Mark McGwire : Home Run Hero,9780312971090

Mark McGwire : Home Run Hero

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780312971090
ISBN10: 0312971095
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-04-15
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Summary

This first full biography of the St. Louis Cardinals' record-breaking home run hero includes the latest on his amazing record-breaking season, plus eight pages of fabulous photos.

Author Biography

Rob Rains is the co-author of eight sports books. He wrote The St. Louis Cardinals: The 100th Anniversary History, as well as co-authored Red: A Baseball Life (with Cardinal Hall of Farmer Red Schoendienst) and Jack Buck: That's a Winner! (with broadcaster Jack Buck). A frequent contributor to The Sporting News, Rains and his family live in St. Louis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Home Runs Don't Come Easy
1(9)
Childhood
10(20)
USC
30(21)
Going for the Gold
51(7)
The Minors
58(16)
A Major Leaguer
74(5)
Rookie of the Year
79(21)
A Winning Team
100(31)
Hitting Bottom
131(14)
Regaining Control
145(11)
Injuries are No Fun
156(18)
Fifty, Finally
174(14)
The End of an Era
188(15)
A Contented Cardinal
203(13)
Going for the Record
216(18)
Seventy
234(9)
Appendix: Career Statistics 243

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