Most sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. The stories of these men and how they finished their careers, never collected anywhere before now, show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends. After hours and hours of research, through biographies, microfilm, magazines, and memories, award-winning sportswriter John Nogowski culled the stories of the final games of 25 of The Game's greatest athletes-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Carlton Fisk, Bob Feller, Joe Morgan, and Carl Yastrzemski are among those featured. This impressive work recounts the circumstances surrounding these final games and puts you in a box seat to witness and sense the moment as these glorious careers ceased, most often with little fanfare. Whether it be Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Pete Rose, or Cal Ripken, Jr., Last Time Out beautifully captures in words and photographs the essence of these players' last time in uniform and celebrates the magic of the game these famed players mastered and loved.
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Nogowski offers a tribute to 25 baseball giants, with a twist. This is a remembrance of the players' final moments on the field, alternately remarkable and heartbreaking. Eschewing well-known stats, celebrated World Series games and other popular material, talented sportswriter Nogowski opens an unusual window onto the last hurrahs of such players as Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente and Cal Ripkin Jr. Among the more poignant entries is "Lou Gehrig: Sad Finish for the Iron Horse." Once the most feared man in baseball, Gehrig famously suffered a nerve disease (ALS) that zapped his strength. Nogowski replays Gehrig's last at-bat with excruciating detail, explaining the slugger's despair when he stranded 10 runners in his final game as a Yankee in 1939. Readers also watch as Pete Rose strikes out in 1986, Willie Mays grounds out in 1973 and Bob Feller, the greatest strikeout artist of his day, doesn't strike out a single batter in his final 1956 game. But Ted Williams walks away a champ, hitting a home run in 1960, and Joe DiMaggio doubles on his final major league at-bat in 1951. Nogowski has a gift for putting readers in the game, supplying rich color. He's honest about Major League Baseball's obsession with age and the bottom line, but still manages to celebrate these titans' final moments on the field with wonder and admiration. Photos.
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A rememberance of the players' final moments on the field, alternately remarkable and heartbreaking. (Publishers Weekly )
...provides a fresh angle to some old stories. (Nashuatelegraph.Com )
"...informative, insightful and blissfully nostalgic tales about the final games of some of the baseball's greatest stars." (Greg Wyshynski Sportsfan Magazine )
...provides a fresh angle to some old stories. (Nashuatelegraph.Com )
"...informative, insightful and blissfully nostalgic tales about the final games of some of the baseball's greatest stars." (Greg Wyshynski Sportsfan Magazine )
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Great book about baseball's greats,
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This review is from: Last Time Out: Big League Farewells of Baseball's Greatest (Hardcover)
As a life long baseball fan who is relegated to watch major league baseball in a poorly constructed football stadium, where you lose sight of the ball the second the ball goes higher than the short stops head at the laughing stock of MLB, the Metrodome. I am naturally drawn towards reading baseball books reminiscing about a game where baseball was played outdoors on grass. The problem is there are just so many on the shelf it's hard to pick one to read. I came about finding this book by listening to the radio. One night, AM1500 talk show host TD Mischke conducted as usual another fantastic interview with that nights guest John Nogowski where he discussed this book. His knowledge, passion and insight about the game sparked my interest and I went out and picked this book up. It really is a fantastic book about the greats of the game, most of which I never got to see play.
It's really an interesting and unique look at the great players of the past where Nogowski focuses on their final games. Having always had an interest in Joe DiMaggio, because of his desire to have a perfect image, which made his final games difficult since he was not up to his usual standards of perfection. Also growing up watching Cal Ripken achieve so many accomplishments in the Metrodome when he came into town it really made a great read and interesting read. I can't recommend this book highly enough for fans of every age.
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Lost Tales Of Baseball Giants,
By Phil Manzanera (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Time Out: Big League Farewells of Baseball's Greatest (Hardcover)
"Last Time Out" is a unique baseball book in that it captures some long forgotten moments in the magnificent career of baseball giants like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Willie Mays and Ted Williams. Using newspaper accounts from the day, author John Nogowski finds a magical way to bring you back to those days of yesterday, so it seems as if you're sitting in a first base box seat as Joe DiMaggio rips a double off Larry Jansen or as Ty Cobb pinch-hits and pops out before a raucous Yankee Stadium crowd. Crammed with career statistics as well as the very last box score that carried the great players' name, "Last Time Out" offers 25 of baseball's greatest on the way out. Their very last time - out.
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YOU WILL LIKE THIS FIRST TIME OUT (IT SHOULD BE 5 STARS),
By COOL JEWEL (MACEDONIA, OHIO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Time Out: Big League Farewells of Baseball's Greatest (Hardcover)
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT MANY FORMER STARS SUCH AS MICKEY MANTLE, TED WILLIAMS AND SANDY KOUFAX PLAYING THE FINAL GAME OF THEIR CAREER. AUTHOR JOHN NOGOWSKI GIVES US A BIT ABOUT THEIR CAREER THEN GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE LAST GAME OF EACH PLAYER ALONG WITH THE BOX SCORE. HE ALSO PROVIDES SOME GREAT PICTURES AND COMPLETE SEASON BY SEASON LIFETIME STATS. YOU GET ALOT IN THIS BOOK. I READ THIS IN 2 DAYS. HOPE MR. NOGOWSKI PUTS OUT ANOTHER BOOK LIKE THIS SOON. VERY RECOMMENDED..
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