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The 1968 World Series

Author : Brendan Donley
Publisher : Sports Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781683583547
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book The 1968 World Series written by Brendan Donley and published by Sports Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1968 World Series recalls one of baseball's most celebrated championship series from the voices of the players who still remain--a collected narrative from a bygone era of major-league baseball as they reflect fifty years later. Modeled after Lawrence S. Ritter's celebrated book, The Glory of Their Times--for which the author traversed the country to record stories of baseball's deadball era--The 1968 World Series will likewise preserve the days of baseball past, gathering the memories of the remaining players of the great Tigers and Cardinals teams to assemble their accounts into a vibrant baseball collection. The 1968 World Series came at a time of great cultural change--the fading days of fans dressing up for ballgames, the first years of widespread color TV--and was an historic matchup of two legendary teams, pitting star power head-to-head and going the distance of seven hard-fought games. From the voices of the players themselves, The 1968 World Series illustrates in detail what it was like to be a 1968 Tiger, a 1968 Cardinal: what it was like to win it all and to lose it all: what it was like to face Bob Gibson peering in from the mound, Al Kaline digging in at the plate; what it was like, in the player's own words, to remember the days of that most special period in the history of America's national pastime.

Joy in Tiger Town

Author : Tom Gage
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641250402
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Joy in Tiger Town written by Tom Gage and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1968 World Series remains one of the most iconic in major league history. Featuring Bob Gibson in MVP form, Al Kaline, and Mickey Lolich, it was baseball at its best. Told with the vibrant first-hand perspective of Lolich himself and the expertise of award-winning Detroit journalist Tom Gage, this is the remarkable saga of that 1968 season which culminated in Tigers glory. Incorporating new reflections from players and personnel, Joy in Tigertown traces such achievements as Denny McClain's 31-win season as well as the remarkable slugging performances of Kaline, Norm Cash, Willie Horton, and Bill Freehan.

Year of the Pitcher

Author : Sridhar Pappu
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328768139
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Year of the Pitcher written by Sridhar Pappu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season. “Seldom does an era, and do sports personalities, come alive so vividly, and so unforgettably.” —The Boston Globe In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation’s hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. Denny McLain, his adversary, was a crass self-promoter who eschewed the team charter and his Detroit Tigers teammates to zip cross-country in his own plane. For one season, the nation watched as these two men and their teams swept their respective league championships to meet at the World Series. Gibson set a major league record that year with a 1.12 ERA. McLain won more than 30 games in 1968, a feat not achieved since 1934 and untouched since. Together, the two have come to stand as iconic symbols, giving the fans “The Year of the Pitcher” and changing the game. Evoking a nostalgic season and its incredible characters, this is the story of one of the great rivalries in sports and an indelible portrait of the national pastime during a turbulent year—and the two men who electrified fans from all walks of life. “Explores so much more than the battle between two pitchers and their teams . . . A fine history of a vital period in the history of not only baseball, but America.” —Kirkus Reviews “A compelling tale of all that America was in the turbulent year of 1968, told through a (mostly) baseball prism.” —New York Post

Summer of '68

Author : Tim Wendel
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 0306820188
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Summer of '68 written by Tim Wendel and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--culminating in a victory by a Detroit Tigers team that faced off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis Cardinals, the 1967 World Series defending champions.

An October to Remember 1968

Author : Brendan Donley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1683582039
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book An October to Remember 1968 written by Brendan Donley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It recalls one of baseball's most celebrated championship series from the voices of the players who still remain--a collected narrative from a bygone era of major-league baseball as they reflect fifty years later. Modeled after Lawrence S. Ritter's celebrated book, The Glory of Their Times--for which the author traversed the country to record stories of baseball's deadball era--An October to Remember 1968 will likewise preserve the days of baseball past, gathering the memories of the remaining players of the great Tigers and Cardinals teams to assemble their accounts into a vibrant baseball collection. The 1968 World Series came at a time of great cultural change--the fading days of fans dressing up for ballgames, the first years of widespread color TV--and was an historic matchup of two legendary teams, pitting star power head-to-head and going the distance of seven hard-fought games. From the voices of the players themselves, An October to Remember 1968 illustrates in detail what it was like to be a 1968 Tiger, a 1968 Cardinal: what it was like to win it all and to lose it all: what it was like to face Bob Gibson peering in from the mound, Al Kaline digging in at the plate; what it was like, in the player's own words, to remember the days of that most special period in the history of America's national pastime.

Wire to Wire

Author : George Cantor
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1623681510
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Wire to Wire written by George Cantor and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning Detroit columnist George Cantor revisits the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers with unparalleled insight into what the season meant to a reeling city filled with delirious fans. The book delves into the details of a year when fantasy became reality--the Tigers chewed up their opponents, spit them out, and catapulted to the top without looking back--and provides fans with the opportunity to relive a season in history that baseball aficionados won't soon forget.

My Twenty Years in Baseball

Author : Ty Cobb
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486471837
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book My Twenty Years in Baseball written by Ty Cobb and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cobb personally wrote the story of his life for a newspaper syndicate after his 20 record-setting years in baseball. This illustrated edition is the first commercial publication of his words in book form.

Region Out of Place

Author : Courtney J. Campbell
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822987627
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Region Out of Place written by Courtney J. Campbell and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brazilian Northeast has long been a marginalized region with a complex relationship to national identity. It is often portrayed as impoverished, backward, and rebellious, yet traditional and culturally authentic. Brazil is known for its strong national identity, but national identities do not preclude strong regional identities. In Region Out of Place, Courtney J. Campbell examines how groups within the region have asserted their identity, relevance, and uniqueness through interactions that transcend national borders. From migration to labor mobilization, from wartime dating to beauty pageants, from literacy movements to representations of banditry in film, Campbell explores how the development of regional cultural identity is a modern, internationally embedded conversation that circulated among Brazilians of every social class. Part of a region-based nationalism that reflects the anxiety that conflicting desires for modernity, progress, and cultural authenticity provoked in the twentieth century, this identity was forged by residents who continually stepped out of their expected roles, taking their region’s concerns to an international stage.

K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches

Author : Tyler Kepner
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385541023
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches written by Tyler Kepner and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today. The baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the greatest hitters in the world. Each pitch has its own history, evolving through the decades as the masters pass it down to the next generation. From the earliest days of the game, when Candy Cummings dreamed up the curveball while flinging clamshells on a Brooklyn beach, pitchers have never stopped innovating. In K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, Tyler Kepner traces the colorful stories and fascinating folklore behind the ten major pitches. Each chapter highlights a different pitch, from the blazing fastball to the fluttering knuckleball to the slippery spitball. Infusing every page with infectious passion for the game, Kepner brings readers inside the minds of combatants sixty feet, six inches apart. Filled with priceless insights from many of the best pitchers in baseball history--from Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, and Nolan Ryan to Greg Maddux, Mariano Rivera, and Clayton Kershaw--K will be the definitive book on pitching and join such works as The Glory of Their Times and Moneyball as a classic of the genre.

The Tigers of '68

Author : George Cantor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1589799291
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book The Tigers of '68 written by George Cantor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had two future Hall of Famers, the last pitcher to win thirty games, and a supporting cast of some of the most peculiar individuals ever to play in the majors. But more than that, the 1968 Detroit Tigers symbolize a lost era in baseball. It was a time before runaway salaries and designated hitters. Before divisional playoffs and drug suspensions. Before teams measured their well-being by the number of corporate boxes in their ballpark and the cable contract in their pocket. It was the last season of baseball’s most colorful and nostalgic period. It was surely not a more innocent time. The 1968 Tigers were a team of hell-raisers, the second coming of the Gas House Gang. They brawled on the field and partied hard afterward. They bickered with each other and ignored their manager. They won game after game with improbable rallies on their last at-bat and grabbed the World Championship by coming back from a three games to one deficit to beat the most dominant pitcher in the World Series history in the deciding seventh game. Their ultimate hero, Mickey Lolich, was a man who threw left-handed, thought “upside down,” and rode motorcycles to the ballpark. Their thirty-game winner, Denny McLain, played the organ in various night spots, placed bets over the clubhouse phone, and incidentally, overpowered the American League. Their prize pinch-hitter, Gates Brown, had done hard time in the Ohio Penitentiary. Their top slugger, Willie Horton, would have rather been boxing. Their centerfielder, Mickey Stanley, a top defensive outfielder, would unselfishly volunteer to play the biggest games of his life at shortstop, so that their great outfielder, Al Kaline, could get into the World Series lineup. The story of this team, their triumph, and what happened in their lives afterward, is one of the great dramas of baseball history. The Tigers of ’68 is the uproarious, stirring tale of this team, the last to win a pure pennant (before each league was divided into two divisions and playoffs were added) and World Series. Award-winning journalist George Cantor, who covered the Tigers that year for the Detroit Free Press, revisits the main performers on the team and then weaves their memories and stories (warts and all) into an absorbing narrative that revives all of the delicious—and infamous—moments that made the season unforgettable. Tommy Matchick’s magical ninth-inning home run, Jim Northrup’s record-setting grand slams, Jon Warden’s torrid April, Dick McAuliffe’s charge to the mound, Denny McLain’s gift to Mickey Mantle, the nearly unprecedented comeback in the World Series, and dozens more. The ’68 Tigers occupy a special place in the history of the city of Detroit. They’ve joined their predecessors of 1935 as an almost mythic unit—more than a baseball team. The belief has passed into Detroit folklore. Many people swear, as Willie Horton says, that they were “put here by God to save the city.” The Tigers of ’68 will help you understand why.

Dynasty's End

Author : Thomas J. Whalen
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555536435
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Dynasty's End written by Thomas J. Whalen and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following summer, Russell stunned the sports world by announcing his retirement, ending his and the Celtics' celebrated reign."

Summer of '68

Author : Tim Wendel
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822482
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Summer of '68 written by Tim Wendel and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a year shaped by national tragedy, baseball was shaped by amazing pitching--culminating in a victory by a Detroit Tigers team that faced off against Bob Gibson's St. Louis Cardinals, the 1967 World Series defending champions.

Al Kaline

Author : Jim Hawkins
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781600788239
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Al Kaline written by Jim Hawkins and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the amazing life of a hall-of-famer who overcame a deformed foot to go directly from high school to the big leagues, at age 20 became the youngest batting champion in major league history, and went on to play out a storied career with the Detroit Tigers.

Bless You Boys

Author : Sparky Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809253074
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Bless You Boys written by Sparky Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The John Carlos Story

Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461335
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The John Carlos Story written by Dave Zirin and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful and poignant memoir” of an African American athlete who defied the establishment—decades before Colin Kaepernick (Cornel West, New York Times–bestselling author of Race Matters). An NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work—Biography/Autobiography John Carlos was a bronze medalist in the two hundred-meter race at the 1968 Olympics, but he is remembered for more than his athletic accomplishments. His and his fellow medalist’s Tommie Smith’s Black Power salutes on the podium sparked controversy and career fallout—yet their show of defiance, seen around the world, remains one of the most iconic images of both Olympic history and African American history. This is the remarkable story of John Carlos’s experience as a young man in Harlem, a track and field athlete, and lifelong activist. “This book is fascinating for more than just the sports history, as the text talks about Carlos’ connection to Dr. King, basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Olympic runner Ralph Boston, baseball legend Jackie Robinson and boxer George Foreman. Carlos even comments on topics in today’s news including First Lady Michelle Obama, the value of Twitter, the antics of athletes like Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, and his views on an award he received at ESPN’s 2008 ESPYs.” —Chicago Tribune “John Carlos is an American hero . . . I couldn’t put this book down.” —Michael Moore, filmmaker and New York Times–bestselling author of Here Comes Trouble

The First Fall Classic

Author : Mike Vaccaro
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385532180
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The First Fall Classic written by Mike Vaccaro and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wonderful page-turner, veteran sports journalist Mike Vaccaro brings to life a bygone era in cinematic and intimate detail—and re-creates the magic and suspense of the world’s first classic series. Despite a major presidential election, the near-assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, and the most sensational trial of the young century, baseball dominated front-page headlines in October 1912. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants of that year—two of the finest ball clubs that had ever been assembled—went head-to-head in a thrilling eight-game battle that ultimately elevated the World Series from a regional October novelty to a national obsession.

Sixty Feet, Six Inches

Author : Bob Gibson
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385532164
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Sixty Feet, Six Inches written by Bob Gibson and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective. Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre. This is an unforgettable baseball history by two of its most influential superstars. Bonus Material: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Reggie Jackson's Becoming Mr. October.