[DOWNLOAD] ~ Bucky * by Fred W. Veil ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Bucky
- Author : Fred W. Veil
- Release Date : January 17, 2012
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4330 KB
Description
Bucky Veil was a professional baseballer who played the game in the early years of the
twentieth century, a time when baseball was beginning to evolve into America’s national
pastime. As a twenty-two-year-old rookie with the 1903 Pittsburg Pirates, he pitched in the first
World Series of modern major league baseball, thus witnessing firsthand an important milestone
in the history of the sport. No less an authority than Hall of Famer Honus Wagner predicted that
Bucky would be "a great star."
Bucky is a story of baseball in the Deadball Era, told from the perspective of the author’s grandfather, Fred "Bucky" Veil, and other professionals who played a game that was very
different from that of the modern era. It was a game that emphasized strategy over
power—Babe Ruth and the long ball were a decade or more in the future—and
relied upon speed; smart, aggressive base-running; good bunting techniques; and timely
hitting, all designed to advance runners into positions from which they could score.
Baseball in the Deadball Era was played with a passion that is largely absent in the modern
game. Bucky was blessed to have had the opportunity to play professional baseball in an era
when it truly was a game.
About the Author
Fred W. Veil currently lives in Prescott, Arizona. A native Pennsylvanian and a Marine Corps
veteran, he is a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College and the Duquesne University
School of Law. Previously published works include articles in the Duquesne Law Review and the
Journal of Arizona History. He and his wife, Sally, have two adult children and one grandchild.
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