Moments in the Sun

Baseball's Briefly Famous

Nonfiction, Sports, Baseball, History, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Moments in the Sun by Mark McGuire, Michael Sean Gormley, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: Mark McGuire, Michael Sean Gormley ISBN: 9781476602295
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: September 24, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Mark McGuire, Michael Sean Gormley
ISBN: 9781476602295
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: September 24, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

Baseball’s ranks are filled with those whose careers may not have been as spectacular as Ruth or Mays but who played essential roles in the game’s history, like footnotes in a great book. Some were well known in their day, featured on the front of the sports section; others were lesser lights whose feats and misdeeds were so notable they deserve to be remembered. Bert Shepard pitched a game for the Washington Senators in 1945 despite being shot down over Germany the year before and losing a leg. Bernie Carbo hit a dramatic three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Game Six of the 1975 World Series—but his blast was completely upstaged an hour or so later by Red Sox teammate Carlton Fisk’s unforgettable shot down the left field line. Bo Belinsky no-hit the powerful Baltimore Orioles in 1962, but he finished his career with a monumentally disappointing 28–51 record. The 39 other subjects profiled in this work prove that, in baseball, fame can be fleeting.

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Baseball’s ranks are filled with those whose careers may not have been as spectacular as Ruth or Mays but who played essential roles in the game’s history, like footnotes in a great book. Some were well known in their day, featured on the front of the sports section; others were lesser lights whose feats and misdeeds were so notable they deserve to be remembered. Bert Shepard pitched a game for the Washington Senators in 1945 despite being shot down over Germany the year before and losing a leg. Bernie Carbo hit a dramatic three-run homer in the eighth inning to tie Game Six of the 1975 World Series—but his blast was completely upstaged an hour or so later by Red Sox teammate Carlton Fisk’s unforgettable shot down the left field line. Bo Belinsky no-hit the powerful Baltimore Orioles in 1962, but he finished his career with a monumentally disappointing 28–51 record. The 39 other subjects profiled in this work prove that, in baseball, fame can be fleeting.

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