Conversations with Umpires
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 29/12/2015
The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." And whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As Larry Gerlach points out in "The Men in Blue," these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them.Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major-league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay."
- ISBN:
- 9781511319089
- 9781511319089
- Category:
- Biography: general
- Format:
- CD-Audio
- Publication Date:
- 29-12-2015
- Publisher:
- Audible Studios on Brilliance
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 170x135x13mm
- Weight:
- 0.07kg
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