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BASEBALL?S GREATEST WHAT IF IBD

DAN JOSEPH
SUNBURY PRESS, INC.
11 / 2021
9781620068984
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In 1942, Pete Reiser was on the road to baseball superstardom. Then, he crashed into a wall - an unpadded, concrete outfield wall as tried to make a game-saving catch.And for Pete, nothing was ever the same.A year earlier, at age 22, he had won a batting title, a rookie of the year award and a pennant with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Sportswriters could not stop marveling at his skill set, highlighted by a keen batting eye, a rifle throwing arm andáspeed that whisked him from home to first in three-point-six seconds.áBaseball men compared him to some of the gameâÇÖs all-time greats, including Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio.áThe crash shunted Pete onto a rockier path, one marked by headaches,ámismanagement, hard luck and sadly, more collisions with outfield walls. HeâÇÖd enjoy scattered triumphs on this road too, and win a place in baseball history as the man who spurred teams to install warning tracks and pad the walls.But to this day, students of the game invoke his name when somebody asks, which player is baseballâÇÖs greatest what-if?Dan Joseph believes Reiser is that player, and lays out his case in this groundbreaking new biography. The author examines old tales about Pete, ones where he allegedly fought off dizziness to slash game-winning hits. But Joseph digs deeper into PeteâÇÖs life and career to learn what made this extraordinary player risk his health, and his skull, for the sake of victory.á

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