[PDF.41rc] Big Ed Walsh: The Life and Times of a Spitballing Hall of Famer

Big Ed Walsh: The Life and Times of a Spitballing Hall of Famer

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 | #3701670 in Books |  McFarland |  2007-12-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.56 x6.37l,.73 | File type: PDF | 238 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Big Ed|By Steven Earl Mader|I am a Chicago White Sox fan. This book seemed to be ideal for me. But I found it very bland. It is a narrative of his life but really seemed quite boring to be honest. I was hoping there would be more anecdotes and interesting quotes concerning his life in Major League baseball. But it read more like a college text book. Someone else may like it but|About the Author|SABR member Jack Smiles is associate editor of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He is the author of "Ee-Yah": The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer (2005). He lives in Wyoming, Pennsylva

As a young man living in the Anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, it seemed Ed Walsh's course in life was set. But he emerged from the hardscrabble life of the mines to become one of the Deadball Era's greatest pitchers, winning fame, world championships, and eventually induction to the Hall of Fame.

This biography closely describes Walsh's life and 14-year playing career, with special discussion of the spitball, a pitch that profoundly affected his fortunes-...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Big Ed Walsh: The Life and Times of a Spitballing Hall of Famer   |  Jack Smiles. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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