{"product_id":"where-have-you-gone-vince-dimaggio","title":"Where have you gone  Vince Dimaggio?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Edward Kiersh offers vignettes of over 50 former big leaguers in this remarkable look at both the game and life after baseball. Some of these ex-players were recent baseball retirees; others had left the game decades earlier. The assembled players range from top stars (Warren Spahn  Harmon Killebrew  Willie McCovey) to established players (Ernie Broglio  Leon Wagner)  to marginal performers like Hector Lopez and Pumpsie Green. The author succeeds in getting the players to really open up with details of both their baseball careers and current lives. Nearly all left the game before the big salaries arrived  and thus needed to earn a living in their life-after-baseball. Some made a smooth transition  but others faced challenges ranging from unemployment  to alcoholism  to financial troubles. Bernie Carbo opened a hair salon  John Blanchard overcame drinking problems to work in sales  and Dean Chance was happy to have a job with a traveling carnival. As for the oldest DiMaggio brother  he was happily retired and studying his bible - sadly  he passed away at 74 in 1986  not long after this book arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960091242549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553231316","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553231311.jpg?v=1770390265","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/where-have-you-gone-vince-dimaggio","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}