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Product Identifiers
PublisherTriumph Books
ISBN-10163727565X
ISBN-139781637275658
eBay Product ID (ePID)11063289536
Product Key Features
Book TitleDewey : Behind the Gold Glove
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicUnited States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Baseball / General, General, Sports
GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDwight Evans, Erik Sherman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-009762
Dewey Decimal796.357092
SynopsisFinalist for the 2024 Casey Award and selected as a 'Best Baseball Book of 2024' by Sports Collector's Digest For twenty Major League seasons, the name Dwight Evans was synonymous with sterling defense and a potent bat. A Red Sox legend, he played in 2,505 games in Boston - second only to Carl Yastrzemski - and hit 379 home runs for the club, trailing only Yastrzemski and Ted Williams. Nobody hit more home runs in the American League and no player had more extra base hits in all of baseball than the man affectionately known as Dewey did during the decade of the 1980s, but it was his rifle-like right arm - and eight Gold Glove Awards - that established him as the best right fielder of his era. In Dewey , Evans and baseball historian Erik Sherman take Red Sox fans back to a glorious time in baseball, filled with unforgettable World Series appearances in 1975 and 1986, legendary teammates including fellow outfield mainstays Jim Rice and Fred Lynn, and some of the most memorable games in MLB history. Yet for all his greatness on the baseball field, the immense challenges that Evans and his family dealt with off it were even more impressive, a journey that Evans poignantly explores in detail like never before. A man who would become known for his class, dignity, and strength, Evans would use those attributes along with his wife Susan to help nurture and comfort two sons, Timothy and Justin, as they battled neurofibromatosis (NF) - commonly known as elephant man's disease - a condition that causes tumors to form in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Part charming memoir of an underrated star from bygone era of baseball and part exploration of a man whose inner strength sustained him through the trials and tribulations surrounding the diagnosis, treatment, and deaths of two sons who were tragically afflicted with NF, Dewey is the long-awaited full story of Dewey from the man himself.
LC Classification NumberGV865.E86A3 2024
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- 17. Mai. 2025
Solid man, great player, Dwight Evans.
Dwight 'Dewey' Evans gives us the extraordinary account of his disturbing life as the parent of 2 children suffering from recurrent and ultimately fatal brain tumors, while most teammates, even the great Jim Rice never knew. Dwight had a superb career nonetheless which he recounts with vivid detail. The fact is that Dwight aged like fine wine on the ball field, it was his refuge from the pain of his tragic fatherhood.His career is summed up best by 2 truths. He was the best defensive outfielder in the American League and in the 80's he put it all together as a hitter and led the major leagues in extra base hits during the decade of the 1980's. A true menace in any clutch opportunity post season or late innings of any regular season game. Dwight should be awarded a bust in Cooperstown, but never once would you hear him complain or do anything but go about his business as an unselfish all-star overshadowed by flashier individuals. I always considered him a great player but now I have a picture of what a solid man he was and always will be.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 22. Sep. 2024
Behind the Gold Glove
Factual account of a great player.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
