Sandy Koufax

Author : Jane Leavy
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061753505
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandy Koufax written by Jane Leavy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Leavy has hit it out of the park…A lot more than a biography. It’s a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero’s self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory… a remarkably rich portrait.” — Time The New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers’ pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile.

Author : Jonah Winter
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
ISBN 13 : 9780375837388
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! written by Jonah Winter and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography, told from the viewpoint of an old-timer, tells us what made Sandy Koufax so amazing.

Author : Sandy Koufax
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Koufax written by Sandy Koufax and published by Viking. This book was released on 1966 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandy Koufax tells how he became a famous pitcher, from his early days as a wild youngster to his highly successful years with the Dodgers.

Author : Jay Jaffe
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466882182
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cooperstown Casebook written by Jay Jaffe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium. Yet no sports hall of fame’s membership is so hallowed, nor its qualifications so debated, nor its voting process so dissected. Since its founding in 1936, the Hall of Fame’s standards for election have been nebulous, and its selection processes arcane, resulting in confusion among voters, not to mention mistakes in who has been recognized and who has been bypassed. Numerous so-called “greats” have been inducted despite having not been so great, while popular but controversial players such as all-time home run leader Barry Bonds and all-time hits leader Pete Rose are on the outside looking in. Now, in The Cooperstown Casebook, Jay Jaffe shows us how to use his revolutionary ranking system to ensure the right players are recognized. The foundation of Jaffe’s approach is his JAWS system, an acronym for the Jaffe WAR Score, which he developed over a decade ago. Through JAWS, each candidate can be objectively compared on the basis of career and peak value to the players at his position who are already in the Hall of Fame. Because of its utility, JAWS has gained an increasing amount of exposure in recent years. Through his analysis, Jaffe shows why the Hall of Fame still matters and how it can remain relevant in the 21st century.

Author : Arnold Hano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandy Koufax, Strikeout King written by Arnold Hano and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian M. Endsley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618941
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding the Left Arm of God written by Brian M. Endsley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the L.A. Dodgers’ volatile fortunes during Sandy Koufax’s transformation from a wild left-hander with a losing record on the verge of quitting the game, to an artist with exquisite control of the baseball—a veritable Mozart on the mound. From the Dodgers’ sudden plunge into the baseball wilderness in 1960, to their return to pennant contention in Koufax’s breakout year of 1961, through their catastrophic 1962 season—precipitated by Koufax’s freak midseason finger injury—to their redemption in 1963 with their second World Championship on the West Coast, the narrative is set against the backdrop of John F. Kennedy’s fleeting New Frontier presidency.

Author : Percy Leed
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 1728414784
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandy Koufax written by Percy Leed and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandy Koufax went from dreaming of playing in the NBA to pitching perfect games for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Learn how the left-handed Koufax honed his throwing arm, brought the Dodgers a World Series, and more.

Author : David Kaufman
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1611683157
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewhooing the Sixties written by David Kaufman and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2012 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity

Author : Edward Gruver
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589796306
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Koufax written by Edward Gruver and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique that envelopes the Los Angeles Dodger even this day.

Author : Matt Doeden
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 0822559617
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandy Koufax written by Matt Doeden and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and career of Sandy Koufax.