Baseball Heaven
Up Close and Personal, What It Was Really Like in the Major Leagues
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Peter Golenbock
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A behind-the-scenes look at baseball history, as told through timeless interviews with major leaguers
For fifty years, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has been interviewing some of the most fascinating figures in baseball. Their conversations are a journey back in time to the days of Ruth and Gehrig, Gehringer and Greenberg, Robinson and Reese, and Howard and Mantle, as they reflect on the sport's greatest moments and biggest issues.
In Baseball Heaven, Golenbock brings together for the first time the most historic and captivating of these conversations. The stories range from Elden Auker remembering the day Lou Gehrig told him he was sick to Albert Happy Chandler reflecting on his decision to allow Jackie Robinson into the big leagues, from Ralph Branca discussing the home run he gave up that cost the Dodgers the pennant to Del Webb talking about why he hired Casey Stengel and why he fired him.
Baseball Heaven is baseball history at its very best. It pulls back the curtain on the major leagues to reveal inside stories, intimate reminiscences, and the friendships and rivalries that make baseball America's Game.
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Dan
- 03-26-24
Enjoyed the history
I didn’t like the narration. It was difficult to distinguish between the author and the player he was interviewing. In my car the the marking of each chapter was off so again it was easy to loose track of which player was being interviewed. Too many chapters regarding Doc Ellis. The cursing, while probably showing how he really spoke, was tiring after awhile. I’m not a prude, but enough.
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- D. Wensch
- 06-22-24
Worth reading a second time (and more)
One of my favorite baseball books ever, and thanks to Audible, I own it. This is the kind of book I will pick up from time to time and reread a chapter knowing the outcome but loving the story nonetheless. I’ll read anything Golenbock writes, but this one is really exceptional.
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- Marc A. Grandinetti
- 05-16-24
this was not good,the narration was awful
not interesting, weak interviews, of all the baseball greats out there, he found some lame people to deal with.
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