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Clearing the bases : the greatest baseball debates of the last century

Title
Clearing the bases : the greatest baseball debates of the last century / Allen Barra ; foreword by Bob Costas.
Author
Barra, Allen.
Publication
New York : T. Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2002.
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Description
xxi, 261 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Baseball > United States > History > 20th century
  • Baseball players > Rating of > United States
Contents
Getting tough with Babe Ruth -- The most underrated team of the first half of the twentieth century -- Gary Cooper vs. John Wayne -- What if Jackie Robinson had been white? -- One-on-one, once and for all : Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays -- 61* : or, should Roger Maris be in the Hall of Fame? -- Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson : a reassessment -- My player of the century -- The most overrated and underrated players over the last thirty years : Pete Rose vs. Tim Raines -- The dynasty that never was : the 1986 Mets -- Grove, Koufax, and Clemens : a comparison across time -- Minnie Minoso : the new Latin dynasty -- Competitive balance through the century -- On-base averages -- Baseball's greatest SLOBs -- Why can't they go 9 anymore? -- Ranking Don Shula -- Pro football's greatest quarterback -- The great forgotten running back of the NFL -- Barry Sanders : pro football's greatest runner -- Walter Payton : pro football's greatest player -- Wilt vs. Russell : a reassessment.
ISBN
0312265565
LCCN
2001048992
OCLC
  • ocm48449630
  • SCSB-14046216
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library