Zachter Mort Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life 9781496206022

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Автор: Zachter Mort
Название: Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
ISBN: 9781496206022
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Биографии деятелей спорта

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Бейсбол

ISBN-10: 1496206029
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 498
Вес: 0.66 кг.
Дата издания: 01.05.2018
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 39 photographs, index
Размер: 226 x 150 x 38
Ключевые слова: Biography: sport,Jewish studies,Baseball, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies,SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
Подзаголовок: A hall of fame life
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In descriptions of athletes, the word hero is bandied about and liberally attached to players with outstanding statistics and championship rings. Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life is the story of a man who epitomized heroism in its truest meaning, holding values and personal interactions to be of utmost importance throughout his life--on the diamond, as a marine in World War II, and in his personal and civic life. A New York City icon and, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, one of the finest first basemen of all time, Gil Hodges (1924-72) managed the Washington Senators and later the New York Mets, leading the 1969 Miracle Mets to a World Series championship. A beloved baseball star, Hodges was also an ethical figure whose sturdy values both on and off the field once prompted a Brooklyn priest to tell his congregation to go home, and say a prayer for Gil Hodges in order to snap him out of the worst batting slump of his career.

Mort Zachter examines Hodgess playing and managing days, but perhaps more important, he unearths his true heroism by emphasizing the impact that Hodgess humanity had on those around him on a daily basis. Hodges was a witty man with a dry sense of humor, and his dignity and humble sacrifice sometimes masked a temper that made Joe Torre refer to him as the Quiet Inferno. The honesty and integrity that made him so popular to so many remained his defining elements. Firsthand interviews of the many soldiers, friends, family members, former teammates, players, and managers who knew and respected Hodges bring the totality of his life into full view, providing a rounded appreciation for this great man and ballplayer.

Mort Zachter is a former tax attorney and adjunct tax professor at New York University. His first book, Dough: A Memoir, won the 2006 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Book Prize for nonfiction.

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List of Illustrations

Preface

Prologue: His Reputation Preceded Him

HOME—Princeton and Petersburg (1924–43)

1. Coal Miner’s Son

2. The Twig, the Branch, and the Lip

AWAY—The Pacific (1944–45); Newport News (19

Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life, Zachter Mort