Beschreibung:
The never-before-published memoir of Waite Hoyt, Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees in their first dynasty decade, longtime Cincinnati Reds broadcaster after his playing career, and vaudeville star, funeral director, oil painter, and alcoholic.
Foreword by Bob Costas Preface by Tim Manners Prologue: Brick by Brick Part 1 1. The Family Web 2. There Goes Our Boy 3. Odyssey of Oddities 4. In the Bag 5. Great Big Fellas 6. When Schoolboys Cry 7. The Joy Clubs 8. Miss Scoville’s Advice 9. A Bath in Badness Part 2 10. Industrial Strength 11. Red Sox Hop 12. Me and the Babe 13. Turn of the Twenties 14. Art of Baseball 15. Young and a Yankee 16. The Merry Mortician 17. The Roaring Yankees 18. Little Big Hug Part 3 19. Skating with Lou 20. Dear Ellen 21. The Unartful Dodger 22. Radio Days 23. The Last Drink 24. Then and Now Epilogue: Christopher’s Question Acknowledgments