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Author White, Gaylon H., 1946- author.

Title Left on base in the bush leagues : legends, near greats, and unknowns in the minors / Gaylon H. White.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.357 WHITE    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 335) and index.
Contents Bushes and bushers: three bush league legends and two unknowns -- Following a dream: WAlter Buckel and the "biggest little baseball city in the United States" -- Round trip to nowhere: Bob "Round Trip" Crues -- The man who wore the Texaco star: Joe Bauman -- Father, son, and little league: Tom and Tommy Jordan -- The mellow Irishman's merry band of Cubans: Pat Stasey and the Big Spring Broncs -- The Bobo and Jojo show: Bobo Newsom and Joe Engel -- "A boy named Kingston": Al Pinkston -- Playing drunk: Joe Taylor -- A whiff of the big time: Joe Brovia -- Unwanted: Bob Dillinger -- Made for Hollywood: Carlos Bernier -- A tale of two legends: Ron Necciai and Steve Dalkowski.
Summary "Left on Base in the Bushes profiles minor league legends and near-misses from baseball's golden era, as well as unknown players and gifted storytellers. Newspaper and magazine stories are interwoven with comments gleaned from some 200 player interviews, many of them dating back to the 1970s, creating a colorful tapestry of baseball and the times"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
Minor league baseball -- United States -- History.
Baseball players. (OCoLC)fst00828007
Minor league baseball. (OCoLC)fst01023078
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: White, Gaylon H., 1946- author. Left on base in the bushes Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781538123669 (DLC) 2019002460
ISBN 9781538123652 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1538123657 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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