Gil Hodges
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Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Le gend
By Tom Clavin, Danny Peary“The first day Casey called a meeting,” Sherry recalls, “I'm sitting next to Hodges, who Casey called 'a Big Swan' because of his big hands, and Casey talks nonstop for about half an hour. I said, 'Gil, I don't want to sound ignorant, ...
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Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
By Mort Zachter“Whoever says this is an easy position”: Falkner, Nine Sides of the Diamond, 40. “the best first-baseman I'd seen”: Durocher, Nice Guys Finish Last, 245. “just like he'd been”: The Sporting News, July 21, 1948, 7.
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Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend
By Tom Clavin, Danny Peary... fifth inning when Furillo singled , Reese walked , and Robinson beat out a bunt to the mound . With the bases loaded ... faded out the next , like a faraway radio station . The team went only 6-9 down the stretch as their lead evaporated ...
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Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
By Mort ZachterGil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life is the story of a man who epitomized heroism in its truest meaning, holding values and personal interactions to be of utmost importance throughout his life--on the diamond, as a marine in World War II, and in ...
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Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
By Mort ZachterGil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life is the story of a man who epitomized heroism in its truest meaning, holding values and personal interactions to be of utmost importance throughout his life—on the diamond, as a marine in World War II, and ...
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Gil Hodges: Baseball Miracle Man
By John DevaneyA biography of the star of two championship Dodger teams and the manager of the championship New York Mets.
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Gil Hodges: The Quiet Man
By Marino AmorusoThis new edition is even better. If you want to know who he truly was as a man, a player, manager, friend, husband and father, this is the only book you need to read.