Pouring Six Beers at a Time: And Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball

Bill Giles,Doug Myers

Pouring Six Beers at a Time: And Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Triumph Books (IL)
Country
Published
9 July 2007
Pages
336
ISBN
9781572439313

Pouring Six Beers at a Time: And Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball

Bill Giles,Doug Myers

A hilarious, fascinating, and revealing view of the national pastime from the 1930’s to the present, Pouring Six Beers at a Time offers a treasure trove of stories by a man once dubbed the P. T. Barnum of Major League Baseball, current Philadelphia Phillies Chairman Bill Giles. His 70 plus years of behind-the-scenes stories are an invaluable treat that no baseball fan will want to miss. From sound effects man for the radio broadcasts of the Cincinnati Reds as a teenager to owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, Bill Giles has been involved in virtually every aspect of the game of baseball. Highlights from his fascinating life include taking overnight train rides with the Reds as a young boy, witnessing the birth of indoor baseball in Houston, bringing the marketing of baseball into the modern era-helping to establish traditions and promotions that are now standard, and signing some of the greatest players in modern history with names such as Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Joe Morgan, and Curt Schilling.

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