Fiery Fast-Baller: The Life of Johnny Allen World Series Pitcher

Johnny Allen didnt particularly want to but as a young man he resumed attending Sunday school. This made him eligible to play outfield in a church baseball league. It was the right thing to do. In a few years he was pitching in the major leagues.The book Fiery Fast-Baller traces how this superb self-trained athlete made his own way from an upbringing in a North Carolina orphanage to tbe pinnacle of big-time baseball.. He was the games top rookie after joining the New York Yankees in 1932 and set pitching records while with the Cleveland Indians in 1937 and 1938. His career paralleled that of Babe Ruth a good friend of his. The book could not help wondering why Allen never has been admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Maybe its because as someone driven to win time and again he fought and argued with managers umpires club owners and other players. He made himself memorable as Jawin Jawn one of baseballs most colorful characters.