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In these first-person accounts, baseball fans will meet at an intimate level the players they cheered as heroes or jeered as adversaries, as well as coaches, managers, front-office executives, and umpires. The men who speak in this collection, which includes eight Hall of Famers (Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Ron Santo, Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Tom Lasorda, Tony La Russa, and Joe Torre) go beyond facts and fig- ures to provide an inside look at life in the big leagues. Their sto- ries provide a time capsule that documents not only the evolution of Italian American participation in the national pastime but also the continuity of the game and the many changes that have taken place, on and off the field. At a time when statistical analysis plays an increasingly prominent role in the sport, the monologues in • Advance Reading Copies this book are a reminder that the history of baseball is passed on available to future generations more eloquently, and with much greater pas- • Targeted marketing to baseball fans sion, through the words of those who lived it than it is by numeri- • Co-op available cal data. LAWRENCE BALDASSARO, professor emeritus of Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is the author of Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball, editor of Ted Williams: Reflections on a Splendid Life, and coeditor of The American Game: Baseball and Ethnicity. He has published articles in nu- merous sports encyclopedias and journals, has been a contributing writer for the Milwaukee Brewers’ Gameday magazine since 1990, and wrote the chapter on sports for The Routledge History of Ital- $24.99 hardcover (Can. $38.99) ian Americans. He resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. World (W) • CQ 32 ISBN 978-1-68358-111-6 6” x 9” • 256 pages 45 b/w photographs ebook ISBN 978-1-68358-112-3 MARCH SPORTS PUBLISHING /// SPRING 2018 2 David A. Burhenn Foreword by John Calipari MILLER TIME The Story of John Miller, a Small-Town Basketball Coach Who Inspired Dynasties The previously untold story of the patriarch of one of the first families of hoops. rizona. Kentucky. Indiana. It’s astounding to think that three A elite college basketball programs can trace their success back to one small-town high school coach, Blackhawk High’s legendary John Miller. Coach John Miller was just following his heart’s passion and chan- neling his unbreakable spirit when in the early 1980s he began to use basketball as a platform for developing young players and future leaders. Little could he have known that his two sons, Sean and Archie Miller, and cousin, John Calipari, would grow up to lead historic basketball programs to national prominence. And over his career, he also inspired countless other young players, who would grow up to become doctors, lawyers, and prominent CEOs. At his retirement in 2005, Coach Miller’s record stood at 657–280 over his thirty-five-year career, making him one of the winningest coaches in high school basketball history. • Advance Reading Copies Today, Coach Miller’s legacy extends from the tiny hamlet of available • Targeted marketing to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, to some of the most famous sporting basketball fans venues in America. He is a legend in the sport, praised by greats • Co-op available such as Kobe Bryant, Thad Matta, Bucky Waters, and Jamie Dixon. DAVID A. BURHENN was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Fas- cinated by the overwhelming success of the Miller family, and especially after witnessing the positive effect that Coach John Miller had on his son, he decided to try to uncover the secret to the coach’s success. Burhenn lives with his family in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. 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SKIP LOCKWOOD enjoyed a professional baseball career from 1965 to 1980, most of which time he spent pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers (1970–73) and the New York Mets (1975–79). Pursuing his longtime interest in game-day visualization and mental prep- arations, he proceeded to earn a master’s degree from Fairfield University and another master’s in science from MIT as a Sloan $19.99 hardcover (Can. $30.99) World (W) • CQ 32 Fellow. In the following years, he continued to study and practice ISBN 978-1-68358-175-8 in the field of sport psychology. Today, he makes frequent appear- 5 ½” x 8 ¼” • 224 pages ances and delights audiences with humorous behind-the-scenes 20 b/w photographs Sports/Baseball baseball stories and inspirational messages of how elite athletes ebook ISBN 978-1-68358-176-5 excel despite unyielding pressure. MARCH SPORTS PUBLISHING /// SPRING 2018 4 Joseph Wancho SO YOU THINK YOU’RE A CLEVELAND INDIANS FAN? 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