Show B8 --r- The Herald Journal Ldgan Utah Saturday April 17 2004 SHERMANS LAGOON HON SMY CAMPAIGN FOR ' LAGOON MAYOR LOOKING MR CAMPAIGN MANAGCR? iUtLL mrtoRNrsGorm SOmTKCY seNioRvorem socceR mom PTMQGRAPHIC yore anp powmv mwoNGtRyoTg itrs SFC I MM stsemxss ttDn® By Ron Berthel Associated Press Writer CATHY I tin UiILL FIANCE AND KffJE I’RO&'tmO BECAUSE WE SHARE 'HE SAffE UAlliPb! nwei NEUER m HAVE WE SIMILAR SAVINGS PLANS?) fuMI ' POTT RPlLLV KNOW DO SIMILAR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES?) a VOU SHARE? REALLW KNOW BOTH VALUE HOW PEACEFUL IT IS WHEN NO ONE BRINGS UP THE UNPLEASANT SUBJECTS Of SAVING INVESTING SPENOM& ANO IRAb? MUCH VALUES SPEWING priorities? SIMILAR DWERStFICATON GOALS SIMILAR FOR VOUR IRA FUNDS? BEETLE BAILEY X CAN'T PLAY GOLF IN A COMIC STRIP WITH THESE STUPID PANELS! Player manager coach General manager broadcaster umpire Nearly every baseball point of view — except perhaps that of the hot dog vendor — is represented in at least one of the many new books that cover just about all the bases Books about baseball personalities historic events and teams that are memorable — for reasons good or bad — take readers onto the Held and into the dugout the front office the broadcast booth and baseball’s past A Hall of Fame outfield is represented in three new books! about “The Kid" “The Babe” and “The Mick”: In left field there’s “Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero” (Doubleday) by Leigh Monlville in right “Babe Ruth: Jim Launching the Legend’7 (McGraw-Hill- ) Reisler's account of Ruth in 1920 his first season as a Yankee and patrolling center is “Our Mickey" (Triumph) memories of Mickey Mantle by teammates opponents celebrities and admirers collected by Bill Liederman and Maury Allen Another Hall of Fame outfielder has a book in the lineup: “Baseball Forever" (Triumph) a ' memoir by Ralph Kiner former Pirates slugger who hits' been a Mets broadcaster since 962 — as long as there have been MetSi For years Ki ner broadcast the exploits of Tug McGraw the lefty reliever for the Mets arid Phillies whose memoir Ya Gotta Believe!" was published shortly after his ’ death in January at 59 ' basee Another former Phillie and a ball era are profiled in “Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball’’ (University of Notre Dame Press) Jerrold Casway’s biography of ' the batting star whose 346 life- -' also examines Dela: time average is fourth-behanty's mysterious death at 36 A double play of scrappy former shortstops is turned by “Larry Bowa: ‘I Still Hate To Lose’” (Sports Publishing) Barry M Bloom's biography of the Phillies’ current manager and “Mr Red Sox: The Johnny Pesky Story" (Rounder) Bill Nowlin's biography of the Boston star of the 940s and ’50s Pesky has his own book “Few and Chosen: Defining Red Sox Greatness Across the Eras" (Tri- best umph) in which he selects the Red Sox players — five at each position and humbly excluding himself Dispatches from the front — the front office that is — are found in “The Memoirs of Bing Devine" by the general manager who Jed Car- dinals and Mets teams to four World Series during the 1960s and in '"‘Fred Claire: My 30 Years in Dodger Blue” by the executive whose career began in 1969 as the team’s publicity director (both Sports Publishing) "'The impact of one of baseball’s greatest moments — breaking Ruth’s career home run record — is told in “Hunk Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America” (Morrow) by Tom Stantori And the impact of the recent influx of Japanese players into the major leagues is examined m “The Meariing of Ichiro: The New Wave From Japan and the Trans-formation of Our National Pastime” (Warner) by Robert Whiting For the coffee table there’s “Black Baseball: : ' “Black Baseball: A History of HAGAR THE HORRIBLE af Game’’ (PRCiSterling) Text by Kyle McNary and 50 photos most in color trace the history of segregated baseball iri America War era to the last of the from the barnstorming Negro League teams in the 1 ed pre-Civ- -TALENTEP INTELLIGENT NITTY? NINP THOUGHTFUL ANP 19th-centu- The story of one of the best high school baseball teams — Los Angeles’ Crenshaw High Cougars of 1979 which counted Darryl Strawberry among its stars — is told iri “The Ticket Out” by Michael Sokolove Fans who follow baseball history by the numbers can find scads of stats in The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004 (St Martin's-Griffia paperback by David S Ncft et al that lists the batting and pitching sta- tislics of every player who ever played-ithe bigs — even if if was only once Bnsox faithful can relive the “Red Sox Cen- tury" (Houghton Mifflin) in Glenn Stout andRichard A Johnson's hefty illustrated history of the Boston club This thick paperback ver- sion of the 2000 book has been expanded to follow the learn through the 2003 offseason ' and the addition of pitcher Curt Schilling and '' Terry Francona manager ' The Red Sox haven’t won a World Series since 191 8 yet the Florida Marlin’s have won two siiicfc 1997: Their most recent world championship is the subject of “Miracle Over Miami" by Dan Schlossbcrg with Kevin Baxter an account of the Marlins’ surprising 2003 season and their unexpected World Series vie: ' tory against the Yankees “Tales From the Dodger Dugout: Extra Innings’-(SportPublishing) is an expanded version of the anecdotal history of the team by Carl Erskjne former Dodgers pitcher in Los Angeles and Brooklyn “The Brooklyn Cyclones’ (NYU Press) by Ben Osborne chronicles the first season (2001 ) of the Mets’ minor league affiliate whose arrival helped revitalize its home turf Coney 'Island ry st ' n) large-form- 1 PEANUTS all-ti- : MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM rTHeverswpmi'M LACTOSE INTOLERANT ArmiPRfNK MILK ARMORS A History of African-America- s : long-depress- ed & the Nation- - ns at - : ! il 1960s long-gon- rx Uy6LUT6tfe£MAN&CAA & African-America- the National Game” is one of several new books that cover all aspects of the game 1 high-spirit- APPhoto Best sellers Press By The Assodated The' following lists oimpiled by Publishers ' hard-Weekly highlight tire week’s best-selli- FOXTROT POT SOME More WE TAKE OUR BASEBALL LITERALLY ' ' : ! 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