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Mark Braff

Sons of Baseball

2023

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Preface

„… Sons of BaseballSons of BaseballGrowing Up with a Major League DadM A R K B R A F FROWMAN …” „… : “Sons of Baseball is full of personal stories from sons of major league baseball players who talk …” „… of growing up in the world of baseball that eighteen of my fellow sons of professional players …”

5 Henry Rodriguez and David Rodriguez S. 49-56

„… very critical bond: Dad’s acknowledgment of his son’s identity as a gay man. The two have never had a …” „… down from the stands in Montreal and Chicago. His memo-ries of his dad’s baseball career are confined …” „… baseball per-son. It’s never been something that interested me.”David didn’t get to see his dad much as a …”

1 Jerry Hairston and Jerry Hairston Jr. S. 1-10

„… long history of major league baseball, there are only five fami-lies who boast three generations of …” „… catcher in the team’s history. Another of Sam’s sons, Jerry, played fourteen years in the major leagues …” „… from 1973 to 1989, and a third son, Sam Jr., played in the minor leagues. Two of John’s sons, Jason and …”

17 Mike Hargrove and Andy Hargrove S. 177-188

„… baseball. The twenty-fifth-round draft pick of the Texas Rangers compiled a batting average of .290 and an …” „… Association of Intercollegiate Sports (NAIA) Hall of Fame.Mike Hargrove also possesses one of baseball’s …” „… drives into the gap. Mike Hargrove’s baseball journey is the very definition of the phrase “a baseball …”

7 Vada Pinson and Vada Pinson III S. 65-76

„… baseball history, Vada Pinson prob-ably falls into the category of “one of the greatest players you’ve …” „… after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Pin-son, an African American, had to …” „… like 5-11, but I only grew to 5-9. Playing baseball for me was really difficult because a lot of people …”

18 Ron Guidry and Brandon Guidry S. 189-198

„… baseball in the basement of Yankee Stadium was always so much fun. Andre Randolph [Willie’s son] and me …” „… . Guidry was 170–91, .651.Guidry was a three-time twenty-game winner whose 1978 sea-son stands as one of …” „… Taylor Mattingly [son of Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly] ran off into right field and was just …”

4 John Wathan and Dusty Wathan S. 35-48

„… baseball.“The town we grew up in, Blue Springs, had a large population of players. Jamie Splittorff [son of …” „… Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. They have two girls and two boys. Their oldest son, Huck, plays baseball …” „… backhanded compliment in baseball is this analysis of a catcher’s footspeed: “He runs well . . . for a …”

11 Boog Powell and John W. Powell Jr. S. 111-122

„… , that was a difficult aspect of the whole relationship with baseball.”John W. Powell gives his dad Boog …” „… young generation of baseball fans, learning that the founder of Boog’s Bar-B-Que at Camden Yards in …” „… . was born in Baltimore in 1963, his dad’s third season with the Orioles. John Jr. was the only son of …”

3 Larry Doby and Larry Doby Jr. S. 21-34

„… business of baseball.”Did his dad ever offer advice about growing up Black in America?“His thing was always …” „… baseball.”Larry Jr. tells a couple of stories that illustrate his dad’s commit-ment to home and family.“After he …” „… celebrated to this day as the official breaking of Major League Baseball’s “color barrier.”That said, Doby’s …”

13 Tony Peña and Tony Peña Jr. S. 135-142

„… champion-ship of the World Baseball Classic with a perfect 8–0 record, the first team to ever go undefeated in …” „… the tournament.Peña was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.◆Tony Peña Jr. was …” „… Boston, during the game, we would make a baseball out of a sanitary sock, and we would put tape around it …”

10 Jack Aker and Matt Aker S. 99-110

„… because he was the son of a former major leaguer.“The first year I played Kids Pitch baseball, my dad was …” „… my senior year when I played American Legion baseball.”Nonetheless, Matt harbored dreams of following …” „… Yankees trivia history, Jack Aker can also lay claim to being the Zelig of baseball (Zelig was a Woody …”

2 Roger Maris and Kevin Maris S. 11-20

„… baseball a shot.”Kevin quickly learned what it meant to be the son of a former baseball star.“The first …” „… Maris is exactly that.When people think of Maris, they think of the “61 in ’61.” Casual baseball fans …” „… real treat for us as young kids.“One of the great experiences was the father-son game that they’d …”

12 Gil Hodges and Gil Hodges Jr. S. 123-134

„… Hodges Field, a pair of Little League baseball diamonds whose basepaths, pitching mounds, and outfield …” „… Cooperstown in De-cember 2021, an honor that many both in and out of baseball felt was long overdue.◆Gil …” „… , before he became a manager in the early 1960s, there was time for some father-son baseball …”

Index S. 201-210

„… with Native Americans, 107; end of baseball career, 105; family summer, 109; filming of The Natural …” „… , 109; high school baseball, 103; on the move, 102; parents’ divorce, 103Allen, Woody, 100Allison, Bob …” „… , Index202 I n d e X85; dad’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, 83–84; dad’s World War II experiences, 84 …”

8 Yogi Berra and Larry Berra S. 77-86

„… aside, what was it like being the son of a baseball legend and having to try out for the high school …” „… owner George Steinbrenner apologized to Berra in 1999.Berra was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in …” „… Postal Service, the first “single issuance” honoring a baseball player since a stamp of Lou Gehrig was …”

14 Jim Bouton and Michael Bouton S. 143-156

„… Bas-tards of Baseball.“That’s a fantastic story. One time [the team] was behind sched-ule on the bus trying …” „… following the end of that year’s Yankees-Dodgers World Series. He was introduced to the itinerant baseball …” „… Yankees and their buttoned-down, methodical churning out of pennants were compared to the then corporate …”

6 Mariano Rivera and Jafet Rivera S. 57-64

„… time? Mariano Rivera . . . period.When it comes to discussions of the greatest of all time in base-ball …” „… still the only—unanimous selection by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. His in-duction …” „… , which includes the Mariano Rivera Foundation.◆Jafet Rivera is the second of three sons born to Mariano …”

16 Bobby Richardson and Robby Richardson S. 165-176

„… accepted the head coaching position for the University of South Carolina’s baseball team. He was the …” „… n d r o B B y r I C H A r d s o n 167“The Father of South Carolina Baseball.” He was inducted …” „… those days was he didn’t want people taking baseballs. He was kind of the self-appointed ball police …”

15 Leo Cardenas and Leo Cardenas Jr. S. 157-164

„… to play baseball.”In the early years of his career, Leo Sr. regularly sent money back home to his …” „… baseball players who hailed from Cuba, we tend to think of the more recent vintage stars, like Orlando …” „… free-flowing pipeline of baseball talent to the United States. Among the stars making the journey were Luis …”

9 Dave McNally and Jeff McNally S. 87-98

„… family, including son John W. Powell]. I have this very vivid memory of those little fire trucks with …” „… of tape shaped like a baseball, and said, ‘Okay, throw and hit the garbage can over there in the …” „… had this kind of natural pop and movement to the ball.”Jeff says there wasn’t much baseball talk …”

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STADION

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STADION Volume 40 (2014) Issue 1 ISSN Online: 2942-3430

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Fabrice Delsahut Le rôle du trickster dans les cultures ludomotrices nord-amérindiennes au tournant du XXe siècle S. 1-18

„… nommé au Base-ball Hall of Fame (1953) leur répond en mettant les mains en porte-voix et en criant …” „… tout le monde sur son âge réel de manière à prolonger sa carrière au base-ball27. Avec la fermeture …” „… , les préjugés et tabous au profit de son groupe, lui apportant tout à la fois la fierté, la …”

Frédéric Savre, Jean Saint-Martin, Thierry Terret Un exemple d’influence culturelle réciproque entre les États-Unis et la France : le développement du Vélo Tout Terrain entre 1983 et 1996 S. 151-166

„… et les plus grandes « classiques » du 153 cyclisme28. Joe Breeze, quant à lui, raconte son …” „… émerveillement lors d’un voyage en Europe au début des années 1970, et son profond respect pour le cyclisme du …” „… à son développement. Le scepticisme des cyclistes sur route du vieux continent qui voient arriver …”

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Walter M. Iber, Johannes Gießauf, Harald Knoll, Peter Mauritsch - Sport, Prestige, Profit

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Walter M. Iber (ed.), Johannes Gießauf (ed.), Harald Knoll (ed.), Peter Mauritsch (ed.)

Sport, Prestige, Profit

Series: Sonderband Stadion

Volume 2024

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Olaf Stieglitz Self-Made Men & Women: Prestige, Profit & Geschlecht im US-Sport der 1890er bis 1920er Jahre S. 61-70

„… .Self-Made Men & Women694 Levine P.: A.G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball. The Promise of American Sport …” „… Ursprung des Baseballsports eruieren sollte und schließlich verbindlich festlegte, dass Baseball im Jahr …” „… and higher performances in speed of production, speed of transportation, speed of accomplishment.”1Das …”

Walter M. Iber, Johannes Gießauf, Peter Mauritsch, Harald Knoll Sport, Prestige, Profit: Historische Betrachtungen zum Run auf Ruhm und Reichtum – zur Einleitung Walter, FritzIber, Walter M.Gießauf, Johannes S. 19-32

„… ausschließlich historische Ansätze, sondern auch Zugänge aus Religionswissenschaften und Ethik zur Anwendung …” „… unterschiedlichen sportlichen Bereichen: aus dem Baseball, aus dem Schwimmsport, aus dem Boxsport und aus der …” „… auch deren Implikationen für den „spirit of the game“. Schließlich hinterfragt Gremslauch noch die …”

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STADION Volume 37 (2011) Issue 2 ISSN Online: 2942-3430

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Summaries – Résumés – Kurzfassungen S. 379-402

„… on research into the of attitude of early Christianity towards Greek athletics and the public …” „… competitions through its analysis of the writings of the church father Basilios the Great, who is counted …” „… among the most important founders of Christian theology. As the apostle Paul and many Jewish rabbis …”

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Günther Maihold, Hartmut Sangmeister, Nikolaus Werz - Lateinamerika

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Günther Maihold (ed.), Hartmut Sangmeister (ed.), Nikolaus Werz (ed.)

Lateinamerika

2019

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Günther Maihold VII. 12. Prominenz in/aus Lateinamerika: Film, TV, Showbiz, SportGünther Maihold S. 665-673

„… Baseball-Spielern Carlos Beltrán und Roberto Clemente der Zugang zum US-Markt unmittelbar offenstand. Für sie ist …” „… , Bachata, Son, Vallenato und der Rest der lateinischen Rhythmen sind zu Welterfolgen geworden, in dem ihre …” „… salsa, tat dasselbe mit Salsa und Son. Der in Kuba entstandene Bolero hat seine größten Erfolge in …”

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