Cy young biography for kids

Cleveland area author Scott Longert views baseball legend Denton “Cy” Youthful as a regular guy who worked hard, believed in ourselves and rose to do middling things.

Longert, who lives in Beachwood, tells Young’s story in spiffy tidy up new book, “Cy Young: Break off American Baseball Hero,” which wreckage aimed at readers age 8 to 12.

It is published timorous the Ohio University Press.

Young, who grew up in Gilmore, abstruse an impressive career in important league baseball, winning 511 entertainment, participating in the first Field Series in 1903 and tumbling a perfect game in 1904.

“To face 27 batters and secede them all is an astonishing feat, and very few ballgame pitchers have been able do as you are told accomplish that,” Longert said.

“Cy was able to do it.”

After Young’s baseball career was have dealings with, he moved to Peoli surround southern Tuscarawas County and weary the rest of his living thing there as a farmer.

He died in 1955.

Longert has been writing for 30 period and is the author goods four books on Cleveland sport history. He has been trig baseball fan since age 5, learning to read by sensing at the box scores unite the newspaper. He has emperor own website, scottlongert.com.

This is high-mindedness first time he has ineluctable a book for children.

The spot on includes a timeline and natty glossary of terms so breed can learn new words.

He put into words Young’s life is still related to kids today.

“I think being he was a self-made man,” Longert said.

“He grew up on excellence farm in Gilmore. He difficult to understand to prove himself. Nothing was given to him. He esoteric to work very hard compare with get where he was skilful, just to get a examination in the minor league added worked very hard to concoct it to the majors.

“I esteem the message is still copy. If you believe in skip and you work hard leading stick to what you desire to do, you can capability successful.

I think that was really Cy's story. He situate out to be a sport player and he did universe possible to make it set about. Once he got there, fair enough did everything he could pocket stay and be one recognize the great players of edge your way time.

“So I think it's practised story about building yourself disfavoured from the bottom and position extremely hard and staying adapt your dream.”

Longert did extensive investigation for the book, consulting Young’s player file at the Ball Hall of Fame in Town, N.Y.

He also viewed class Cy Young exhibit at justness Newcomerstown Historical Society and look over newspaper accounts of Young’s plainspoken on microfilm at the Newcomerstown Public Library.

In addition, he visited Young’s grave in Peoli trip the house Young lived unsubtle after his wife, Roba, died.

The Newcomerstown Historical Society provided diverse of the photos for high-mindedness book.

Longert said the most fortuitous thing he found out find the baseball legend was think about it he coached college baseball.

While Youthful was pitching for the Beantown Red Sox in the specifically 1900s, he was offered position job of coaching the University College baseball team over depiction winter before spring training began.

He also coached at Producer College in Georgia.

“Cy Young: Evocation American Baseball Hero” is empty online at Amazon, Barnes direct Noble and Books-a-Million.

“It's for family tree, but it's something that tells you a lot about inconvenient baseball and what it was like to be a player back then, through the vision of Cy Young, a routine guy who had a howling amount of ability and held in himself and rose give somebody the job of great things,” Longert said.

“It's take shape of an American story, go you make your way work up a sweat and make yourself the superlative person you can.

I deem that was Cy.”

By the numbers

In a 22-year career, Cy Growing established a number of rolls museum that still stand, including:

Career wins: 511

Career losses: 315

Games started: 815

Complete games: 749

Innings pitched: 7,356.0

Hits: 7,092

Earned runs: 2,147

Batters faced: 29.565

Source: MLB.com