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The Life and Times of Baseball's Sal Maglie

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Paperback | 23 September 2002

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Sal Maglie was a feared and hated pitcher perhaps best known for his vicious knockdown pitches that made batters tremble. Yet he was also respected as a ferocious competitor, one who pitched with his arm and his head, one who could be depended upon when his team needed a victory, and one who refused to quit, even when faced with a blacklisting, crippling injuries, and advanced age. Off the field, he was an amiable man.

This work chronicles the life and career of the man and the player: his unspectacular minor league career, his 1945 debut with Mel Ott''s New York Giants, his blacklisting by organized baseball for playing in Jorge Pasquel''s Mexican League, and his rejoining the Giants in 1950 at the age of 33.

He thereupon established himself as a bona fide big league pitcher, and went on to have a stellar career in the majors that included stints with the Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. Game-by-game analyses of Maglie''s professional career, intimate portraits of the men Maglie played with and against--Mel Ott, Eddie Stanky, Monte Irvin, Jackie Robinson, Carl Furillo, Willie Mays, among others--and a look at baseball as it was played in the 1940s and 1950s are features of the book.

Industry Reviews

"a comprehensive, well-crafted view of baseball in the '40s and '50s"-Sports Collectors Digest; "one of the finest books I've ever read...remarkable research"-Brooklyn Spectator; "a truly great book"-Staten Island Register; "an eye-opener...exhaustive detail...intelligent"-North Buffalo Rocket; "intelligent and effective"-Tonawanda News; "notable for its thought examination of the baseball context of the pitcher's life, revealing the dark side of 1950s baseball"-SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter.

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Preface	p. 1
Trials and Triumphs of a Bush League Pitcher	p. 3
Return to the International League	p. 26
Wartime Ball, "Wartime" Pitcher?	p. 37
The Baseball War, the Black List, and the Mexican Jumping Beans	p. 50
Back With the Giants	p. 74
The American Aristocracy and the Miracle Finish	p. 116
Pitching in Pain	p. 182
A Season to Forget	p. 218
Return to Glory	p. 243
Banished to Cleveland	p. 281
The Barber Joins the Enemy	p. 303
From Dodger Blue to Yankee Pinstripes	p. 336
The End Is Near	p. 349
The Old Warrior Fades Away	p. 364
Chapter Notes	p. 373
Bibliography	p. 385
Index	p. 391
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