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Twin Killing: The Bill Mazeroski Story
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| Twin Killing: The Bill Mazeroski Story is the authorized biography of the greatest fielder in the history of baseball - Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski. Maz's trademark was his lightning-quick pivot on the double play (a.k.a. twin killing). Maz turned more double plays than anyone else, both in a single season and through out his brilliant 17-year career.
Biographer John T. Bird reveals why Maz was such a special player by presenting 23 edited in person interviews, reminiscences of twenty Pirate players (including Maz), a manager, coach, and opponent, from all phases of Maz's career. You are there with Bob Skinner observing an 18-year old Maz dazzling Branch Rickey in training camp in 1955, using a glove "held together with wire and shoestring." Maz's shortstops, Dick Groat, Dick Schofield and Gene Alley, offer eyewitness reports of what it was like to turn two with Maz the prodigy and Maz the veteran.
Maz's roommates, Virdon, Mizell, Alley, and Blass give a unique off-the-field perspective on the captain of the Pirates; all agreeing Maz was a leader who played with pain.
For the first time, Bill Mazeroski details in his own words an inspiring rise from humble beginnings in Ohio to enduring stardom as a great sec ond baseman. Maz tells what baseball was like when DH meant double-header & when even sluggers knew how to bunt.
Twin Killing: The Bill Mazeroski Story succeeds as more than Maz's compelling case for Cooperstown; its honest words and vintage pho tographs provide a unique, nostalgic look at the Mazeroski era, 1956-1972. The expert judgment of 23 ballplayers will persuade you that Total Baseball's statistical analysis is right on the money: Bill Mazeroski is indeed the greatest fielder of all time, a star who belongs in Cooperstown with baseball's greatest.
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