.
Rating: 3
Summary: A trageic story of baseball's greatest pitchers
Comment: I have undertaken the quest to read biographies of the past baseball heroes, and wanted to know more about Ol' Pete, so this book was an exact match.
I became a aware of a few editing mistakes, there is a picture caption that claims GCA won 26 games as a rookie yet the statistics show he won 28.
During a 3 page span there were a few mathematical mistakes dealing with GCA and surpassing Matty's career wins record. Page 110 said Pete needed 9 wins to pass Matty, then a few pages later it said GCA won his 6 game, 1 more needed to tie Matty. Certainly with the Mattty record changed later, this was just clearly an over site with numbers, hopefully it will be corrected with the paperback version up-coming.
A handful of the old-time players were certainly tragic firgures, and I guess Fitzgerald was right, when he said "Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
If you enjoyed this book, try the following: 1. Matty: An American Hero 2. Fouled Away: The Baseball tragedy of Hack Wilson 3. Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
Rating: 3
Summary: Too much trival detail
Comment: I have always wondered why there was not more written about this early hero of baseball who seemed to have such a sad and tragic life, and was very excited when I found this book. Jack Kavanagh did a wonderful job of researching the ins and outs of Ol' Pete, and reading of his life and hardships was very informative. But I believe he allowed the book to drag just a bit by trying to include too much detail about meaningless games.
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Title: Rogers Hornsby: A Biography by Charles C. Alexander ISBN: 0805046976 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist by Alan Howard Levy ISBN: 0786407867 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook by Martin Kohout ISBN: 0786410671 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Player: Christy Mathewson, Baseball, and the American Century by Philip M. Seib ISBN: 1568582684 Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub. Date: 10 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Commy": The Life Story of Charles A. Comiskey (McFarland Historical Baseball Library) by G. W. Axelson ISBN: 0786415983 Publisher: Macfarland & Co. Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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