Gerald Eskenazi, Author . Univ. of Missouri $29.95 (207p) ISBN 978-0-8262-1510-9
After a number of journalism recollections have hit it big, along comes this wistful barbershop memoir from one of the country's longest-running sportswriters. Eskenazi, a retired New York Times
reporter whose name readers of the paper will...
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Gerald Eskenazi, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-684-84115-1
Sometime on or about Super Bowl Sunday, January 12, 1969, someone connected with the New York Jets must have made a pact with the devil, for in exchange for the historic 16-7 upset win over the Baltimore Colts, the team (and their loyal fans) has...
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Gerald Eskenazi, Author McGraw-Hill Companies $16.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-07-019599-8
Given a lively, sure-fire subject like the flamboyant iconoclast Veeck, New York Times sportswriter Eskenazi (A Year on Ice, The Fastest Sport is at his best. Raised in a baseball family, Veeck went from being an official of the Chicago Cubs to...
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Gerald Eskenazi, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (336p) ISBN 978-0-688-11895-2
Leo the Lip, perhaps best remembered for his quip ``Nice guys finish last,'' began his baseball career in 1925 as a player for the Hartford, Conn., team in the Eastern League, and left the sport in 1973, when he resigned as manager of the Houston...
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