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Barra, Allen.

Clearing the bases : the greatest baseball debates of the last century / Allen Barra ; foreword by Bob Costas.

1st ed.

New York : T. Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2002.

xxi, 261 pages ; 22 cm

A sport columnist offers his points of view on a variety of baseball subjects and debates, from the mysterious disappearance of the high leg-kick by pitchers, to spirited comparisons of all-time greats like Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, Roger Clemens and Lefty Grove, and Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.

Baseball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Baseball players -- Rating of -- United States.

Getting tough with Babe Ruth -- The most underrated team of the first half of the twentieth century -- Gary Cooper vs. John Wayne -- What if Jackie Robinson had been white? -- One-on-one, once and for all : Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays -- 61* : or, should Roger Maris be in the Hall of Fame? -- Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson : a reassessment -- My player of the century -- The most overrated and underrated players over the last thirty years : Pete Rose vs. Tim Raines -- The dynasty that never was : the 1986 Mets -- Grove, Koufax, and Clemens : a comparison across time -- Minnie Minoso : the new Latin dynasty -- Competitive balance through the century -- On-base averages -- Baseball's greatest SLOBs -- Why can't they go 9 anymore? -- Ranking Don Shula -- Pro football's greatest quarterback -- The great forgotten running back of the NFL -- Barry Sanders : pro football's greatest runner -- Walter Payton : pro football's greatest player -- Wilt vs. Russell : a reassessment.

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2001048992

0312265565

9780312265564

0312302533

9780312302535

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