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Baseball Gold
Baseball Gold

Baseball Gold

Mining Nuggets from Our National Pastime
By Dan Schlossberg, Contributions by Milo Hamilton, Foreword by Brooks Robinson

SPORTS & RECREATION

416 Pages, 5.25 x 7.5

Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $14.95 (US $14.95) (CA $16.95)

ISBN 9781572439580

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (Apr 2007)

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Overview

Even the most ardent baseball fan will be amazed at the quirks, quips, and comments in Baseball Gold. Consisting entirely of bits and pieces of baseball’s offbeat history, this volume covers teams and a myriad of players, owners, managers, and broadcasters—from their exploits on the field to those behind clubhouse doors. It can even be picked up in the middle and read backward—one nugget at a time.

Author Biography

Dan Schlossberg
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Dan Schlossberg is the author of more than 30 baseball books and thousands of articles about the game. He is the coauthor of the autobiographies of Ron Blomberg and Milo Hamilton; wrote baseball articles for the in-flight magazines of United Airlines and US Airways; and has covered spring training, the All-Star Game, the winter meetings, and other special events for Ball Talk, a syndicated radio show for which he is cohost and managing editor. Milo Hamilton is a sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams since 1953. Brooks Robinson is a former Major League Baseball player who spent all of his 23 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

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Did you know that Jose Canseco has an identical twin brother named Ozzie, who never hit a single home run during his 24-game major league career? Did you know that in the 45-year history of the New York Mets, not one pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter? Were you aware that Pete Rose is the only player to start at least 500 games at five different positions? And that Nolan Ryan once threw 259 pitches in 1974 in a 12-inning game?

Baseball Gold: Mining Nuggets from Our National Pastime by Dan Schlossberg brings together thousands of interesting nuggets, bits and pieces of baseball’s offbeat history. Comments from Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson open the book and introduce the 13 chapters, including one inspired by Milo Hamilton, a member of the Hall’s broadcast wing in Cooperstown.

Baseball Gold can be cracked open at page 82 or page 282, and it won’t make a bit of difference. Every page is loaded with unique baseball facts, “nuggets” and stories that are sure to intrigue and educate all baseball fans. In addition, the book is loaded with unusual art and photographs, including a dozen baseball cartoons from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! From baseball’s early days to the modern game, Baseball Gold covers it all with chapters such as:

> Where They Play
> Teams Terrific
> How They Play
> Talents and Traditions
> Times Terrific
> Covering the Game

Baseball Gold is a must-have for hardcore baseball fans who want to learn more about their favorite sport and stump their friends with quirky facts, trivia, statistics and stories. Fans will acquire a thorough knowledge of America’s pastime with this amazing volume of the most unique baseball “nuggets” ever compiled.

About the Author:
Dan Schlossberg is the author of 32 baseball books and thousands of articles about the game. In 2006 he coauthored autobiographies of Ron Blomberg and Milo Hamilton, wrote baseball articles for the in-flight magazines of United Airlines and US Airways, and covered spring training, the All-Star Game, the winter meetings, and other special events for Ball Talk, a syndicated radio show for which he is co-host and managing editor.