Mark McGwire : Home Run Hero - 5 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, CherryCreekBooks.
The powerhouse player who's revolutionizing the game... In 1998, Mark McGwire made baseball history by breaking the legendary 61-home-run record set by Roger Maris in 1961. Not only did the outstanding Cardinals player break Maris' mark, he surpassed it by hitting 70 in one season! Find out all the facts on McGwire, from his childhood in Southern California to his time with the Oakland A's, to his major league comeback with the St. Louis Cardinals. Learn what it takes to make baseball superstardom-and how to hit a home run on all of life's playing fields. With eight pages of photos, plus new information on McGwire's record-breaking season! , Mass Market Paperback, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks, St. Martin's Paperbacks, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1999-04-15, Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks, Verkaufsrang: 5840131.

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baseball,biographies,sports and outdoors, It's only natural in 1998's season of the slugger, with the focus on the race to break 61, that baseball's most prolific contemporary power hitter would be reduced to size with a quickie bio. The thing about McGwire is that he's soooo big--and not just in physical stature--that he can't be reduced, especially when his biographer produces what is essentially fans' notes. Rains may have written nothing more than a routine biography, outlining McGwire's growth from Little Leaguer--he naturally hit a homer his first time at bat--to eventual major-league stardom, but his subject is anything but routine. The McGwire that Rains portrays is thoughtful and engaging--a man who, despite his outsized talent, grips priorities as well as a bat. Rains recounts how, on the last day of McGwire's monumental first season with Oakland, with the rookie record of 49 dingers already on the books, his wife went into labor. Instead of staying and going for 50, McGwire immediately flew back to California to take his place beside her. He can always get 50 another time. McGwire approaches the hallowed home-run record with his trademark poise and perspective. He's only worried about one aspect of chasing the record: even if he fails to break Maris's mark, he will have accomplished something no one, not even Ruth, has done before: hitting 50 home runs in three consecutive seasons. "Is that failure," McGwire asks circumspectly. "Are people going to write that I failed?" Probably. But as Rains observ.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Second Chance Books & Comics.
New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press. 1999. First Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, 1stChoiceUsedBooks.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press. Cover: Paperback. Grade: B. Synopsis: 241 pages. The powerhouse player who's revolutionizing the game. In 1998, Mark McGwire made baseball hisotry by breaking the legendary 61 home run rec...

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
St. Martin's Paperbacks. Mass Market Paperback. GOOD. Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some light highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.