Ninety Feet from Fame: Close Calls with Baseball Immortality

by Mike Robbins

Journalist and baseball historian Mike Robbins tells the gripping stories of dozens of players who came this close to baseball immortality. Their stories are dramatic, sometimes moving, even blackly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786713356
• ISBN13: 9780786713356
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly Good Book

Nice book by Robbins - you'll find some of the standard stories here but quite a few deal with players you've heard of before and some you haven't - some who were very good but just shy of any immortality, and others whose names you'll recognize - the book is sectioned off into sections, covering specific topics (ie - those who died young, etc) and makes for a good read.

Great present for baseball fans!

My father is a huge baseball fan. I gave him this book for his birthday and he loved it. Many players he remembered, but lots of stories he'd never heard before and really enjoyed - he's been repeating them to us for weeks! I highly recommend this for the sports fan in your life.

Great baseball book

Best baseball book I've read in years. Full of fascinating stories about baseball's "not-quite" immortals that you won't find in other publications. Great read for the avid or casual baseball fan. Stories are both tragic & humorous. Author's incredible baseball knowlege is matched only by his outstanding sense of humor.