Research Catalog

Title

In the ballpark : the working lives of baseball people / George Gmelch and J.J. Weiner with a new chapter by the authors.

Author

Gmelch, George.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Weiner, J. J.

Description

xiii, 276 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Baseball > Interviews
• Baseball fields
• Baseball
• baseball (field sport)

Genre/Form

Interviews.

Note

• Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and index.

Contents

Jerry Collier, beer vendor, Oriole Park at Camden Yards -- Tom Burgoyne, mascot, Philadelphia Phillies -- Walter Banks, usher, Atlanta Braves -- Hep Cronin, scout, Atlanta Braves -- QV Lowe, manager, Jamestown Expos -- Mark Letendre, trainer, San Francisco Giants -- Bernie and Waleska Williams, center fielder, New York Yankees, and ballplayer's wife -- Paul Zwaska, head groundskeeper, Baltimore Orioles -- Scott Jaster, ballplayer, Birmingham Barons -- Pat Young, clubhouse manager, Hickory Crawdads -- Jim Leyland, manager, Florida Marlins -- Durwood Merrill, umpire, American League -- Sherry davis, announcer, San Francisco Giants -- Rob Evans, broadcaster, Norfolk Tides -- Sally O'Leary, assistant director of media relations, Pittsburgh Pirates -- Jim Riggs, sportswriter and scorer, Jamestown Expos -- Dennis Bastien, owner and general manager, Charleston Wheelers -- Sam Kennedy, intern, New York Yankees -- Jack Boehmer, director of stadium operations, Bowie Baysox -- Billy Johnson, assistant general manager, Kinston Indians -- Dean Taylor, assistant general manager, Atlanta Braves -- The nature of baseball work -- Where are they now?

ISBN

• 0803271271
• 9780803271272

LCCN

2006014976

OCLC

• ocm68965640
• 68965640
• SCSB-14046228

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library