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Bezig met laden... Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (editie 2023)door Howard Bryant (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. nonfiction/biography - baseball history, Black history it helps to be familiar with all the sports talk terms and various kinds of baseball stats, but even a more casual baseball fan will come away with appreciation for the rare and immense skill of one of the greats. It is also an interesting account if the double standards of the sport (and the sports journalists) that unfairly and unduly penalized Rickey when a white player (or even a half-assed whiner like Canseco) went unpunished for far worse behaviors. I've always been very interested in Rickey Henderson's story. This book unfortunately did not deliver. The pacing of the book was not to my taste. The material about the great migration from the South to California was interesting. But the discursus into the history of Oakland felt too long. Rickey was amazing as a kid, but I didn't need myriad anecdotes reinforcing that fact. More about his actual baseball career earlier in the book would have been nice. I wish Mr. Bryant all the luck. He is a talented writer, but this book wasnt for me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Few names in the history of baseball evoke the excellence and dynamism that Rickey Henderson's does. He holds the record for the most stolen bases in a single game, and he's scored more runs than any player ever. "If you cut Rickey Henderson in half, you'd have two Hall of Famers," the baseball historian Bill James once said. But perhaps even more than his prowess on the field, Rickey Henderson's is a story of Oakland, California, the town that gave rise to so many legendary athletes like him. And it's a story of a sea change in sports, when athletes gained celebrity status and Black players finally earned equitable salaries. Henderson embraced this shift with his trademark style, playing for nine different teams throughout his decades-long career and sculpting a brash, larger-than-life persona that stole the nation's heart. Now, in the hands of critically acclaimed sportswriter and culture critic Howard Bryant, one of baseball's greatest and most original stars finally gets his due." -- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Bryant interviewed Rickey and several important people in his life, including his wife Pamela. His life story is tied to his hometown of Oakland, a segregated city where the Black children found an outlet in the community sports leagues that produced a great number of professional sports stars. One of these was Billy Martin, a cantankerous figure who became a mentor and friend to Rickey as his manager in Oakland and New York. Bryant follows Rickey's career through 4 stints with the Oakland A's, a troubled period with the Yankees, and a final decade as a nomad playing for any team who would have him. Highlights include winning the World Series in the 1989 and 1993 and the AL MVP in 1990.
I can't say that you really get to know Rickey Henderson from this biography. Despite his outsized personality, he's a very private person, and one who seems detached because of he worries about his lack of education showing as well as his inability to remember names. But I think Bryant does a brilliant job regardless of telling Rickey's story. His career coincides with a time in baseball when free agency made the star players multi-millionaires and Black players like Rickey were no longer willing to show deference to the white owners and media. I've always liked Rickey and this book just makes me like him more. ( )