1966 ROOKIES BASEBALL Tom Tresh Harvey Kuenn Pete Rose Roy Sievers Richie Allen

Description: Title: GREAT ROOKIES Of The Major Leagues Author: Jim Brosnan Publisher: Random House (Little League Library) (1966) Description:Excellent well-written book by former Major League pitcher Jim Brosnan who became an accomplished author. Brosnan profiles great rookies of the current era (1966) and past. Unusual selection of players, many not written about in other books. Book is well illustrated with photos not found anywhere else. Contents and the players covered:1. A Rookie’s-Eye View of the Majors 12. Jackie Robinson 83, Richie Ashburn 264. Roy Sievers 405. Harvey Kuenn 526. Herb Score 667. Frank Robinson 808. Albie Pearson 949. Orlando Cepeda 10810. Bob Allison 12211. Tom Tresh 13612. Pete Rose 15013. Richie Allen 162 About Brosnan:While known as a moderately effective pitcher, both as a starter and a reliever, Brosnan gained greater fame by becoming one of the first athletes to publish a candid personal diary. Up to that time, such books were "sanitized" for the general public and used ghostwriters. Instead, Brosnan's self-penned book, The Long Season, a season which found him being traded from St. Louis to Cincinnati at approximately the halfway point of the 1959 baseball season, touched on the subjects of racial awareness, boredom, fatigue, and skirt-chasing by players, as well as the never-ending stress of trying to maintain a position on the big league roster. Two years later, Brosnan again kept a diary, a fortuitous circumstance as the Reds would win the National League championship in 1961, before falling to the New York Yankees in the World Series. Brosnan's book was published under the appropriate title Pennant Race. Brosnan's books garnered both praise and criticism. Pulitzer-prize winning columnist Red Smith praised The Long Season as "...caustic and candid, and, in a way, courageous." Others, such as Joe Garagiola, famously called Brosnan a "kooky beatnik." Writing in the Chicago Tribune in July 1960, then-White Sox president Bill Veeck acknowledged that The Long Season was "delightful", but that "Brosnan has his say about many who may have, in times past, had their say about him. This just doesn't seem to come off so well, and tends to lessen the impact and enjoyment of his undeniably colorful material" After his playing days, Brosnan continued writing and also became a sportscaster. He worked for several years as a sports anchor in the Chicago area and delivered sportscasts for the Chicago-area radio station WFYR. Brosnan also wrote for a broad range of publications, including Boys' Life, Sport, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Esquire and the Chicago Tribune Magazine. Brosnan's subjects extended far beyond baseball. In a December 1966 article in the Tribune magazine titled "Lo, the Impudent Bird!" Brosnan wrote a story about his resistance to hunting, a sport enjoyed by many of his friends. Brosnan also wrote books for boys, including Little League to Big League, Great Baseball Pitchers and Great Rookies of the Major Leagues. During the June 13, 1966 episode of To Tell The Truth, Brosnan appeared as himself; none of the panelists correctly picked him as the contestant Condition:Book is good. Pages clean with no writing. No Dustjacket. See all photos. Details:hardcover 186 pages approx 6" x 7 1/2"1966 - no statement of printing but probable first edition Random House Terms (payment, shipping, tax, returns, feedback, etc.)Please read before buying U.S. bidders only PaymentPlease pay within 48 hours of winning.eBay managed payments ShippingShipping will be $6.50 and will be shipped USPS media mail with tracking. We may upgrade your package at our discretion to USPS Ground Advantage. Package will be shipped within 4 business days after payment - usually faster. The USPS can be notoriously slow, it could take 2-3 weeks for delivery. 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