New Book Looks at Baseball Legend
The new book "Bottom of the Ninth: An Oral History on the Life of Harry 'The Hat' Walker" (2000) examines the life of a baseball legend whose game-winning hit in the 1946 World Series gave St. Louis the victory over Boston. The author, UAB communication studies expert Larry Powell, Ph.D., takes readers from Walker's childhood, to his playing days with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, to his careers as a baseball manager and a UAB baseball coach.
"Harry was a top-notch baseball player and an even better baseball teacher. He understood the game and knew how to teach it to others. It was his passion. He could talk baseball with anybody -- the little leaguer or the major leaguer."
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