Titles by Doug Feldmann

<b>Roger McDowell dishes on everything from the New York Mets to Seinfeld in this lively new memoir</b><br /><br />Over the course of Roger McDowell&rsquo;s twelve-year career in Major League Baseball, the laughs were never in short supply. His teammates were always on guard, careful not to become the next victim of his dreaded &ldquo;Hot Foot.&rdquo;<br /><br />McDowell&rsquo;s fun-loving nature, however, was matched only by his tenacity on the pitching mound. Praised as a &ldquo;battler&rdquo; and a &ldquo;gamer&rdquo; by those same pranked teammates, Roger was all business when he went out between the lines. Priding himself on toughness and reliability, McDowell&rsquo;s 723 big league appearances from 1985 to 1996 were exceeded only by Lee Smith during those years. Responding to every challenge even on the grandest of stages, he helped the irascible 1986 New York Mets fight their way past other teams &ndash; and each other &ndash; toward a World Series title.<br /><br />Now, forty years later, Roger discusses his earliest beginnings in the game, his climb to professional baseball, and then brings the reader onto the 1986 Mets&rsquo; roster for all the bus rides, dugout jokes, and locker room antics. Whether it was soaking Lenny Dykstra&rsquo;s bat in rubbing alcohol and lighting it on fire, tricking Tommy Lasorda into eating dog treats in the clubhouse, or sneezing fake snot onto Cubs fans in the first row of seats at Wrigley Field, no one knew where McDowell would strike next.<br /><br />&#8203;This memoir &ndash; which includes contemporary interviews with Roger&rsquo;s teammates such as Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Ray Knight, Howard Johnson, Wally Backman, and many others &ndash; is the story of a life that was passionately devoted to one man&rsquo;s love for the game.

Written with the full support of Keith Magnuson’s wife and children, this thrilling and insightful biography pays tribute to a Chicago icon and true hockey legend. One of the most popular Chicago Blackhawks of all time, defenseman Keith Magnuson was raised on the raw, rough traditions of hockey in western Canada. He captained the University of Denver team to its second straight NCAA championship in the spring of 1969 and by autumn joined Blackhawks stars Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Tony Esposito, becoming the much-needed “policeman” for the team. Over the course of the next several seasons, Magnuson and the Blackhawks fell painfully short of their Stanley Cup aspirations; nonetheless, Magnuson’s leadership qualities led to his being named captain of the team. On December 15, 2003, Magnuson was in Toronto riding in a car driven by former player, Rob Ramage: he was killed when the car veered over the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle. As veteran sportswriter Bob Verdi described Magnuson upon his retirement from the Blackhawks, “there have been many finer athletes in Chicago, but not one finer person,” and this biography shares the story of his remarkable life.