A01=John C. Skipper
Author_John C. Skipper
Baseball
Category=DNBS
Category=SFC
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Product details
- ISBN 9780786435746
- Weight: 295g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2008
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Charlie Gehringer was the best second baseman of his era. He is regarded by many as the best two-strike hitter of all time and his seemingly effortless fielding ability earned him the nickname of "The Mechanical Man." Sports writers groused that he was too quiet to be a star. Charlie replied that he didn't hit with his mouth. This work follows Gehringer's career from the day a scout spotted him on the sandlots of Michigan in 1923 to his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1949 and into his life after baseball.
John C. Skipper, a political reporter for the Mason City (Iowa) Globe Gazette, has written numerous books on politics and baseball, including a history of the The Iowa Caucuses and acclaimed biographies of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Dazzy Vance and Charlie Gehringer.
