Sizzler : George Sisler, Baseball's Forgotten Great Paperback / softback
by Rick Huhn
Part of the Sports and American Culture Series series
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“Gorgeous George†Sisler, a left-handed first baseman, began his major-league baseball career in 1915 with the St.
Louis Browns. During his sixteen years in the majors, he played with such baseball luminaries as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby.
He was considered by these stars of the sport to be their equal, and Branch Rickey, one of baseball’s foremost innovators and talent scouts, once said that in 1922 Sisler was “the greatest player that ever lived.†By including excerpts from Sisler’s unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:University of Missouri Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780826220134
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:University of Missouri Press
- Publication Date:30/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780826220134
