{"product_id":"baseball-italian-style-lawrence-baldassaro-9781683581116","title":"Baseball Italian Style: Great Stories Told by Italian American Major Leaguers from Crosetti to Piazza","description":"\u003ci\u003eBaseball Italian Style\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003cbr\u003eTheir 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Baldassaro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683581113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683581116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sports Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Lawrence Baldassaro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995143536895,"sku":"9781683581116","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df52e82c-86c0-4fac-acf7-4a60e38cebe2.jpg?v=1683334085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseball-italian-style-lawrence-baldassaro-9781683581116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}