{"title":"Timothy M. Gay","description":"Timothy M. Gay is the Pulitzer-nominated author of four award-winning books: Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend; Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball Before Jackie Robinson; Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Hal Boyle, and Homer Bigart; and Savage Will: The Daring Rescue of Americans Trapped Behind Nazi Lines. His articles and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Daily Beast, and many other publications. He has been featured on PBS' History Detectives, NPR, and various documentaries that have aired in both the US and Europe. The proud parents of three and the grandparents of two, Tim and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Vienna, Virginia. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.","products":[{"product_id":"rory-land-the-up-and-down-world-of-golfs-global-icon-hardcover","title":"Rory Land: The Up-And-Down World of Golf's Global Icon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRORY LAND\u003c\/i\u003e is the unabashed story of Rory McIlroy, golf's most compelling icon, the caring but conflicted soul from a troubled Irish homeland with a swing that borders on the immaculate.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimothy M. Gay writes that four-time major champion Rory McIlroy is \"golf's ageless Opie Taylor,\" a freckled superstar whose boyish charm transcends national boundaries and enlivens the game. His seemingly effortless swing is so powerful that Tiger Woods is teaching his own son to mimic Rory's action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut a charismatic persona and a pretty swing don't necessarily translate into winning major championships. 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Both sides of his family were battered by the North's sectarian Troubles--ugly realities that McIlroy has been loath to acknowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRory is, Gay believes, a man essentially without a country, which might explain why he's become so obsessed with the Ryder Cup. 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Timothy M. Gay gives a rousing account of some of the best baseball ever played--and of some of the darkest moments that ever tainted a game and hastened the end of a career. Gay's four years of research on Speaker unearthed a document that suggests that cheating induced by gambling was far more widespread in early baseball than officials have acknowledged. Gay's book captures the bygone spirit of the big leagues' rough-and-tumble early years and restores one of baseball's true greats--and a truly larger-than-life personality--to his rightful place in the American sports pantheon.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433713828063,"sku":"9781496234742","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ij4TyTdJ519781496234742.webp?v=1790017037"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/timothy-m-gay.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}