Ebook: The Call to the Hall: When Baseball's Highest Honor Came to 31 Legends of the Sport
Author: Kevin Warneke, David C. Ogden
- Tags: Sports & Recreations, Nonfiction, SPO003030
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Language: English
- epub
The names on the cast-bronze plaques hanging in the National Baseball Hall of Fame embody the history and drama of the sport—they are the royalty of baseball. Yet many inductees believed their entry into the Hall was anything but guaranteed, and even some who waited by the phone for the fateful "call to the Hall" were stunned to hear the news. Reactions to the call varied from stoicism to overwhelming emotion, but for most of the 31 inductees interviewed in this book, it was a moment of reflection and gratitude. In other cases, the call came years too late and family members received the posthumous honor.
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