Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies

Strasberg, Andy,Kuiper, Duane

ISBN 10: 1938532759 / ISBN 13: 9781938532757

Published by August Publications, 2022

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Synopsis:

Baseball's most celebrated competition takes center stage in Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies. Home Runs begins with the story of the most famous home run derby competition—TV’s Home Run Derby—and focuses on memorable derbies and competitions through the years.

Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests and Derbies focuses on three big stories:

• The creation of the lodestone of all derbies: television’s Home Run Derby, where legends like Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Duke Snider, Mickey Mantle, Harmon Killebrew, and Ernie Banks competed in a head-to-head competition.
• The first full accounting of a post-1961 North Carolina derby tour by Roger Maris, Harmon Killebrew, and Jim Gentile. Arranged by Wilson Tobs owner Matt Boykin, the tour hit Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Wilson, and Durham, with the three sluggers competing on the field and acting as ambassadors for the game off the field. Sharing their memories of the tour: Gentile and Jack McKeon, the manager of the Tobs in 1961 who pitched to the three participants. The chapter is highlighted by previously unpublished photos of the competition.
• The evolution of MLB’s Home Run Derby, held in conjunction with the annual All-Star Game. While with the San Diego Padres, Strasberg had an inside view of how the event was created and evolved, beginning with the 1978 All-Star Game Workout (a precursor of sorts to the Home Run Derby), running through several Padres Old Timers games featuring notable derbies (including a memorable 1980 event with former teammates Henry Aaron and Warren Spahn) and culminating with the 1992 Home Run Derby, won by Mark McGuire in convincing fashion.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests ...
Publisher: August Publications
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good