Tim McCarver's Diamond Gems

Baseball’spremiernationaltelevisionanalystTimMcCarverpresentsfascinatingtalesfromthegame’sgreatestplayersandpersonalitiesTimMcCarver’sDiamondGemsisatreasuretroveoffabulousanecdotesfromthemanybaseballcelebritieswhohaveappearedon“TheTimMcCarverShow.”Avaluablemixofbaseballhistorywithapersonaltouch,thisbookisanaturalforeveryonewholovesthegame.IncludestalesfrombaseballgreatsSandyKoufax,StanMusial,HankAaron,ErnieBanks,WillieMays,YogiBerra,TomSeaver,CalRipkenJr.,JohnnyBench,DonMattingly,DerekJeter,AlexRodriguez,ChipperJones,DavidWright,andmanymore.“BaseballisTHEstoryteller’sgame.So,ifyoulovethegame,you’llloveTimMcCarver’streasuretroveofstories.Andyou’llalsounderstandwhyTimneverhastofeararaindelay.”—BobCostas,NBC&HBOSports"TimMcCarver'sDiamondGemsisthemodernversionofTheGloryOfTheirTimes.It'sfunandengagingandinstructiveandevensweetnowandthen.Timcouldalwayscallthepitches,andhealsoseemstogeteveryonetodelivertheirbeststuffhere.”––FrankDeford,author,TheEntitledTimMcCarverwasamajorleaguecatcherfrom1959to1980andWorldSeriesMVPin1964withtheSt.LouisCardinals.Asix-timeEmmywinner,McCarverwasrankedbyTVGuideasoneofthetoptensportscastersofall-timeinitsall-centuryedition.Hisacclaimed“TheTimMcCarverShow”isenjoyingitsseventhseasonontelevisionaftertwoyearsonnationalradio.HelivesinSarasota,Florida.JimMoskovitzisthecreatorandproducerofChevrolet's“TheTimMcCarverShow.”Hehaswrittenandproducedseverallong-runningtelevisionseries,prime-timespecials,andsportsbooks.Helivesandworkswithhiswife,Joyce,inManhattan.DannyPearyisthewriter-researcherfor"TheTimMcCarverShow."ThisishisthirdbookwithMcCarver.HelivesinNewYorkCityandSagHarbor,NewYork.