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The Teammates Paperback – Illustrated, May 5, 2004
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The Teammates is the profoundly moving story of four great baseball players who have made the passage from sports icons--when they were young and seemingly indestructible--to men dealing with the vulnerabilities of growing older. At the core of the book is the friendship of these four very different men--Boston Red Sox teammates Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Ted Williams--who remained close for more than sixty years.
The book starts out in early October 2001, when Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky begin a 1,300-mile trip by car to visit their beloved friend Ted Williams, whom they know is dying. Bobby Doerr, the fourth member of this close group--"my guys," Williams used to call them--is unable to join them.This is a book--filled with historical details and first-hand accounts--about baseball and about something more: the richness of friendship.
- Print length217 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 5, 2004
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions8.19 x 5.75 x 0.71 inches
- ISBN-100786888679
- ISBN-13978-0786888672
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The Best and the Brightest (1962), his sixth book, a critique of the Kennedy administration's Vietnam policy, became a #1 bestseller. His next book, The Powers that Be, a study of four American media companies, was hailed by the New York Times as a "prodigy of research." Many of Halberstam's books explored themes in professional sports, including bestsellers The Teammates, a portrait of the friendship between baseball players Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr, and The Education of a Coach, a profile of New England Patriots' Coach Bill Belichick.
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- Publisher : Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (May 5, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 217 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0786888679
- ISBN-13 : 978-0786888672
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 9.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.19 x 5.75 x 0.71 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #748,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #574 in Baseball Biographies (Books)
- #1,334 in Baseball (Books)
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David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has chronicled the social, political, and athletic life of America in such bestselling books as The Fifties, The Best and the Brightest, and The Amateurs. He lives in New York.
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Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They describe the story as a touching account of friendship and sportsmanship. The writing style is described as warm and well-researched, with good insights into the characters. Readers appreciate the excellent message about the true meaning of service and what is truly valuable in life. Overall, the book is described as moving and touching.
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Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it interesting and a great read for baseball fans, Red Sox fans, and anyone who values long-term friendship. The book provides an in-depth analysis of what happened during that fatal World Series game in 1946. Readers appreciate the baseball statistics and stories included in the book.
"The author did a wonderful job of describing how relationships were formed playing a game...." Read more
"...True friendship. Plus lots of baseball statistics and stories. I really liked this book 4 1/3 stars." Read more
"...Great breakdown of what happened in that fatal World Series game in 1946 that was set up actually by DiMaggio's clutch hit and then pulled hamstring...." Read more
"Loved this book. I grew up watching the Red Sox, both disappointments and triumphs...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's story about friendship and sportsmanship. They find it touching and enjoyable, describing how relationships were formed through playing baseball. The behind-the-scenes stories are well-written, describing how the relationships developed.
"This book is a factual account of friendship and sportsmanship...." Read more
"The author did a wonderful job of describing how relationships were formed playing a game...." Read more
"...The reader is blessed reading a true friendship book and seeing that the great loud demanding " got to be the best in life" Ted Williams really..." Read more
"...This book Is not only about the undying friendship of four ball players, two of which are in the hall of fame and the other two should be, but also..." Read more
Customers praise the writing quality of the book. They find it engaging and easy to read. Readers appreciate the author's skill in describing the story of four Red Sox players and lifelong friends. The book stirs memories with its warm narration.
"...The author is excellent at telling the tale of 4 Red Sox players and lifelong friends. A great treat for a Christmas or Birthday gift...." Read more
"...in Vietnam and is the author of 13 best sellers, so I knew he was a great author...." Read more
"...David Halberstam has written a masterpiece about real men and cleared up some of what I remember about the 50’s and 60’s." Read more
"...version and have succeeded to tear through another book by this great author...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's portrayal of four great Red Sox teammates. They find them extraordinary, charming, and fine people. The relationships between the players are described as touching and respectful. The book highlights their careers and families.
"This book is a factual account of friendship and sportsmanship...." Read more
"...The perfectionist and gifted Williams, the scrappy and undying baseball man Pesky, the nice guy and steady star player Doer and the fascinating and..." Read more
"...the framework for Halberstam to introduce us to these four extraordinary men and the bonds that have linked them together...." Read more
"...Halberstam is an author of the highest caliber, and "Teammates" is a great, short look into what he does so well." Read more
Customers appreciate the book's insights into Ted, William, and baseball. They find it well-researched and enjoyable, with a personal narrative that tells a delightfully human story.
"...The perfectionist and gifted Williams, the scrappy and undying baseball man Pesky, the nice guy and steady star player Doer and the fascinating and..." Read more
"This is a wonderful, even personal book by David Halberstam, the late journalist who wrote very meaty historical works as well as lovely and light..." Read more
"...a friendship between four players, this warmly written and well researched narrative is hard to put down...." Read more
"...I didn't know the others. Has lots of info about William and baseball vignettes, but it's really about the player's friendship. I enjoyed it." Read more
Customers find the book's message about serving others as teammates illuminating. It offers an excellent message about what is truly valuable and enriching in life. They say it helps them feel good even in difficult times.
"...of narrative, while smaller in scope, that can be equally illuminating of the human condition...." Read more
"...A great reminder of what is truly valuable and enriching in life, I just wish the book had delved deep into the tapestry of these lives and how..." Read more
"An excellent message about the true meaning and need for serving one and other as teammates both on and off the ball field." Read more
"This is a wonderful story of relationships that are great for the heart. All can benefit reading this story. Thanks, Javier" Read more
Customers find the book's pacing engaging. They describe it as a moving story that holds their attention. The author seamlessly transitions between sports and politics, keeping readers hooked.
"...Halberstam moved easily between sports and the political world and this is well worth the trip . . ." Read more
"...This is truly a very moving and touching story. We start towards the end, as two men make their way to a last rendezvous with a beloved friend...." Read more
"...The warm and moving odyssey of four ballplayers who played in a bygone era when "Baseball was still a game."..." Read more
"Very well told holds the attention. Lot's of information - all according to my uncle." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024This book is a factual account of friendship and sportsmanship. The author is excellent at telling the tale of 4 Red Sox players and lifelong friends. A great treat for a Christmas or Birthday gift. You will not be disapointed.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024The author did a wonderful job of describing how relationships were formed playing a game. Being talented individuals was only part of what made up the relationships between these men.
The difference in their personalities was also interesting and yet they became not just life long friends but closer than family.
I can only compare what these made shared to what I experienced serving in the military and in combat with men who became closer than family.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2012I'm a baseball Yankees fan but I knew about the great RedSox's Hall of Fame Ted Williams. INMO the best hitter of all time. Bought this book to learn more about him and his teammates who played with him.
The Teammates is a small 218 page book very well written by David Halberstam. David won a Pulitzer for his reporting in Vietnam and is the author of 13 best sellers, so I knew he was a great author. The Teammates is a fast paced book, with no boring parts that I read in one day. I couldn't put it down. It has some nice B/W pictures too.
We see the great Ted Williams dieing in a wheel chair with a leaking valve in his heart and other serious medical problems. Two of three old teammate best friends decide to drive over a thousand miles to see him for the last time before he passes away. Dick Flavin an ultra fan goes too. Bobby Doerr (RedSox Hall of Fame) can't make it as his elderly wife has had two stokes and he must be near her side helping her. The great Dom DiMaggio ( Yankee Joe DiMaggio brother) goes even though he had been fighting a severe crippling bone disease. The legendary contact hitter Johnny Pesky makes it too as well as the ultra fan Dick Flavin. The trip by car from Marion to Hernando took 3 days.
We see the baseball stories from all these great players and their history.
I really empathised with these men, now all old in their 80s when the book was wrote. This IS NOT just a baseball book. The reader is blessed reading a true friendship book and seeing that the great loud demanding " got to be the best in life" Ted Williams really needed the steady even tempered soft spoken Bobby Doerr to counter his life style. Also Dom, he called him Dommy, was his best friend he loved so much. Williams cant understand why he never was elected in the Hall of Fame. Little Johnny Presky a superb contact hitter with little power was nicknamed "The Needle" because of his long hooked nose on such a small frame. Together these great ball players were the core of the RedSox in the Redsox glory days.
You don't have to be a baseball fan to like this book. The emotions of these men toward each other are great. True friendship. Plus lots of baseball statistics and stories. I really liked this book 4 1/3 stars.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2003This is a very warm and refreshing book about four ball players from the greatest period in Red Sox history, Ted Williams, Bobby Doer, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. This book Is not only about the undying friendship of four ball players, two of which are in the hall of fame and the other two should be, but also about baseball when teammates stayed on the same team virtually for their entire career. They not only shared the diamond but a cab after a game and enjoyed each other's company even after the season. Pesky and DiMaggio with friend Flavin drive down to visit a dying Williams for there last meeting. During their trip, they relive their careers with the Red Sox, but also the Red Sox franchise at its peak. The author also serves this as an opportunity to provide a biography of each player. The perfectionist and gifted Williams, the scrappy and undying baseball man Pesky, the nice guy and steady star player Doer and the fascinating and extremely intelligent DiMaggio who was just as successful after he left baseball as he was when he played. Great breakdown of what happened in that fatal World Series game in 1946 that was set up actually by DiMaggio's clutch hit and then pulled hamstring. Interesting that Williams was such a perfectionist not only in baseball and fishing but anything in life such as cutting a grapefruit. Very heart-warming story that flows so easy you can read the book in a long lazy afternoon.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2003Few marathoners are equally adept at the 100-yard dash. But happily, David Halberstam has proven himself to be the literary world's exception to this rule. He may have built his reputation with such weighty works as "The Best and the Brightest" and "The Powers That Be," but he's proven himself equally adept at the kind of narrative, while smaller in scope, that can be equally illuminating of the human condition.
At the heart of this book is the story of the six decades of freindship between four teammates on the Boston Red Sox--Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. The narrative is framed around a journey by car DiMaggio and Pesky take from New England to Florida in the fall of 2001 for what they know will be their final visit with the dying Williams. (Doerr was unable to join them because of his wife's illness.) This trip provides the framework for Halberstam to introduce us to these four extraordinary men and the bonds that have linked them together.
I've read, and enjoyed, all of Mr. Halberstam's sports books. "Teammates," to me, though, is more closely akin to his most recent work, "Firehouse." In each case, he's telling the stories of men bound together for a common purpose and the relationships that are nurtured and cultivated in such settings. "Teammates" is a beautifly told story of the journeys of these four Red Sox heroes...from the dawn of their lives to the sunsets. Not to be missed!--William C. Hall
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
and felt like in car with them. Do not need to know about baseball . All about real men and a point in their lives
- Telfer WeggReviewed in Canada on November 19, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the baseball fan of a certain age
Readable and compelling, with insights into humanity as well as into baseball.
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ゆReviewed in Japan on August 21, 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars 急ぎすぎた邦訳出版
2003年、アメリカで発売された野球書籍の中で、マイケル・ルイスの"Moneyball"とともに話題を独占した一冊。著者は野球ノンフィクションの第一人者、デヴィット・ハルバースタム。
「最後の四割打者」テッド・ウィリアムスと、ボストン・レッドソックス時代の同僚選手3人の親交を描く。不世出の大打者と、努力によって栄光の座を勝ち取った仲間の交流を、ウィリアムスの死を軸に、過去と現在をつなぎながら話は進められる。1940、50年代という、野球が真の意味で国民的娯楽であった時代の、選手たちの息遣いが感じられるのは、ハルバースタムの野球への愛情と、取材対象の内部に入り込む取材能力のなせる業だろう。
ただ、翻訳は詰めの甘さが散見される。人名の誤記、記録の間違いは訳者のアメリカ野球に対する理解の薄さを、そして、誤記誤植の多さは編集者の編集能力の水準を示しており、完成度は決して高いとはいえない。「2004年大リーグ日本開幕シリーズ記念」とあるが、もし3月末日の出版を目指しての「急ぎの仕事」であるなら、残念としか言いようがない。
自己の作品に対して徹底した「品質管理」を行うハルバースタム。その彼の翻訳だけに、より繊細な注意が払われていれば、原著の面白さをより的確に伝えられただろう。
なお、原題は"The Team mate"であり、邦題は編集部の発案により付されたものである。
- Mike RoyReviewed in Canada on January 25, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
This book is wonderful for any baseball fan new or old. The book arrived quickly and before the expected date.
- Richard HardyReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars it's not easy being a Brit who loves baseball
it's not easy being a Brit who loves baseball, and up until recently it's been especially "not easy" being a British based Red Sox fan ....well you can just leave that at "being a Red Sox fan I guess". Having made my first pilgrimage to Fenway recently (off season sadly), I picked up this book to read on the way home. Simply superb, a book about friendship, and so so much more. couldn't put it down