October - "Don't give us a chance": the 2004 Boston Red Sox - Joy and heartbreak: the 2011 World Series - A timeline of baseball's key moments (top 40 style). Goliath falls: the 1960 World Series - Something to prove: Roberto Clemente's quest - The best ever: the 1975 World Series - The Original: Reggie Jackson becomes Mr. Miracle!: the 1914 Boston Braves - The Boys of Summer: the 1947-55 Brooklyn Dodgers - The Outlaws: the 1972-74 Oakland A's - Saved: the 1993 San Francisco Giants - Too good to be true: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa - Victory summer: the 1998 New York Yankees - Fall. The One and Only: Babe Ruth - Jackie Robinson becomes a legend - Willie's time: the greatness of Willie Mays - Too good: six years of Sandy Koufax - "Something for me, Mama": Henry Aaron hits #715 - Rickey Henderson: one of a kind - Summer.
Xii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color) 22 cm.īaseball - United States - History - Juvenile literature.īaseball players - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature. New York : Philomel Books,an Imprint of Penguin Group, Legends : the best players, games, and teams in baseball / Howard Bryant. Now, in the hands of critically acclaimed sportswriter and culture critic Howard Bryant, one of baseball’s greatest and most original stars finally gets his due.Sherman Library Juvenile English Non-Fiction 1st Floor Henderson embraced this shift with his trademark style, playing for nine different teams throughout his decades-long career and sculpting a brash, larger-than-life persona that stole the nation’s heart. And it’s a story of a sea change in sports, when athletes gained celebrity status and Black players finally earned equitable salaries. “If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you’d have two Hall of Famers,” the baseball historian Bill James once said.īut perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson’s is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave rise to so many legendary athletes like him. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he’s scored more runs than any player ever. “Seldom does a sports biography-especially a page-turner-so comprehensively explain the forces that made an icon the way they are.” – Sports Illustratedįrom the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s epic leadoff hitter and base-stealer who also stole America’s heart over nearly five electric decades in the game.įew names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson’s does.
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