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The baseball 100 / Joe Posnanski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2023Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First Avid Reader Press trade paperback editionDescription: 869 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1982180595
  • 9781982180591
Other title:
  • Baseball one hundred
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Contents:
In order from #100 to #1: Ichiro Suzuki -- Mike Mussina -- Carlos Beltrán -- Roberto Alomar -- Larry Walker -- Tony Gwynn -- Roy Campanella -- Ozzie Smith -- Bullet Rogan -- Mariano Rivera -- Max Scherzer -- Mike Piazza -- Curt Schilling -- Charlie Gehringer -- Gary Carter -- Sadaharu Oh -- -Cool Papa Bell -- Phil Niekro -- Kid Nichols -- Ferguson Jenkins -- Carlton Fisk -- Derek Jeter -- Clayton Kershaw -- Miguel Cabrera -- Willie McCovey -- Justin Verlander -- Frank Thomas -- Brooks Robinson -- Robin Roberts -- Bert Blyleven -- Sandy Koufax -- Monte Irvin -- Gaylord Perry -- Hank Greenberg -- Robin Yount -- Ernie Banks -- Johnny Mize -- Steve Carlton -- Smokey Joe Williams -- Arky Vaughan -- Pete Rose -- Reggie Jackson -- Jeff Bagwell -- Rod Carew -- Joe DiMaggio -- Bob Feller -- Chipper Jones -- Buck Leonard -- Adrián Beltré -- Al Kaline -- Nolan Ryan -- Warren Spahn -- Ken Griffey Jr. -- Wade Boggs -- Eddie Mathews -- Bob Gibson -- Cal Ripken Jr. -- Yogi Berra -- Jackie Robinson -- Tom Seaver -- Roberto Clemente -- Nap Lajoie -- Carl Yastrzemski -- Pedro Martínez -- Christy Mathewson -- George Brett -- Cy Young -- Jimmie Foxx -- Mel Ott -- Greg Maddux -- Johnny Bench -- Eddie Collins -- Randy Johnson -- Mike Trout -- Grover Cleveland Alexander -- Pop Lloyd -- Rickey Henderson -- Albert Pujols -- Lefty Grove -- Joe Morgan -- Frank Robinson -- Mike Schmidt -- Tris Speaker -- Rogers Hornsby -- Alex Rodriguez -- Josh Gibson -- Lou Gehrig -- Roger Clemens -- Honus Wagner -- Mickey Mantle -- Satchel Paige -- Stan Musial -- Ty Cobb -- Walter Johnson -- Ted Williams -- Oscar Charleston -- Henry "Hank" Aaron -- Barry Bonds -- Babe Ruth -- Willie Mays.
Summary: "Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,​The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?""--Amazon.Summary: A sportswriter and lifelong student of the game, Posnanski that tells the story of baseball through the lives of its greatest players. His choices include iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. Rather than relying on records and statistics, he retraces players' origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball's past and present. The result is a rich pageant of baseball history, and stories that have long gone unheard. -- adapted from hardcover jacket.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

"An instant sports classic." -- New York Post * "Stellar." -- The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." -- BookPage (starred review) * "This is a remarkable achievement." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will.

Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious, The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?"

Baseball's legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game's all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn't rely just on records and statistics--he lovingly retraces players' origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball's past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the 21st-century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth's? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history?

No compendium of baseball's legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O'Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more.

The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, it is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it.

In order from #100 to #1: Ichiro Suzuki -- Mike Mussina -- Carlos Beltrán -- Roberto Alomar -- Larry Walker -- Tony Gwynn -- Roy Campanella -- Ozzie Smith -- Bullet Rogan -- Mariano Rivera -- Max Scherzer -- Mike Piazza -- Curt Schilling -- Charlie Gehringer -- Gary Carter -- Sadaharu Oh -- -Cool Papa Bell -- Phil Niekro -- Kid Nichols -- Ferguson Jenkins -- Carlton Fisk -- Derek Jeter -- Clayton Kershaw -- Miguel Cabrera -- Willie McCovey -- Justin Verlander -- Frank Thomas -- Brooks Robinson -- Robin Roberts -- Bert Blyleven -- Sandy Koufax -- Monte Irvin -- Gaylord Perry -- Hank Greenberg -- Robin Yount -- Ernie Banks -- Johnny Mize -- Steve Carlton -- Smokey Joe Williams -- Arky Vaughan -- Pete Rose -- Reggie Jackson -- Jeff Bagwell -- Rod Carew -- Joe DiMaggio -- Bob Feller -- Chipper Jones -- Buck Leonard -- Adrián Beltré -- Al Kaline -- Nolan Ryan -- Warren Spahn -- Ken Griffey Jr. -- Wade Boggs -- Eddie Mathews -- Bob Gibson -- Cal Ripken Jr. -- Yogi Berra -- Jackie Robinson -- Tom Seaver -- Roberto Clemente -- Nap Lajoie -- Carl Yastrzemski -- Pedro Martínez -- Christy Mathewson -- George Brett -- Cy Young -- Jimmie Foxx -- Mel Ott -- Greg Maddux -- Johnny Bench -- Eddie Collins -- Randy Johnson -- Mike Trout -- Grover Cleveland Alexander -- Pop Lloyd -- Rickey Henderson -- Albert Pujols -- Lefty Grove -- Joe Morgan -- Frank Robinson -- Mike Schmidt -- Tris Speaker -- Rogers Hornsby -- Alex Rodriguez -- Josh Gibson -- Lou Gehrig -- Roger Clemens -- Honus Wagner -- Mickey Mantle -- Satchel Paige -- Stan Musial -- Ty Cobb -- Walter Johnson -- Ted Williams -- Oscar Charleston -- Henry "Hank" Aaron -- Barry Bonds -- Babe Ruth -- Willie Mays.

"Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,​The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?""--Amazon.

Includes index.

A sportswriter and lifelong student of the game, Posnanski that tells the story of baseball through the lives of its greatest players. His choices include iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. Rather than relying on records and statistics, he retraces players' origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball's past and present. The result is a rich pageant of baseball history, and stories that have long gone unheard. -- adapted from hardcover jacket.

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