Download Fouled Away: The Baseball Tragedy of Hack Wilson by Clifton Blue Parker PDF

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By Clifton Blue Parker

100 and ninety-one. point out the quantity anyplace close to a ballpark and earlier than you could ask who or what, enthusiasts will very likely form their lips with a unmarried note: Wilson. They’ll inform you Hack Wilson, a burly, bull-necked outfielder who roamed Wrigley box within the Twenties and Thirties, was once the guy who drove in 191 runs in 1930—more than such a lot avid gamers had hits. some of them will comprehend that during 1929, Wilson racked up 159 RBI and hit 39 domestic runs. nonetheless fewer could possibly inform you that for the 4 seasons 1927–1930, the slugger hit no fewer than 30 domestic runs a season and drove domestic no fewer than a hundred and twenty. yet you're not going to discover greater than a handful of fanatics who understand how the Cub great's occupation got here to an finish. Or while. Or why.
The inheritor obvious to Ruth’s name of world-beater, Wilson used to be a celebrity through his past due 20s and a checklist setter through 30. yet he used to be additionally an alcoholic who used to be as practiced at swinging his fists as he used to be his bat. through his early 30s his days as a full-time participant have been at the back of him, and through forty eight he used to be useless; his son refused to assert the physique. This biography examines the turbulent existence and profession of 1 of the main dominant short-stint powerhitters ever to tug on a uniform. From Wilson’s early profession as a steelworker, via his time because the liked ballplayer and icon for town of massive Shoulders to his days as a down-on-his-luck baseball washout and itinerant laborer, an unflinching examine this corridor of Famer is provided.

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