Name James Hirsch | Role Journalist | |
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Books Willie Mays: The Life - The, Riot and Remembrance, Hurricane: The Miraculou, Two Souls Indivisible, Cheating Destiny | ||
Willie Mays and His Nickname -The "Say Hey Kid" and the "Basket Catch"
Willie Mays' Finest Moment On The Field
James S. Hirsch is an American journalist and author who has written about sports, race, and American culture. He was a reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and his first book was the best-selling Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter.
Contents
- Willie Mays and His Nickname The Say Hey Kid and the Basket Catch
- Willie Mays Finest Moment On The Field
- References
Hirsch has also written Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy, Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam, and Cheating Destiny: Living with Diabetes. His biography on Willie Mays, released in February 2010, describes how the Negro League phenom became an instant sensation with the New York Giants in the 1950s, was the headliner in Major League Baseball's expansion to California, and played an important but underappreciated role in the civil rights movement.
Hirsch, a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, lives in the Boston area.