Reaching for the Stars: A Celebration of Italian Americans in Major League Baseball

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Year: 2003
Pages: 207
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 345457064

Product Code: 756776104

Description

Larry Freundlich (ed). DiMaggio. Berra. Lombardi. Piazza. They’re more than just baseball heroes, they’re the real-life fulfillment of the faith their countrymen had in coming to this land of opportunity. Now, in this talent-filled collection, superb sportswriters, essayists, & baseball scholars celebrate the meaning & magnitude of the Italian contribution to baseball. In addition, the authoritative encyclopedia Total Baseball database provides complete stats for every Italian American major leaguer ever to play the game, & Yogi Berra selects his own Italian American All-Star Team. Includes words & reflections from Ira Berkow, George Vecsey, Robert Leuci, A. Bartlett Giamatti, Wilfred Sheed, Donald Honig, Anthony Valerio, Lawrence Baldassaro, & Joseph Vecchione.

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