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Before the Glory: 20 Baseball Heroes Talk About Growing Up and Turning Hard Times into Home Runs
by Bill Staples, Rich Herschlag
Product Group: Book
Publisher: HCI (2007-03-01)
ISBN: 0757306268
EAN: 9780757306266
Dewy Decimal #: 796.3570922
Paperback: 384 pages
SKU: 08040049
Condition: Very Good Very Good
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine. Small smudge on front edge and 4 inch crese with small closed tear in front cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
More than any other sport, baseball has been identified with America—its values, dreams, lessons, and losses. Most of all, baseball is connected to the American childhood. In Before the Glory, the game’s living legends, maverick players, and stars of today tell the stories of their childhood and coming of age with the innocence and candor of youth. From Bill Mazeroski growing up in a shack without heating or electricity, to Ron LeFlore becoming addicted to drugs at the age of twelve, to David Wright winning a food-fight in the school cafeteria, Before the Glory is not simply baseball, it is life. It is poverty, segregation, innovation, integration, survival, war, peace, love, hate, villains, and heroes—all as seen through the eyes of everyday children who happened to have the desire and ability to rise to the top of America’s greatest sport. Hall of Famers, retired MLB players, and current stars, including David Wright, Justin Morneau, and Brian Roberts agreed to be interviewed especially for this book and share, in their own words, their perspectives on the challenges of childhood, family life, and reaching goals. This book is an inspiration to young and older fans alike. Foreword by Brooks Robinson. Includes an 8-page color insert.
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Customer Reviews
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before the glory
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-10-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Great book. Meet the author at a Nationals basebaal game. He has been great e-mailing my son to talk about the book and baseball.
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great stories
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-30
this is delightful reading. There are stories told by the subjects -- and some of them are great story-tellers -- then narratives by the authors summing up each subject's life and career.
This is certainly inspirational in the sense of overcoming obstacles, but it isn't icky. The obstacles include racial prejudice, poverty, health, etc and the subjects range from long-retired players (Mudcat Grant retired after the 1971 season) to current ones (Juan Pierre). The lessons are really aimed at the young adult audience, but as an adult I am enjoying it also.
A fun read!
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Inspirational Stories for All Ages
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-07-03
This book was great fun and appeals to baseball fans of all ages.
It comprises 20 true life stories of baseball players (and one executive) from various eras, allowing the reader to jump around if he chooses selecting to read first the stories of players he remembers best. You really get a sense of each player's personality, making it a quick and fascinating read!
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Excellent Read
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-08
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is one of the greatest books I have read in a while. I could not put it down once I started to read it. I recommend this for all people, especially baseball fans! Each Chapter is exciting and worded just perfect. All in all, this is a fabulous read and an all-around good book!!!
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A Worthy Successor to an Earlier Classic
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-05
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Amazing what the authors coaxed out of their interview subjects. Baseball greats like Whitey Ford share childhood memories likely never before committed to print. In the case of some, like Ron LeFlore, they're not just memories, but admissions.
Since the players covered range from Hall of Fame greats to today's stars, there's something for fans of all ages. My son is consuming this book as fast as I am.
In fact, "Before the Glory" walks in the Sasquatch-sized footsteps of one of baseball's first great classic books: "The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It" by Lawrence Ritter (published in 1966). It was an oral history of the likes of Rube Marquard and Smoky Joe Wood.
I wouldn't be surprised if "Before the Glory" comes to occupy the same cherished place in readers' minds as "The Glory of Their Times" did in mine. A great gift for any young baseball player -- as well as yourself.
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