BOOK: Don Baylor - Nothing But the Truth: A Baseball Life 1989 Frank Robinson

Description: BOOK: Don Baylor - Nothing But the Truth: A Baseball Life by Don Baylor with Claire Smith. This book contains Forwards by Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson. Genre: Sports / History / Biography Edition: First Edition Format: Hardcover Copyright Year: 1989 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Special Features: Illustrated with photographs (black and white) UPC: 9780312029067 ISBN: 0-312-02906-3 Item Information: Where Don Baylor goes, winning teams follow. In 1988, he became the first baseball player in history to go to the World Series for three consecutive years with three different teams. Fans know him as a frank, thoughtful man who speaks his mind about the game and his peers. In this book, he takes the reader onto the field and into the clubhouse with a rich blend of anecdotes and insights about the game he has played - and studied - for more than twenty years. Don Baylor is not only a player; he is one of baseball's most astute observers, with a special sense of how unique personalities can mesh into a team. For him, baseball is not just pitching, hitting, and catching: it is a game of the mind. He explores every facet of his career, including: Learning with Earl Weaver, Frank Robinson, and Brooks Robinson on the Baltimore OriolesThe fire sale that dismantled Charles O. Finley's swashbuckling Oakland A'sRod Carew, Nolan Ryan, Reggie Jackson, Lyman Bostock, and Gene Mauch's California AngelsBilly Martin's Yankees: the Bronx Zoo with Greg Nettles, Goose Gossage, Willie Randolph, Phil Niekro, Dave Winfield, and George SteinbrennerThe 1986 Red Sox, the 1987 Twins, and the 1988 Athletics: inside each team's drive to the World SeriesBlacks and Latins in baseball, changes in the game, the players' union, free agency, the 1981 strike, drugs and other issues Baseball fans will savor every perceptive story about the hidden subtleties of the sport. Like its author, Don Baylor is a winner. Author Information: Don Baylor lives in Ventura, California, In 1979, he was the American League Most Valuable Player. Claire Smith covered the New York Yankees for seven years and is now baseball columnist for the Hartford Courant. Item Condition: This item is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in very good condition with some light creasing, light corner and edge wear, and some light dents and light marks on it. The pages are in very good condition with very slight yellowing. There are spots and marks on the head edge, fore edge, and tail edge of the book.

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