Author: Joseph McCauley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781418481551
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is commonplace for most people to experience doubt, resistance, or criticism after he or she has shared their earnest conviction, ambition, or intent. But why would anyone want to get in the way of your success? Why do we limit ourselves, as well as place limits on others? People who do such things are referred to as naysayers. A naysayer is a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views. Their goal is to de-motivate, discourage, impede, and destroy your hopes and dreams. What course of action would you take if the odds were stacked against you? What dream did you once conceive in your heart but because of fear, unbelief, and cynicism you allowed the dream to die? In Silence the Naysayers, Kirby Jones challenges you to dream again and re-kindle the fire which at one time profusely burned on the inside of you. Few people are willing to release their security blanket and launch out into uncharted waters, yet he reveals the process involved to unearth the unlimited potential in all of us. Through applicable principles that are established upon the Word of God, Kirby adds his methodology, compelling exercises, and heart warming stories to help guide you to the discovery of your purpose in life. He provides encouragement for those who need to find the strength to go on when no one else has confidence in their ability to succeed. Silence the Naysayers is required reading, and is the 21st century expression for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. It is not an expression that should be used negatively against those who would refute your hope, dreams, or potential undertaking. However, it is an expression to be used to motivate you, inspire you, and thus illuminate your creative genius in the face of antagonism. This book belongs in the hands of the reader who is seeking meaning for his or her life. The person who undoubtedly desires change and a better quality of life for themselves and others. If you are ready to make the rest of your life the best of your life go on and Silence the Naysayers!
Ebbets Field
Author: Joseph McCauley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781418481551
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is commonplace for most people to experience doubt, resistance, or criticism after he or she has shared their earnest conviction, ambition, or intent. But why would anyone want to get in the way of your success? Why do we limit ourselves, as well as place limits on others? People who do such things are referred to as naysayers. A naysayer is a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views. Their goal is to de-motivate, discourage, impede, and destroy your hopes and dreams. What course of action would you take if the odds were stacked against you? What dream did you once conceive in your heart but because of fear, unbelief, and cynicism you allowed the dream to die? In Silence the Naysayers, Kirby Jones challenges you to dream again and re-kindle the fire which at one time profusely burned on the inside of you. Few people are willing to release their security blanket and launch out into uncharted waters, yet he reveals the process involved to unearth the unlimited potential in all of us. Through applicable principles that are established upon the Word of God, Kirby adds his methodology, compelling exercises, and heart warming stories to help guide you to the discovery of your purpose in life. He provides encouragement for those who need to find the strength to go on when no one else has confidence in their ability to succeed. Silence the Naysayers is required reading, and is the 21st century expression for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. It is not an expression that should be used negatively against those who would refute your hope, dreams, or potential undertaking. However, it is an expression to be used to motivate you, inspire you, and thus illuminate your creative genius in the face of antagonism. This book belongs in the hands of the reader who is seeking meaning for his or her life. The person who undoubtedly desires change and a better quality of life for themselves and others. If you are ready to make the rest of your life the best of your life go on and Silence the Naysayers!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781418481551
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It is commonplace for most people to experience doubt, resistance, or criticism after he or she has shared their earnest conviction, ambition, or intent. But why would anyone want to get in the way of your success? Why do we limit ourselves, as well as place limits on others? People who do such things are referred to as naysayers. A naysayer is a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views. Their goal is to de-motivate, discourage, impede, and destroy your hopes and dreams. What course of action would you take if the odds were stacked against you? What dream did you once conceive in your heart but because of fear, unbelief, and cynicism you allowed the dream to die? In Silence the Naysayers, Kirby Jones challenges you to dream again and re-kindle the fire which at one time profusely burned on the inside of you. Few people are willing to release their security blanket and launch out into uncharted waters, yet he reveals the process involved to unearth the unlimited potential in all of us. Through applicable principles that are established upon the Word of God, Kirby adds his methodology, compelling exercises, and heart warming stories to help guide you to the discovery of your purpose in life. He provides encouragement for those who need to find the strength to go on when no one else has confidence in their ability to succeed. Silence the Naysayers is required reading, and is the 21st century expression for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. It is not an expression that should be used negatively against those who would refute your hope, dreams, or potential undertaking. However, it is an expression to be used to motivate you, inspire you, and thus illuminate your creative genius in the face of antagonism. This book belongs in the hands of the reader who is seeking meaning for his or her life. The person who undoubtedly desires change and a better quality of life for themselves and others. If you are ready to make the rest of your life the best of your life go on and Silence the Naysayers!
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Author: Peter Levine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195359003
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From settlement houses and street corners, to Madison Square and Fenway Park, their experiences recall a time when Jewish males dominated sports like boxing and basketball, helping to smash stereotypes about Jewish weakness while instilling American Jews with a fierce pride in their strength and ability in the face of Nazi aggression, domestic anti-Semitism, and economic depression. Full of marvelous stories, anecdotes, and personalities, Ellis Island to Ebbets Field enhances our understanding of the Jewish-American experience as well as the struggles of other American minority groups.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195359003
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From settlement houses and street corners, to Madison Square and Fenway Park, their experiences recall a time when Jewish males dominated sports like boxing and basketball, helping to smash stereotypes about Jewish weakness while instilling American Jews with a fierce pride in their strength and ability in the face of Nazi aggression, domestic anti-Semitism, and economic depression. Full of marvelous stories, anecdotes, and personalities, Ellis Island to Ebbets Field enhances our understanding of the Jewish-American experience as well as the struggles of other American minority groups.
Supernova
Author: Russ Ebbets
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964827905
Category : Track and field athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964827905
Category : Track and field athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Greatest Ballpark Ever
Author: Bob McGee
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813537754
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Generations after its demise, Ebbets Field remains the single most colorful and enduring image of a baseball park, with a treasured niche in the game's legacy and the American imagination. In this lively story of sports, politics, and the talented, hilarious, and charming characters associated with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Bob McGee chronicles the ballpark's vibrant history from the drawing board to the wrecking ball, beginning with Charley Ebbets and the heralded opening in 1913, on through the eras that followed. McGee weaves a story about how Ebbets Field's architectural details, notable flaws, and striking facade brought Brooklyn and its team together in ways that allowed each to define the other. Drawing on original interviews and letters, as well as published and archival sources, The Greatest Ballpark Ever explores the struggle of Charley Ebbets to build Ebbets Field, the days of Wilbert Robinson's early pennant winners, the eras of the Daffiness Boys, Larry MacPhail, and Branch Rickey, the tumultuous field leadership of Leo the Lip, the fiery triumph of Jackie Robinson, the golden days of the Boys of Summer, and Walter O'Malley's ignominious departure. With humor and passion, The Greatest Ballpark Ever lets readers relive a day in the raucous ballpark with its quirky angles and its bent right-field wall, with the characters and events that have become part of the nation's folklore.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813537754
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Generations after its demise, Ebbets Field remains the single most colorful and enduring image of a baseball park, with a treasured niche in the game's legacy and the American imagination. In this lively story of sports, politics, and the talented, hilarious, and charming characters associated with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Bob McGee chronicles the ballpark's vibrant history from the drawing board to the wrecking ball, beginning with Charley Ebbets and the heralded opening in 1913, on through the eras that followed. McGee weaves a story about how Ebbets Field's architectural details, notable flaws, and striking facade brought Brooklyn and its team together in ways that allowed each to define the other. Drawing on original interviews and letters, as well as published and archival sources, The Greatest Ballpark Ever explores the struggle of Charley Ebbets to build Ebbets Field, the days of Wilbert Robinson's early pennant winners, the eras of the Daffiness Boys, Larry MacPhail, and Branch Rickey, the tumultuous field leadership of Leo the Lip, the fiery triumph of Jackie Robinson, the golden days of the Boys of Summer, and Walter O'Malley's ignominious departure. With humor and passion, The Greatest Ballpark Ever lets readers relive a day in the raucous ballpark with its quirky angles and its bent right-field wall, with the characters and events that have become part of the nation's folklore.
Ballpark
Author: Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525656243
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic. From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a changing society: the earliest ballparks evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations--bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class; the "concrete donuts" of the 1950s and '60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention; and more recent ballparks, like Baltimore's Camden Yards, signal a new way forward for stadium design and for baseball's role in urban development. Throughout, Goldberger shows us the way in which baseball's history is concurrent with our cultural history: the rise of urban parks and public transportation; the development of new building materials and engineering and design skills. And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond, the outfields, the walls, the grandstands--shaped our most beloved ballparks. A fascinating, exuberant ode to the Edens at the heart of our cities--where dreams are as limitless as the outfields.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525656243
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic. From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a changing society: the earliest ballparks evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations--bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class; the "concrete donuts" of the 1950s and '60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention; and more recent ballparks, like Baltimore's Camden Yards, signal a new way forward for stadium design and for baseball's role in urban development. Throughout, Goldberger shows us the way in which baseball's history is concurrent with our cultural history: the rise of urban parks and public transportation; the development of new building materials and engineering and design skills. And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond, the outfields, the walls, the grandstands--shaped our most beloved ballparks. A fascinating, exuberant ode to the Edens at the heart of our cities--where dreams are as limitless as the outfields.
The Boys of Summer
Author: Roger Kahn
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781312079
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book fathers and sons and about the making of modern America. 'At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.' Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early '70s, sets its tone. The team is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience.
Publisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781312079
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book fathers and sons and about the making of modern America. 'At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.' Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early '70s, sets its tone. The team is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience.
The Dodgers
Author: Glenn Stout
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618213554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
In the annals of baseball, the history of few other teams can compare to the rich legacy of the Dodgers. Stout provides their definitive story, from their birth in Brooklyn in 1884 to their move to Los Angeles to present day.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618213554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
In the annals of baseball, the history of few other teams can compare to the rich legacy of the Dodgers. Stout provides their definitive story, from their birth in Brooklyn in 1884 to their move to Los Angeles to present day.
The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball
Author: Daniel R. Levitt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1566638690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Chronicles the 1913-1915 battle between baseball's newly-formed Federal League versus the established National and American leagues, and discusses the short- and long-term impact on the game.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1566638690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Chronicles the 1913-1915 battle between baseball's newly-formed Federal League versus the established National and American leagues, and discusses the short- and long-term impact on the game.
"Our Bums"
Author: David Krell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786477997
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Baseball fans may know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story. With a foreword by Branch Barrett Rickey (grandson of Branch Rickey), this book fills the void in Dodgers scholarship, exploring their impact on popular culture and revealing lesser-known details of the team's history. Personal stories are included from the fans who embraced Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Erskine, Roy Campanella and other icons of Ebbets Field. Drawing on archival documents, contemporary press accounts and fan interviews, the author brings to life the magic of the Dodgers, chronicling in detail the genesis, glory and demise of the team that changed baseball--and America.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786477997
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Baseball fans may know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story. With a foreword by Branch Barrett Rickey (grandson of Branch Rickey), this book fills the void in Dodgers scholarship, exploring their impact on popular culture and revealing lesser-known details of the team's history. Personal stories are included from the fans who embraced Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Erskine, Roy Campanella and other icons of Ebbets Field. Drawing on archival documents, contemporary press accounts and fan interviews, the author brings to life the magic of the Dodgers, chronicling in detail the genesis, glory and demise of the team that changed baseball--and America.
Bums
Author: Peter Golenbock
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486477355
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
It's been over 50 years since they moved to Los Angeles, but the Brooklyn Dodgers remain ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. Golenbock's oral history of these "lovable losers" tells the team's tale through the words of Pee Wee Reese, Leo Durocher, Duke Snider, and other Brooklyn greats.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486477355
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
It's been over 50 years since they moved to Los Angeles, but the Brooklyn Dodgers remain ingrained in the fabric of our national pastime. Golenbock's oral history of these "lovable losers" tells the team's tale through the words of Pee Wee Reese, Leo Durocher, Duke Snider, and other Brooklyn greats.