Richie Ashburn: Why The Hall Not?: and the Amazing Journey to Cooperstown

by Bruce Mowday, Jim Donahue

Overview

Richie Ashburn: Why the Hall Not? is the story of beloved Philadelphia Phillies player and broadcaster Richie Ashburn and a young fan he befriended as a player. That fan remembered the kindness displayed by Ashburn and in later years reconnected and led a drive—collecting almost 200,000 signatures—to have Major League Baseball reconsider Ashburn for the Hall of Fame. Ashburn was elected to the Hall of Fame and the once-young fan was with Ashburn at Cooperstown during the induction ceremonies. Along the way the young fan became a close friend of Ashburn and the two shared meals and thoughts on baseball.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569804582
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	331 KB

About the Author

Bruce E. Mowday began writing professionally as a sports writer for the daily newspaper The Record and later worked for the St. Louis Sun and Daily Local News of West Chester, Pa. He has authored many newspaper and magazine articles, a dozen books, and is President of the Mowday Group, Inc. He resides in Downington, Pa. Jim Donahue started the "Richie Ashburn: Why The Hall Not?" campaign featured prominently in the media, and the award winning film "Richie Ashburn....A Baseball Life". Jim resides in Springfield, Pa.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

A Fan's Message xiii

1 The Autograph 1

2 Tilden Years 9

3 Whiz Kids 17

4 The Amazing Mets 27

5 A Second Career 37

6 No Hall Support 47

7 Jim Donahue the Fan 55

8 Why the Hall Not 59

9 The Campaign 69

10 Hall of Fame 87

11 A Hall of Fame Life 107

12 A Final Tribute 125

Afterword 133

Appendix 139

Hall of Fame Speech 139

Statistics 144

Timeline 145

Lyrics to Whitey $$$ Harry by Chuck Brodsky 146

Lyrics to He Wore Number One by Skip Denenberg and Tom Burgoyne 147

Acknowledgments 149

Bibliography 153

Index 155