Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms

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Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms brings baseball

legends to life through the eyes of Elden Auker, a

submarine-style pitcher in the American League

from 1933 – 1942.

Auker, one of the few living pitcher to have faced

Babe Ruth, teamed with baseball greats Ted Williams,

Hank Greenberg, Jimmie Foxx, Charlie Gehringer and

Mickey Cochrane, played against the likes of Lou

Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Dizzy Dean and Bob Feller,

and struck up off-the-field friendships with all of them.

He takes readers behind the scenes and into the

clubhouse for stories like the time Babe Ruth

pummeled a sticky-fingered roommate who later went

on to have a Hall-of-Fame career of his own. But the

baseball anecdotes are only part of what makes this lively and unique memoir fascinating reading. Auker went on to a life and career after baseball which saw him forge friendships with politicians, business leaders, entertainers and other interesting personalities. From fishing with Joseph P. Kennedy to golfing with President Ford, he tells the story of his life with humor, grace and refreshing candor.

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