An American Journey: My Life On the Field, In the Air, and On the Air

by Jerry Coleman, Richard Goldstein (With)

Overview

With six and a half decades on the national sports scene, Jerry Coleman's career has brought him acclaim and affection both on and off the baseball field. As a brilliant second baseman, Coleman played on eight New York Yankee pennant-winning teams, six of them World Series champions, in the decade following World War II, when baseball was king and the Yankees dominated the game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617491115
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	567 KB

About the Author

Jerry Coleman is a broadcaster for the San Diego Padres. He played on eight pennant-winning New York Yankee teams before retiring. He lives in San Diego. Richard Goldstein writes for the New York Times. He is the author of numerous books, including America at D-Day, Desperate Hours, How Baseball Survived the Second World War, and Mine Eyes Have Seen.

Table of Contents

Foreword     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
A Bittersweet Day     1
San Francisco Memories     11
Up from the Sandlots     23
Going to War     35
The Road to Yankee Stadium     51
Becoming a Yankee     63
The Great Pennant Race     79
The Making of a Dynasty     95
Skies Over Korea     107
A Yankee Again     119
Finale for a Golden Age     131
Beyond the Diamond     145
With Mel and Red and the Scooter     159
"Hang a Star"     173
The Man in the Dugout     189
Life with Maggie     201
Then and Now     213
Notes     229