Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox is the latest Society for American Baseball Research-authored book on a specific team. The editors, with the help of some forty SABR members and friends, have compiled original biographies of every player, coach, broadcaster, and front office personnel who contributed to the ’59 White Sox. One might think that with so many individual authors the text might be uneven or chapter, but that isn’t the case. The editing and writing is consistent. Career stats for each player are included. Some stand-out bios include Warren Corbett on Bill Veeck and Paul Ladewski on Ted Kluszewski. This is a must-have for any White Sox fan. Who wants to send one to President Obama?
Don’t judge a book by its cover, judge it by baseball’s magic numbers:
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first 3 words: “play was reclassified”
Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 White Sox
Edited by Don Zminda, Associate Editors R.J. Lesch, Len Levin, and Bill Nowlin
ACTA Sports, ISBN: 978-0-87946-386-1
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