G. Michael Green and Roger Launius are members of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research. When not indulging their baseball passions, Green is a senior planner at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington, D.C., while Launius is senior curator in the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
""Charlie Finley" takes a commendably even-handed approach to its
volatile subject."--"Wall Street Journal""One of the most promising
sports titles on the horizon."--"Wall Street Journal""[A] marvelous
new biography of Finley...Green and Launius have brought an
American Original back from the grave."--Timothy M. Gay, author of
"Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball
Before Jackie Robinson"The authors capture not only the enmity
Finley engendered everywhere he traveled in the baseball
world--including his own clubhouse--but also Finley's valiant
efforts to keep his team alive in the face of a tough Oakland
market and exploding free agency. A good complement to the
just-published Reggie Jackson."--"Booklist""Charlie Finley finally
gets the recognition--and the well-researched biography--that he
deserves. This book bursts with fresh material, vibrant characters,
and important historical insight. It's a flat-out
winner."--Jonathan Eig"I can't imagine that anyone could have done
a better job describing the life of Charlie Finley than Michael
Green and Roger Launius. The book was wonderfully written and
superbly researched. Finley may have been a bad guy, but his impact
on the game of baseball was enormous."--Peter Golenbock, author of
"The Bronx Zoo and Red Sox Nation""An insightful, often rollicking,
look at one of baseball's true kingpins."
--Tim Wendel, author of "High Heat: The Secret History of the
Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All
Time" "NASA senior planner Green and Smithsonian Air and Space
Museum senior curator Launius do a creditable job pinning down both
the mundane and the extraterrestrial aspects of Charles Oscar
Finley's remarkable rise....Most readers will agree with the
authors' final assessment that Finley was an innovative,
infuriating jackass whose braying was sometimes sensible, even
wise."--"Kirkus"
“One of the most promising sports titles on the horizon.”—"Wall
Street Journal"“Charlie Finley finally gets the recognition--and
the well-researched biography--that he deserves. This book bursts
with fresh material, vibrant characters, and important historical
insight. It's a flat-out winner.”—Jonathan Eig“[A] marvelous new
biography of Finley…Green and Launius have brought an American
Original back from the grave.”—Timothy M. Gay, author of "Satch,
Dizzy & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball
Before Jackie Robinson""The authors capture not only the enmity
Finley engendered everywhere he traveled in the baseball
world—including his own clubhouse—but also Finley’s valiant efforts
to keep his team alive in the face of a tough Oakland market and
exploding free agency. A good complement to the just-published
Reggie Jackson.”—"Booklist"“Charlie Finley finally ge
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