Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786424141 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author SABR member Gil Bogen is a retired psychiatrist. . He is also the author of Tinker, Evers, and Chance: A Triple Biography (2003) and lives in Highland Park, Illinois
major league disappointment Kling was one of the top catchers of the deadball era, but Bogen pushes how important he was to the Cubs beyond anything reasonable. He continually writes that any game the Cubs lost was due to Kling's absence, and that any success was due solely to Kling's great catching, batting, and running of the game (forget tea. "Topic is interesting, but style is lacking" according to Doron D. Goldman. Gil Bogen's book on Johnny Kling is informative- but rather poorly written. He uses language in describing the early twentieth century games that is clearly derived from the "purple prose" of the times, but it comes across as awkward and stilted. It would be one thing if he simply quoted such language- but his versio. A book of Fiction with the Sprinking of a few Facts in his Stories Beverly J. Eccles As to being Researched? The names were listed under Cling, not Kling. John Cling, born in Ohio, age six, is listed in the 1880 census, used by the author, but not mentioned in the book. Gear's letter in stated Fast horse, not a RACE Horse, he should have researched Gambling and transportion in the State of MO in 1907
Yet today he is remembered by historians as a player at the center of two unresolved questions: Was Johnny Kling’s absence from baseball in 1909—during the prime of his career—the result of a salary holdout? And was he Jewish? This heavily researched biography ends the debate over those questions while restoring Kling to his place among the greats at his position. It covers in detail his exploits on and off the field (which included a world billiards championship in 1909) and his life after his playing career ended, when he became a philanthropist and gentleman farmer. In the view of contemporary players and sportswriters, Chicago Cub Johnny Kling was one of the greatest catchers of all time. The
SABR member Gil Bogen is a retired psychiatrist. He is also the author of Tinker, Evers, and Chance: A Triple Biography (2003) and lives in Highland Park, Illinois.