The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for the OSS during World War II....
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The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for the OSS during World War II. Here, Dawidoff provides "a careful and sympathetic biography" (Chicago Sun-Times) of this enigmatic man. Photos.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679762898 (0679762892)
ASIN: 679762892
Publish date: May 30th 1995
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 453
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
World War II,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Baseball
The blurb says the book is sympathetic, but the last chapter makes Moe Berg sound like a bum. It's not clear if Mr. Dawidoff thinks that ball players otherwise do important work in society. As a (life) concept, spying on vacation from professional sports is brilliant. To the extent that the story of...
Was he a US spy? A very interesting bio.
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