{"product_id":"beyond-the-ballpark-9781442258662","title":"Beyond the Ballpark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost baseball fans know of the amazing accomplishments Hall of Fame members achieved on the field, from Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak to Cy Young's 511 career wins. But few are as familiar with the ballplayers' lives away from the diamondespecially those icons who played before the Internet and 24\/7 media coverage. Beyond their baseball statistics, what kind of individuals were they? How did they conduct themselves out of the spotlight? What made them tick? In Beyond the Ballpark: The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends, John A. Wood looks at the personal lives of fifty members of the Hall of Fame, examining their childhoods, families, influences, life-changing events, defining moments, and more. The players range from the really good guys to bizarre characters and even the downright immoral. The author considers how tragedies may have impacted players, such as the shooting of Ty Cobb's beloved father by his own mother, and seeks to explain the dispositions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaseball during its history, has been full of characters to say the least. You could almost classify this book into the good, the bad and the ugly. Just for good measure you could throw in the sad as well. It takes a look at players lives outside of the game during their careers as well as their lives after baseball. The book sticks to legendary names of the game so it is a roster of players most fans are familiar with and possibly will shed some new light on some of their personalities.  It goes well beyond statistics and shows what these guys were like on a man to man level. It shines a whole new light on the legends of the game and will help readers possibly understand why some of these players did what they did during their lives. The book covers a wide array of stars and eras so there should be someone in here everybody will relate to, no matter whom your team allegiance lies with. * Gregg's Baseball Bookcase *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most enjoyable parts of perusing this wide ranging cast of characters is the plethora of baseball anecdotes that fall as casually as dropped names. * The Inside Game: The Official Newsletter of SABR's Deadball Era Committee *\u003cbr\u003eWood goes into plenty of detail about the lives after baseball of all the immortals in his book, touching on their religions, families and wives, and how successful they were in the next lives. It is a fascinating look at the men whose exploits on the field will live forever at Cooperstown. * The Mighty Quinn Media Machine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue Acknowledgments Introduction  Part I: The Good Guys Chapter 1: Wilbert Robinson 1863–1934 Chapter 2: Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy 1862–1956 Chapter 3: Denton True Young 1867–1955 Chapter 4: Napoleon Lajoie 1874–1959 Chapter 5: John Peter Wagner 1874–1955 Chapter 6: Joseph Jerome McGinnity 1871–1929 Chapter 7: Christopher Mathewson 1880–1925 Chapter 8: Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown 1876–1948 Chapter 9: Charles Albert Bender 1884–1954 Chapter 10: Walter Johnson 1887–1946 Chapter 11: John Franklin Baker 1886–1963 Chapter 12: Charles Arthur Vance 1891–1961 Chapter 13: George Harold Sisler 1893–1973 Chapter 14: Harold Joseph Traynor 1898–1972 Chapter 15: Joseph Vincent McCarthy 1887–1978 Chapter 16: Henry Benjamin Greenberg 1911–1986 Chapter 17: George Clyde Kell 1922–2009  Part II: The Mixed Bags Chapter 18: John McGraw 1873–1934 Chapter 19: Edward Augustine Walsh 1882?–1959 Chapter 20: Tyrus Raymond Cobb 1886–1961 Chapter 21: Edward Trowbridge Collins 1887–1951 Chapter 22: Tristram Speaker 1888–1958 Chapter 23: Rogers Hornsby 1896–1963 Chapter 24: Waite Charles Hoyt 1899–1984 Chapter 25: William Harold Terry 1898–1989 Chapter 26: Robert Moses Grove 1900–1975 Chapter 27: Paul Glee Waner (1903–1965) and Lloyd James Waner (1906–1982) Chapter 28: Carl Hubbell 1903–1988 Chapter 29: Leo Ernest Durocher 1905–1991 Chapter 30: Joseph Paul DiMaggio 1914–1999 Chapter 31: Mickey Charles Mantle 1931–1995  Part III: The Eccentrics Chapter 32: George Edward Waddell 1876–1914 Chapter 33: Richard William Marquard 1886–1980 Chapter 34: Walter James Vincent Maranville 1891–1954 Chapter 35: Charles Dillon Stengel 1890–1975 Chapter 36: George Herman Ruth 1895–1948 Chapter 37: Leroy Paige 1906–1982 Chapter 38: Jay Hanna Dean 1910–1974 Chapter 39: Vernon Louis Gomez 1908–1989  Part IV: The Sad Cases  Chapter 40: Edward James Delahanty 1867–1903 Chapter 41: The Tragic Trio of Tinker, Evers, and Chance Chapter 42: Grover Cleveland Alexander 1887–1950 Chapter 43: Henry Louis Gehrig 1903–1941 Chapter 44: Lewis Robert Wilson 1900–1948 Chapter 45: James Emory Foxx 1907–1967 Chapter 46: Joshua Gibson 1911–1947 Chapter 47: Jack Roosevelt Robinson 1919–1972  Notes Bibliography Index About the Author","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039963185495,"sku":"9781442258662","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442258662.jpg?v=1750945372","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-the-ballpark-9781442258662","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}