"Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball" by Lawrence Baldassaro, with a foreword by DOM DiMaggio, published in 2011 in the United States by University of Nebraska Press, 472pp, ISBN 9780803246201
Condition Notes: Very good++ condition, neat, clean & tidy copy, well looked-after. Looks and feels like it's barely been read
About this book: Berra, Rizzuto, Lasorda, Torre, Conigliaro, Santo, Piazza. Casual baseball fans - in fact, even many nonfans - know these names, not as Italian Americans but as some of the most colourful figures in Major League Baseball. Ever since future Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri became a key part of the Yankees' Murderers' Row line-up of 1926, Italian Americans have been among the most prominent and intriguing players in the game. The first comprehensive study of the topic, Beyond DiMaggio is also a social history of baseball, tracing the evolution of American perceptions toward those of Italian descent as it chronicles the baseball exploits that influenced those perceptions. Lawrence Baldassaro tells the stories of Italian Americans' contributions to the game, from Joe DiMaggio, who transcended his ethnic identity to become an American icon, to A. Bartlett Giamatti, who served as commissioner of baseball, to Mike Piazza, considered the greatest hitting catcher ever. Baldassaro conducted more than fifty interviews with players, coaches, managers, and executives - some with careers dating back to the thirties - in order to put all these figures and their stories into the historical context of baseball, Italian Americans, and, finally, the culture of American sports.
Contents:
Illustrations
1. Italian immigrants statue
2. Ed Abbaticchio
3. Ping Bodie with Babe Ruth
4. Babe Pinelli
5. Italian Athletic Club, Vermont State Amateur Champs
6. Tony Lazzeri
7. Joe DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri, and Frank Crosetti
8. Oscar Melillo
9. Zeke Bonura
10. Dario Lodigiani with Connie Mack
11. Ernie Lombardi
12. Dolph Camilli
13. Phil Cavarretta
14. DiMaggio surrounded by young fans
15. Cookie Lavagetto
16. DiMaggio family
17. Vince, Joe and Dom DiMaggio
18. Dom DiMaggio
19. Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe
20. Phil Rizzuto
21. Yogi Berra
22. Billy Martin and Vic Raschi
23 Dodgers "Sym-Phony"
24. Ralph Branca and Wife, Ann
25. Roy Campanella
26. Carl Furillo
27. Sal Maglie
28. Johnny Antonelli
29. Rocky Colavito, Yogi Berra, Frank Malzone
30. Tony and Billy Conigliaro
31. Rico Petrocelli
32. Ron Santo
33. Sal Bando
34. Craig Biggio
35. Mike Piazza
36. Tommy Lasorda
37. Tony La Russa
38. Joe Torre
39. A. Bartlett Giamatti
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