Baseball is woven into American culture and history to the point where myth and reality blend, making it difficult at best to distinguish between the two. Rarely is this more apparent than in the life and times of Bob Feller, one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the game. From his childhood during the Great Depression in rural Iowa, Feller lived storybook experiences that seemed to foretell his unparalleled ascent to big league stardom.
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Bob Feller Career Highlights, On this day in 1918, a baseball legend was born. Check out some of the greatest moments of Bob Feller's Hall of Fame career.
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Ballplayers to be remembered in special D-Day commemoration
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Planet of the Umps: A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate [Book]
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Myth and the Greatest Generation: 9780415956772: Rose, Kenneth: Books
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Bob Feller: Pitcher Bob Feller dies at 92; Cleveland Indians pitcher was Hall of Famer - Los Angeles Times
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner, Paperback
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Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs (Paperback or 9781504049528
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April 19,1937 Time Magazine: Cleveland Indians Pitcher Bob Feller - Spanish Civil War - Russia - China: (1937) Magazine / Periodical