Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers

The late Ronnie Joyner coauthored autobiographies with major leaguers Don Gutteridge, Frank Thomas (1950s–60s version), Virgil Trucks and Bob Dillinger and produced baseball card sets for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, and the 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers. A graphic artist for the U.S. Senate, he lived in Charlotte Hall, Maryland.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Assorted Legends, Journeymen, and Short-Timers      Big Boppers      Natural Born Hitters      Armed and Dangerous 1      Tragedies and Near Tragedies 1      World War II 1      Korea and Vietnam      Men of Desegregation 2 1      Music, Movies, and TV      Speedsters      Cool Couplings      Wholly-Worthy Half-Pagers 27      Black Sox: 1919 Chicago White Sox      Whiz Kids: 1950 Philadelphia Phillies      Pinstripers: 2009 New York Yankees      Index

“Ronnie Joyner is a talented baseball artist whose specialty is exquisite, realistic B & W Player portraits that are embellished with amazingly succinct biographical text and small comic illustrations. A wonderful book which amounts to a fitting tribute to an art form that was once a staple of newspaper sports pages”—Spitball; “a work of art...tremendous attention to detail. If you’re a lover of baseball history, or even baseball trivia, then you will love Joyner’s work...sure to astound and delight”—Tampa Bay Online.