Redleg Memories: The Reds of the Fifties and Sixties

What Greg Rhodes doesn't know about Reds history is simply not worth knowing - and in this latest book he uncovers multiple facts, stories, anecdotes and observations that will surprise Cincinnati baseball fans who lived during the 1950s and 60s and educate Reds rooters who weren't yet born. So many great names and memories covering an important era in pro sports' oldest franchise. Besides the expected achievements of legends such as Kluszewski, Nuxhall, Robinson, Bell, Post, Pinson, Rose, Maloney, O'Toole, Bench, et al, readers will also delight in stories about two physics wizards talking about rocketry in the bullpen (Jay Hook and Johnny Edwards), a pair of Reds who courted and wed beautiful performers (Don Hoak to singer/actress Jill Corey and Don Rudolph with shapely exotic dancer Patti Waggin), avid bookworms like the scholarly Brooks Lawrence and Jim Brosnan (who penned the first-ever "inside the locker room" baseball bestsellers), Little League phenom-turned oil well zillionaire Joey Jay and many more. A book any fan of 1950s and 60s baseball will enjoy from start to finish.