Baseball Italian Style

Author : Lawrence Baldassaro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683581123

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Baseball Italian Style by Lawrence Baldassaro Pdf

Baseball Italian Style brings together the memories of major leaguers of Italian heritage whose collective careers span almost a century, from the 1930s up to today. In these first-person accounts, baseball fans will meet at an intimate level the players they cheered as heroes or jeered as adversaries, as well as coaches, managers, front-office executives, and umpires. The men who speak in this collection, which includes eight Hall of Famers (Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Santo, Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Tom Lasorda, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre) go beyond facts and figures to provide an inside look at life in the big leagues. Their stories provide a time capsule that documents not only the evolution of Italian American participation in the national pastime, but also the continuity of the game and the many changes that have taken place, on and off the field. At a time when statistical analysis plays an increasingly prominent role in the sport, the monologues in this book are a reminder that the history of baseball is passed on to future generations more eloquently, and with much greater passion, through the words of those who lived it than it is by numerical data.

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498598989

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Sport and the Shaping of Civic Identity in Chicago by Gerald R. Gems Pdf

This study uses sociological and historical methodologies to analyze the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author traces the transformation of Chicago from a frontier town to a commercial behemoth, examining its role as an immigration, transportation, and entertainment hub. The author argues that, as a pioneering leader in American sport history, Chicago allowed teams and athletes to forge a unique national and global identity. This thorough and well-researched study makes a major contribution to debates on the social and psychological functions of sport culture.

Author : Lawrence Baldassaro
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803234673

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Beyond DiMaggio by Lawrence Baldassaro Pdf

History of Italian-Americans in baseball.

Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107169777

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Jazz Italian Style by Anna Harwell Celenza Pdf

This book examines the arrival of jazz in Italy, its reception and development, and how its distinct style influenced musicians in America.

Author : Lawrence Baldassaro
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496226204

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Tony Lazzeri by Lawrence Baldassaro Pdf

Before there was Joe DiMaggio, there was Tony Lazzeri. A decade before the “Yankee Clipper” began his legendary career in 1936, Lazzeri paved the way for the man who would become the patron saint of Italian American fans and players. He did so by forging his own Hall of Fame career as a key member of the Yankees’ legendary Murderers’ Row lineup between 1926 and 1937, in the process becoming the first major baseball star of Italian descent. An unwitting pioneer who played his entire career while afflicted with epilepsy, Lazzeri was the first player to hit sixty home runs in organized baseball, one of the first middle infielders in the big leagues to hit with power, and the first Italian player with enough star power to attract a whole new generation of fans to the ballpark. As a twenty-two-year-old rookie for the New York Yankees, Lazzeri played alongside such legends as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He immediately emerged as a star, finishing second to Ruth in RBIs and third in home runs in the American League. In his twelve years as the second baseman for Yankee teams that won five World Series, he was their third-most productive hitter, driving in more runs than all but five American Leaguers, and hitting more home runs than all but six. Yet for all that, today he is a largely forgotten figure, his legacy diminished by the passage of time and tarnished by his bases-loaded strikeout to Grover Cleveland Alexander in Game Seven of the 1926 World Series, a strikeout immortalized on Alexander’s Hall of Fame plaque. Tony Lazzeri reveals that quite to the contrary, he was one of the smartest, most talented, and most respected players of his time, the forgotten Yankee who helped the team win six American League pennants and five World Series titles.

Author : Larry Freundlich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Baseball players
ISBN : 0345457064

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Reaching for the Stars by Larry Freundlich Pdf

DiMaggio. Berra. Lombardi. Piazza. They’re more than just baseball heroes, they’re the real-life fulfillment of the faith their countrymen had in coming to this land of opportunity. Now, in this fascinating, talent-filled collection, superb sportswriters, essayists, and baseball scholars celebrate the meaning and magnitude of the Italian contribution to this sport that America calls her own. From the hilarious story of Ping Bodie and the first Italians to play in the majors (written by Pulitzer Prize–winningNew York Timesreporter Ira Berkow), to the touching tale of how his father was an amateur shortstop on tough New York City streets by Bob Leuci (Prince of the City) . . . from George Vecsey’s memories of Maglie’s Giants and Furillo’s Dodgers to Joseph Vecchione’s retrospective on West Coast Italian baseball mania . . . from inspired assessments of unforgettable figures like Joe DiMaggio by Wilfred Sheed to Lawrence Baldassaro’s moving tribute to the unfairly maligned Ernie Lombardi,Reaching for the Starscovers all the bases. The authoritative encyclopediaTotal Baseballdatabase provides complete stats for every Italian American major leaguer ever to play the game, and Yogi Berra selects his own Italian American All-Star Team. DiMaggio’s a definite, but is it Petrocelli or Rizzuto at short? Who starts, Raschi or Mussina? Who relieves, Antonelli or Righetti? And who’s behind the plate, Piazza, Yogi, or Lombardi? You’ll know when Yogi reveals his team. Brilliantly written and exhaustively researched, here’s the story of how a special group of Americans inspired a nation by excelling at a game—and how by aiming for the bleachers, they were really reaching for the stars.

Author : Dave Bidini
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781551996769

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Baseballissimo by Dave Bidini Pdf

In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion. For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.

Author : Scarpaci, Vincenza
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 1455606839

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The Journey of the Italians in America by Scarpaci, Vincenza Pdf

The influence of Italians in American cuisine, industry, sports, entertainment, and language is profound. Using photographs to illustrate more than a century of Italian experiences in the United States, the author provides an intimate and informed glimpse into the history of prejudice, hardship, celebration, and success faced by this rich Mediterranean people. A celebration of common men and women alongside notable Italian American celebrities and public figures, this book is a cultural photo album.--From publisher description.

Author : United States. Office of Armed Forces Information and Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210393570

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DOD Pam by United States. Office of Armed Forces Information and Education Pdf

Author : United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Audio-visual materials
ISBN : MINN:31951D03698804Z

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Catalog of Information Materials by United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education Pdf

Author : Eric Martone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610699952

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Italian Americans by Eric Martone Pdf

The entire Italian American experience—from America's earliest days through the present—is now available in a single volume. This wide-ranging work relates the entire saga of the Italian-American experience from immigration through assimilation to achievement. The book highlights the enormous contributions that Italian Americans—the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States—have made to the professions, politics, academy, arts, and popular culture of America. Going beyond familiar names and stories, it also captures the essence of everyday life for Italian Americans as they established communities and interacted with other ethnic groups. In this single volume, readers will be able to explore why Italians came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive identity was formed. A diverse array of entries that highlight the breadth of this experience, as well as the multitude of ways in which Italian Americans have influenced U.S. history and culture, are presented in five thematic sections. Featured primary documents range from a 1493 letter from Christopher Columbus announcing his discovery to excerpts from President Barack Obama's 2011 speech to the National Italian American Foundation. Readers will come away from this book with a broader understanding of and greater appreciation for Italian Americans' contributions to the United States.

Author : Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781683933588

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Heroism and Wisdom, Italian Style by Raymond Angelo Belliotti Pdf

This is an interdisciplinary work that philosophically analyzes concepts such as heroism; practical wisdom; honor; Nietzsche’s notions of will to power, the overman, and the three metamorphoses; Plato’s understanding of love; creating meaning in life; the issue of morally dirty hands in political administration; the relationship between political means and ends; the proper role of positive duties in society; the aspirations of grand strivers; and the linkages between biological, biographical, and autobiographical lives, all in the context of explaining and evaluating the lives and works of fourteen historically significant Italian: Gaius Julius Caesar, Brunetto Latini, Dante Alighieri, Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli, Giuseppe Mazzini, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francesca Cabrini, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Antonio Gramsci, Salvatore Giuliano, Oriana Fallaci, Giovanni Falcone, and Paolo Borsellino. By dissecting the lives and philosophies of the figures discussed in this work, by extracting moral, political, and existential lessons from their aspirations and enterprises, by reflecting on their ideals from the vantage point of our divergent social context, by evaluating their virtues and vices from a wider perspective, and by confronting the conceptual puzzles and social impediments hampering the exercise of practical wisdom and heroism, we may confront the people that we are and reimagine the people we might become.

Author : Lawrence Baldassaro
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496216755

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Tony Lazzeri by Lawrence Baldassaro Pdf

A biography of Tony Lazzeri, a key member of the Yankees’ legendary Murderers’ Row lineup between 1926 and 1937 and the first major baseball star of Italian descent.

Author : Nino Lo Bello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0914091638

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Nino Lo Bello's Guide to Offbeat Europe by Nino Lo Bello Pdf

Author : Dave Bidini
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780771014628

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Baseballissimo by Dave Bidini Pdf

In the spring of 2002, Dave Bidini set off for Nettuno, Italy, with his wife, Janet, and their two small children, in search of his favourite summer game, baseball. Nettuno was his destination because this town, south of Rome, has been the baseball capital of Italy since 1944, when the game was introduced by the American GIs who liberated the region. Bidini wanted to spend time in a town where everyone is as nuts about the game as he is, and in Nettuno, they love the game so much that they hand out baseball gloves and bats to children taking their first communion. For six months Bidini followed the fortunes of the Serie B Peones, Nettunese to the core. At the same time he was also learning about his own heritage, having spent his youth vigorously ignoring his Italianness. The result of his summer in Italy is vintage Bidini: a funny, perceptive, and engrossing book that takes readers far beyond the professional sport to the game that people around the world love to play.