Legendary Harry Caray (eBook)

Baseball's Greatest Salesman

Don Zminda (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
352 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1295-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years. This book is the first full-length biography of Caray since his death in 1998, featuring new information on his life and interviews with over 25 people who knew and worked with this broadcasting legend.

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Harry Caray is one of the most famous and beloved sports broadcasters of all time, with a career that lasted over 50 years. Always a baseball enthusiast, Caray once vowed to become a broadcaster who was the true voice of the fans. Caray's distinctive style soon resonated across St. Louis, then Chicago, and eventually across the nation. In The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball's Greatest Salesman, Don Zminda delivers the first full-length biography of Caray since his death in 1998. It includes details of Caray's orphaned childhood, his 25 years as the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, his tempestuous 11 years broadcasting games for the Chicago White Sox, and the 16 years he broadcast for the Chicago Cubs while also becoming a nationally-known celebrity. Interviews with significant figures from Caray's life are woven throughout, from his widow Dutchie and grandson Chip to broadcasters Bob Costas, Thom Brennaman, Dewayne Staats, Pat Hughes, and more.Caray was known during his final years as a beloved, often-imitated grandfather figure with the Cubs, but the story of his entire career is much more nuanced and often controversial. Featuring new information on Caray's lifeincluding little-known information about his firing by the Cardinals and his feuds with players, executives, and fellow broadcastersthis book provides an intimate and in-depth look at a broadcasting legend.

Autor

Don Zminda spent more than two decades with STATS LLC, where he was Director of Research for STATS-supported sports broadcasts that included the World Series, the Super Bowl, and the NCAA Final Four. Zminda is the author and editor of over a dozen sports books, including the annual STATS Baseball Scoreboard (1990-2000) and Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox. A Chicago native, Zminda has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1979.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.4.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 18 Illustrations including: - 15 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 3 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Baseball • baseball broadcasting • baseball history • Broadcasting • chicago cubs • Chicago sports broadcasting • chicago white sox • Eddie Einhorn • Fox SportsNet Chicago • harry caray • Jerry Reinsdorf • seventh inning stretch • Sports Channel • SportsVision • superstations • Take me out to the ballgame • WGN
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1295-7 / 1538112957
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1295-3 / 9781538112953