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Author : Joseph L. Reichler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Baseball's Unforgettable Games written by Joseph L. Reichler and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of 100 games, judged by two noted experts to be the most unforgettable in the game's history.
Author : Eric Enders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781581594034
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Baseball's Greatest Games written by Eric Enders and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains all the Major League baseball's memorable moments from Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers to Matt Holiday's head-first slide to win the NL Wild Card in 2007.
Author : Bert Randolph Sugar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671083465
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Baseball's 50 Greatest Games written by Bert Randolph Sugar and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the dramatic stories and pictures behind baseball's 50 most memorable games. Full-color illustrations. An Exeter Book.
Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101996552
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Unforgettable Season written by Phil Bildner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the 1941 baseball season, neither Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees nor Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox were beloved by baseball fans. But that all changed when Joe started a 56-game hitting streak and Ted's batting average rose to over .400. Despite numerous challenges along the way-Joe had his bat stolen by an overeager fan and Ted's batting average dipped to .3995 on the last day of the season-the records set by "Joltin' Joe" and "The Splendid Splinter" have yet to be broken. New York Times bestselling author of the Sluggers series (with Loren Long), Phil Bildner has written an accessible tribute to two of baseball's greatest heroes. Packed with fun facts and statistics for eager fans to pore over, this book is sure to be a home run!
Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613095266
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Baseball's Greatest Games written by Dan Gutman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains play-by-play details of nine of the best baseball games ever played.
Author : Bill Lee
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781572439535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Baseball Eccentrics written by Bill Lee and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes some of the more outrageous and bizarre antics by baseball players, coaches, managers, and umpires including Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra, Dizzy Dean, and Lou Piniella.
Author : Gordon H. Fleming
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803269224
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (692 download)
Download or read book The Unforgettable Season written by Gordon H. Fleming and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Sports Illustrated?s top 100 sports books of all-time The 1908 National League pennant race was without question the most exciting and dramatic battle of all time. Three teams, the Giants, the Cubs, and the Pirates, battled from start to finish, concluding the season with just one game separating them in the standings. The story of this race is like a Hall of Fame sprung to life, including John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance, Mordecai ?Three Finger? Brown, and Honus Wagner. Yet the one name that truly stands out belongs to a young Giant rookie, Fred Merkle. His base-running blunder in a key game between the Giants and the Cubs cost the New Yorkers the pennant through an entirely unforeseeable set of circumstances that set off a near-riot in New York. More than mere history, The Unforgettable Season uses a judicious selection of newspaper stories to recreate the unforgettable season through the eyes and florid language of sportswriters of the day. With no film, TV, or radio accounts of the game to cloud readers' minds with facts, the newspaper writers had free reign to invent and embellish the larger-than-life figures and events of 1908. It is their efforts that make this book often unintentionally hilarious and unforgettable.
Author : Bob Gibson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250060699
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Pitch by Pitch written by Bob Gibson and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pitch by Pitch: My View of One Unforgettable Game gets inside the head of Bob Gibson on October 2, 1968, when he took the mound for game one of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers and struck out a record seventeen batters. With the tension rising in the stadium, an uproarious crowd behind him, and the record for the for the most strikeouts thrown in a World Series game on the line, Gibson, known as one of the most intimidating pitchers in baseball history, relives every inning and each pitch of this iconic game. Facing down batter after batter, he breaks down his thought process and recounts in vivid and candid details his analysis of the players who stepped into the batter's box against him, his control of both the ball and the elements of the day, and his moments of synchronicity with his teammate Tim McCarver, all while capturing the fascinating relationship and unspoken dialogue that carries on between pitcher and catcher over the course of nine critical innings. From the dugout to the locker room, Gibson offers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the players, the team's chemistry, and clubhouse culture. He recounts the story of Curt Flood, Gibson's best friend and the Cardinal center fielder, who would go on to become one of the pioneers of free agency; shares colorful anecdotes of his interactions with some of baseball's most unforgettable names, from Denny McLain and Roger Maris to Sandy Koufax and Harry Caray; and relives the confluence of events, both on and off the field, that led to one of his—and baseball's—most memorable games ever. This deep, unfiltered insider look at one particular afternoon of baseball allows for a better understanding of how pros play the game and all the variables that a pitcher contends with as he navigates his way through a formidable lineup. Gibson's extraordinary and engrossing tale is retold from the unique viewpoint of an extremely perceptive pitcher who happens to be one of baseball's all-time greats.
Author : Ben Cosgrove
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811811507
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Covering the Bases written by Ben Cosgrove and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a seat in the bleachers for the 25 most dramatic, legend-making events in baseball history. Covering the Bases is the only collection of sports writing, radio transcripts, and photographs that puts readers right in the ballpark. From Babe Ruth's most famous home run to Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier and Cal Ripken's 2,131st game, here are some of the greatest players in their loftiest moments -- as covered by the writers, announcers, and photographers who were there.
Author : Barry Levenson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071442626
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)
Download or read book The Seventh Game written by Barry Levenson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-04-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL The amazing stories behind the 35 seventh games of baseball's World Series The World Series has gone to a thrilling "game seven" only 35 times, and each one comes alive in The Seventh Game, a rich collection of compelling stories and statistics, offering a unique perspective of baseball at its greatest, when there is truly no tomorrow for either side. From the 1909 marquee match-up of Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, to the thrilling confrontation of Pete Alexander and Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in 1926, to Bill Mazeroski's improbable walk-off home run to beat the Yankees in 1960, all the way to 2002's "Giant disappointment" between the inspired Angels and the hard-luck Giants, each game is brought to light as Levenson provides: In-depth analyses of the teams--their hitting, pitching, and defensive strategies A quiz to challenge readers' seventh-game knowledge Box scores of every game, filled with baseball facts A controversial ranking of the games from best to worst Full-color photos of rare ticket stubs from all 35 games And much more
Author : Joseph J. Dittmar
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786409150
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The 100 Greatest Baseball Games of the 20th Century Ranked written by Joseph J. Dittmar and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000-07-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 150,000 major league baseball games were played in the 20th century. Here are ranked the 100 greatest, the very best (less than 1/10th of 1 percent) of the contests. They feature brilliant individual pitching performances, pitching duels, remarkable individual batting achievements, team offensive explosions, mind-numbing comebacks, multiple lead changes, team rivalries and heroics in final at-bats. The games are from the regular season, pennant races, playoffs, and the World Series. The inclusion of some games might be surprising, but all of them twanged or hammered the nerves of both spectators and participants.
Author : Dan Barry
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062079026
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Bottom of the 33rd written by Dan Barry and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In “a worthy companion to . . . Boys of Summer,” a Pulitzer prize winning journalist “exploits the power of memory and nostalgia with literary grace” (New York Times). From award-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history—a tale celebrating not only the robust intensity of baseball, but the aspirational ideal epitomized by the hard-fighting players of the minor leagues. On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. For eight hours, the night seemed to suspend a town and two teams between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys—the shivering fans; their wives at home; the umpires; the batboys approaching manhood; the ejected manager, peering through a hole in the backstop; the sportswriters and broadcasters; and the players themselves—two destined for the Hall of Fame (Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs), the few to play only briefly or forgettably in the big leagues, and the many stuck in minor-league purgatory, duty bound and loyal forever to the game. With Bottom of the 33rd, Barry delivers a lyrical meditation on small-town lives, minor-league dreams, and the elements of time and community that conspired one fateful night to produce a baseball game seemingly without end. An unforgettable portrait of ambition and endurance, Bottom of the 33rd is the rare sports book that changes the way we perceive America’s pastime—and America’s past. “Destined to take its place among the classics of baseball literature.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax
Author : Cecilia Tan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471779032
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games written by Cecilia Tan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advance Praise for THE 50 GREATEST RED SOX GAMES "Here's the deal. It costs about $43 for a grandstand seat at Fenway Park these days, unless you buy the ticket from a scalper, which makes the cost $2 million. If you went to just 50 games of any dimension that means the cost would be either $2,150 or $100 million. Here, for considerably less, you get the 50 greatest games the Red Sox ever played plus tight prose, snappy anecdotes, and reasoned judgments. Bargains like this don't come often. Plus, you don't even have to pay for parking." --Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero "It's a daunting task, but Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin have come up with the Red Sox greatest hits album, the box set. Enjoy." --Dan Shaughnessy, author of Reversing the Curse "Old Towne Team fans will think they have died and gone to heaven with The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games in their grasp. Informative, exciting, entertaining . . . Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin have done a good deed for the Fenway faithful." --Harvey Frommer, coauthor of Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry
Author : Dan Schlossberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1683584694
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Baseball's Memorable Misses written by Dan Schlossberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball books span the spectrum from the All-Stars to the has-beens but invariably overlook the endless string of things that could have happened but didn't. Baseball’s Memorable Misses fills that void, pointing out little-known facts perfect for both rabid and casual fans. Who knew that Willie Mays never won an RBI crown or that Stan Musial hit the most home runs in one day but never led his league in a season? Nolan Ryan had zero Cy Young Awards despite owning records for strikeouts and no-hitters. Roger Clemens, on the other hand, had a record seven Cy Youngs and two 20-strikeout games but zero no-hitters.There were also zero no-hitters by Greg Maddux, who has more wins than any living pitcher. Players took zeroes and sometimes double-zeroes as uniform numbers. Veteran baseball writer Dan Schlossberg delves into the previously-unknown world of baseball zeroes, exploring everything from Christy Mathewson's zero runs allowed in the 1905 World Series to the three perfect games pitched in Yankee Stadium. This book also reveals that there were zero no-hitters pitched by Pirates at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field even though visiting pitchers did not fall victim to that hex. There have been zero players who hit five home runs in one game but two who have hit five in one day. This is a book of Almost But Not Quite (ABNQ for short) but also a book that suggests baseball's second century can be almost as intriguing as its first. With the help of author Doug Lyons, who wrote the foreword, and celebrated baseball cartoonist Ronnie Joyner, this is also a utilitarian volume, perfect for the living room coffee table or even the bathroom. Like the game itself, Baseball’s Memorable Misses is fun--and perfect for rain delays in season or off-season enjoyment.
Author : Warren N. Wilbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786469406
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (694 download)
Download or read book The Greatest World Series Games written by Warren N. Wilbert and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of authors have tried to identify baseball's premier feats, fantastic plays, and dominating performances. Because "best of" listings inevitably raise questions, differences of opinions, and even controversy, one is inclined to ask at the outset, "What makes a World Series game worthy of consideration as one of the very best ever played?" Author Warren N. Wilbert, with input from SABR members, singles out 26 World Series games worthy of being called one of the best. To select the games, Wilbert asked the following questions: Was the game a key to the outcome of the Series? Did the game keep fans in suspense? Did the game provide unforgettable moments, incredible pitching, hitting, or fielding? Were there errors or misplays that affected the outcome of the game? Did the game feature a dominating performance that directly affected its outcome? Did the outcome turn on timely execution of strategy? Game Three of the 1911 World Series, Game Two of the 1916 Series, Game Three of the 1932 Series, Game Four of the 1941 Series, Game Four of the 1947 Series, Game One of the 1954 Series, Game Seven of the 1960 Series, Game One of the 1968, Series, Game One of the 1988 Series, Game Seven of the 1997 Series, and Game Six of the 2002 Series are among those included.
Author : Brian Wright
Publisher : Society for American Baseball Research
ISBN 13 : 9781943816873
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Met-Rospectives: A Collection of the Greatest Games in New York Mets History written by Brian Wright and published by Society for American Baseball Research. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mets are a team known for warming hearts one day and breaking them the next. Nothing has ever come easy for the National League's third franchise in New York. Even the miraculous championship year of 1969 didn't occur without seven preceding years of futility. And in the dominant 1986 regular season, the road to an expected World Series title didn't happen without gut-wrenching, precipice-of-defeat dramatics in the playoffs. There have been fair measures of wondrous and woeful in the franchise's history, but this book's 57 game summaries-coinciding with the number of Mets years through 2018-are strictly for the eternal optimist. All, with the exception of one valiant defeat, end in triumph for the orange and blue. The selection process for these games involved various criteria including the time in the season, the dramatic level, and the impact in shaping franchise history. The games are recounted here thanks to the combined efforts of 32 SABR members. They run the gamut of the team's lifespan, beginning with its very first victory in April 1962 at Forbes Field, running through Tom Seaver's "Imperfect Game" in July '69 and the unforgettable Game Sixes in October '86, the "Grand Slam Single" in the 1999 NLCS, then concluding with extra-inning heroics in September 2016 at Citi Field that helped ensure a wild-card berth. April 23, 1962: Mets First Victory Tony Valley June 26, 1963: Tim Harkness Game-Winning Slam Alan Raylesberg May 31, 1964: Longest Doubleheader Alan Cohen July 9, 1969: Seaver's Near-Perfect Game Alan Raylesberg September 15, 1969: Swoboda Is Carlton's Achilles Heel Richard A. Cuicchi October 15, 1969: Seaver/Swoboda Beat Baltimore Thomas J. Brown Jr. October 16, 1969: First Expansion Team to Win a World Series Thomas J. Brown Jr. April 22, 1970: Seaver Strikes Out 19 Batters Thomas J. Brown Jr. May 14, 1972: Willie Mays Homers in Mets Debut Kevin Larkin September 2, 1972: The Kind of a Night You Dream About Irv Goldfarb September 20, 1973: All the Good Bounces Brian Wright October 10, 1973: Ya Gotta Believe Steven C. Weiner October 14, 1973: Say Hey One Last Time Frederick C. Bush October 18, 1973: Koosman, McGraw Shutout Takes Series Frederick C. Bush June 14, 1980: The Steve Henderson Game Tom Cuggino April 5, 1983: Tom Seaver's Return Bruce Slutsky September 7, 1984: Dwight Gooden One-Hits Cubs Joseph Wancho April 9, 1985: Gary Carter HR Debut Bruce Slutsky July 4, 1985: Fire(works) & Rain Brian Wright September 12, 1985: Hernandez Walk-Off Joseph Wancho October 1, 1985: Strawberry's 11th-Inning Wallop Richard A. Cuicchi July 22, 1986: Extra-Inning Slugfest w/Brawl & Home Run Michael Huber 23 October 11, 1986: Dykstra's Homer Ends G3 NLCS Rory Costello October 14, 1986: Carter's Single Wins G5 NLCS Rory Costello October 15, 1986: 16-inning Battle for Pennant Rory Costello October 25, 1986: Buckner Error Matthew Silverman October 27, 1986: Game Seven Matthew Silverman August 11, 1988: McReynolds' Grand Slam Brian M. Frank October 4, 1988: Mets Steal G1 of NLCS Paul Hofmann October 8, 1988: Mets Beat Dodgers, Weather Tara Krieger July 25, 1990: Mets Survive Six-Run Ninth Michael Huber July 28, 1993: Walk-off Ends Young's 27-game Losing Streak Kevin Larkin June 16, 1997: First Regular-Season with the Yankees Bruce Slutsky September 13, 1997: Not Quite Dead Steven C. Weiner September 16, 1998: Piazza, Hundley Homer Mike Wuest July 10, 1999: Walk-Off Win vs. Mariano Rivera Kevin Larkin October 3, 1999: Win or Go Home: Rinse, Repeat Seth Moland-Kovash October 5, 1999: Back From the Brink Joel Rippel October 9, 1999: Journeyman Todd Pratt Slams Mets into NLCS Cosme Vivanco October 17, 1999: Five Hours and 46 Minutes Brian Wright October 19, 1999: Walk-Off Walk in NLCS Jack Zerby and many more including the 2000 "Subway Series" and the 2016 postseason.
Author : James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781572438293
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (382 download)
Download or read book Unhittable written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the greatest performances by pitchers in the history of baseball including perfect games, near-misses, no-hitters, and the 20-strikeout games, highlighting such pitchers as Johnny Vander Meer, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens.
