I wore Babe Ruth's hat : field notes from a life in sports /

David W. Zang played junior high school basketball in a drained swimming pool. He wore a rubber suit to bed to make weight for a wrestling meet. He kept a log as an obsessive runner (not a jogger). In short, he soldiered through the life of an ordinary athlete. Whether pondering his long-unbuilt rep...

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Main Author: Zang, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Sport and society.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Learning fundamentals -- Chip Hilton's sports cult -- The half-court snuff of Donnie Rose -- Dennis Kubeck ruins it for everyone -- Dark edges -- Failing to meet Jackie Robinson -- Beware!! Dangerous jocks ahead -- I wore babe Ruth's hat (and Poe's head) -- Look away, look away -- A long run toward mediocrity -- Wishful thinking -- A million answers short of heaven -- Impossible dreams -- Why Cal Ripken touched us -- To an athlete dying. 
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