Tales from Baseball's Golden Age [Hardcover]

Gene Fehler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2000

Tales from BaseballÂ’s Golden Age is a collection of anecdotes about baseball in the 1940s and Â’50s. The author has interviewed nearly 100 former Major League Baseball players about their experiences in the era that purists consider to be the Golden Age of Baseball. For longtime fans who are enamored of baseball history and tradition, this book should have special appeal. Each entry is prefaced by a concise player profile, leading into an anecdote that is written entirely in the playerÂ’s own words. Each tale is about 150 words in length, making for a light and breezy trip through baseball legend and lore. Among the players interviewed are Ralph Kiner, Bobby Thomson, Bill Virdon, Jerry Coleman, and Tim McCarver. Almost half of the nearly 100 players were named to at least one All-Star team. Tales from BaseballÂ’s Golden Age promises to be a book that readers wonÂ’t want to put down.

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About the Author

Gene Fehler has written two other books, both containing baseball poems. Center Field Grasses (McFarland & Co.) was released in 1991, and I Hit the Ball (McFarland & Co.) was published in 1996. He will release a third, non-baseball book in Spring 2000, Let the Poems Begin! (Good Apple). Fehler has also had articles, poems, and stories published in more than 200 magazines and anthologies. He resides in Seneca, South Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 262 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC; Presumed 1st Edition edition (July 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582612471
• ISBN-13: 978-1582612478
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gene grew up in Thomson, Illinois, and currently lives in Seneca, South Carolina, with his wife Polly. The greatest inspirations for his books are his love of baseball and his family. Gene and Polly have two sons, Tim and Andy, and three granddaughters -- Mireille, Gabrielle, and Kaya. His young adult novel BEANBALL was named 2008 Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International. His book CHANGE-UP: BASEBALL POEMS was co-winner of the 2010 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People in the Grades 4-6 category. Gene has the great pleasure of playing more than sixty softball games a year on a senior softball team from Seneca, South Carolina; and more than twenty baseball games a year with one of his sons in the Great American Pastime Baseball League (for players 18 and over) in Greenville, South Carolina.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading!, August 7, 2000

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales from Baseball's Golden Age (Hardcover)

Between 1940 and 1959 players like Musial, Aaron, Mantle, Mays, Spahn and Banks were just a few of the men to play baseball during what baseball purest call the "Golden Age of Baseball". Gene Fehler has put together a collection of 56 players from the era and the stories they tell bring to life the true world of baseball.

262 pages may seem short and believe me there could have so much more, but what the author does within those pages is pure magic. Reading about what is was like to play along side the greats to winning World Series to having Joe DiMaggio spike you are but a few of the tales in this book.

Baseball comes to life and the players live again as Fehler has collected stories about what is was like to face Musial and Williams, how to avoid Mantle's bat and so many other great ones. As a true baseball fan, I found this book both entertaining and a delight to read and read again.

If you looking for a baseball book that gives the dirt on players this book is certainly not the one, but if you are looking for several hours of fun and enlightening then you can stop at your nearest book store and get yourself a copy.

Fun under $20.00 Sports Publishing has given you a real winner - enjoy the reading!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT READ, April 29, 2006

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COOL JEWEL (MACEDONIA, OHIO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: More Tales from Baseball's Golden Age (Hardcover)

THIS IS A BUNCH OF SHORT STORIES AND INSIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 60 PLAYERS FROM THE 1940'S THRU THE 1960'S. SOME PLAYERS INCLUDE RALPH KINER, FRANK MALZONE, BOB SHAW AND BOBBY THOMSON. EACH PLAYER IS GIVEN 3-4 PAGES OF INTERSTING AND ENTERTAINING STORIES. THIS AN EASY BOOK TO READ BUT VERY VERY ENJOYABLE. WE MORE AND MORE TALES FROM BASEBALL'S GOLDEN ERA. A MUST READ FOR NOSTALGIC FANS.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting stories, January 24, 2001

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Paul Gosnell (Tavares, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tales from Baseball's Golden Age (Hardcover)

In this book, forty or fifty ball players are described and then each of them talk about players they have played against. Several umpires also tell of different events in some of their ballgames. It's very interesting to read of their thoughts about some of the better ball players.