Over the course of his varied career, Gene A. Budig has served as a professor, the president of the American League of Major League Baseball, the head of three major universities, a major general in the Air National Guard, a newspaper man, and co-owner of a Minor League Baseball team. One can safely assume that Budig has met his share of interesting and inspiring people. In Grasping the Ring, he selects nine from this great array of individuals and offers candid biographical sketches of these compelling characters. Though they are very different, George Steinbrenner, Larry Doby, Tom...
Over the course of his varied career, Gene A. Budig has served as a professor, the president of the American League of Major League Baseball, the head...
Gene A. Budig tells the personalized stories of nine exceptional Americans people who knew what they wanted in life and followed difficult paths to achieve admirable ends.In this sequel to his earlier book, Grasping the Ring, Budig profiles Rachel Robinson, widow of baseball s Jackie Robinson and a remarkable woman in her own right; Bill Veeck, a showman and owner of three baseball teams who helped teach fans how to laugh and have fun at the ballpark; Bob Costas, the longtime sports announcer and commentator; Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy, former owner of the California Angels, and...
Gene A. Budig tells the personalized stories of nine exceptional Americans people who knew what they wanted in life and followed difficult paths to ac...
In Swinging for the Fences, Gene A. Budig offers candid biographical sketches of nine compelling individuals from the sport of baseball, including athletes, coaches, umpires, businessmen, and sportswriters. The book examines Cal Ripken Jr., Bobby Brown, George Brett, Joe Torre, Bob Feller, Mike Ilitch, Marty Springstead, Bill Madden, and Frank Robinson, all of whom the author knows well.
Former National League president Len Coleman writes a foreword that sheds new light on the legacy of Jackie and Rachel Robinson.
In Swinging for the Fences, Gene A. Budig offers candid biographical sketches of nine compelling individuals from the sport of baseball, inc...
After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861 1944) was going home to Nebraska. Norris had lost the 1942 Senate race and felt the defeat keenly. But as his train rolled westward, he was forcefully reminded of what his legislative efforts had wrought, from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the Rural Electrification Act (REA), which brought power to the land unfolding before him. It is here that authors Gene A. Budig and Don Walton begin their journey with this great statesman, perhaps the last progressive...
After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861 1944) was going home to Neb...
