Denny Matthews S Tales From The Royals Dugout

Author : Denny Matthews
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781596700390

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Denny Matthews's Tales from the Royals Dugout by Denny Matthews Pdf

Amos Otis, Frank White, George Brett, Hal McRae, Dan Quisenberry, Bret Saberhagen, Paul Splittorff. One mention of any of those names can bring about visions of great baseball, determination, hard-nosed, and winning. However, one vision out-weighs all others: the boys in blue & the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals, an expansion club in the American League in 1969, struggled during their early existence. It didn't take long, however, before the Royals established themselves as one of the most successful franchises in baseball. That success culminated with the winning of the 1985 World Series.Since 1969, the Royals have developed great players that have had fun. Along the way, they also have developed a winning tradition. Although the Royals have received the small-market tag in recent years, the organization still boasts a proud heritage. In Denny Matthews' Tales from the Royals Dugout, longtime Royals radio broadcaster Denny Matthews relives the club's great moments and pro

Author : Denny Matthews,Matt Fulks
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613217450

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Tales from the Kansas City Royals Dugout by Denny Matthews,Matt Fulks Pdf

Amos Otis, Frank White, George Brett, Hal McRae, Dan Quisenberry, Bret Saberhagen, Paul Splittorff—one mention of any of those names can bring about visions of great baseball, determination, and winning. However, one vision outweighs all others: the boys in blue… the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals, an expansion club in the American League in 1969, struggled during their early existence. It didn't take long, however, before the Royals established themselves as one of the most successful franchises in baseball. That success culminated with the winning of the 1985 World Series. Since 1969, the Royals have developed great players that have had fun. Along the way, they also have developed a winning tradition. Although the Royals have received the "small-market" tag in recent years, the organization still boasts a proud heritage. In this reissue of Tales from the Kansas City Royals Dugout, longtime Royals radio broadcaster Denny Matthews relives the club’s great moments and proud tradition. Sit back and enjoy never-before-told anecdotes, including from the team’s great rivalries with the New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, and the remarkable players who have helped form the legend of the Kansas City Royals. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617442

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by Jonathan Fraser Light Pdf

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Author : Denny Matthews,Matt Fulks
Publisher : Ascend Books Llc
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0981716660

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Hi, Anybody! by Denny Matthews,Matt Fulks Pdf

The Royals radio announcer gives a behind-the-scenes look at his team and baseball. He gives poignant and humorous stories, and lists his "Denny's Dozen" traits that make players and people successful in life.

Author : Matt Fulks,Jeff Montgomery,Dayton Moore
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633197886

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If These Walls Could Talk: Kansas City Royals by Matt Fulks,Jeff Montgomery,Dayton Moore Pdf

With their 2015 World Series championship, the Kansas City Royals claimed their spot among baseball's top current franchises. Through the words of the players, via multiple interviews conducted with current and past Royals, readers will meet the players, coaches, and management and share in their moments of greatness and defeat. Montgomery recounts moments with George Brett, Willie Wilson, and Mike Sweeney as well as the current squad under Ned Yost, including Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon. Kansas City fans will not want to be without this book.

Author : Linda Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135696801

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Sportscasters/Sportscasting by Linda Fuller Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to the workings of the business, Sportscasters/Sportscasting: Principles and Practices explains all of the information essential to anyone looking to begin a career in sports media, and includes numerous appendices containing acronyms and biographic information about over 200 sportscasters, and a complete Instructor’s Manual.

Author : Ed Bowker Staff,Staff Bowker, Ed
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 3274 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0835246426

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Books In Print 2004-2005 by Ed Bowker Staff,Staff Bowker, Ed Pdf

Author : Denny Matthews,Fred White,Matt Fulks
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Sportscasters
ISBN : 1886110786

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Play-by-Play by Denny Matthews,Fred White,Matt Fulks Pdf

For more than 75 years, Major League Baseball radio announcers have carved a place in America's heart by forming a bond between the listeners, themselves and the teams they represent. Between 1973 and 1998, Kansas City Royals listeners invited Denny Matthews and Fred White into their homes. During the 1998 season, which marked their 25th and final season together, they were the longest-running broadcast duo in the American League and tied for the second-longest in all of baseball.

Author : Myron J. Smith
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015069290271

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The Baseball Bibliography by Myron J. Smith Pdf

"With over 57,000 entries, this two-volume set is the most comprehensive non-electronic, non-database, print bibliography on any American sport. Represented here are books and monographs, scholarly papers, government documents, doctoral dissertations, masters' theses, poetry and fiction, novels, pro team yearbooks, college and professional All-Star Game and World Series programs, commercially produced yearbooks, and periodical and journal articles"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Partners Book Distributing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015071443116

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Great Lakes and Midwest Catalog by Partners Book Distributing Pdf

Author : Filip Bondy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476777191

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The Pine Tar Game by Filip Bondy Pdf

The New York Times bestseller—“a rollicking account” (The Kansas City Star) of the infamous baseball game between the Yankees and Royals in which a game-winning home run was overturned and set off one of sports history’s most absurd and entertaining controversies. On July 24, 1983, during the finale of a heated four-game series between the dynastic New York Yankees and small-town Kansas City Royals, umpires nullified a go-ahead home run based on an obscure rule, when Yankees manager Billy Martin pointed out an illegal amount of pine tar—the sticky substance used for a better grip—on Royals third baseman George Brett’s bat. Brett wildly charged out of the dugout and chaos ensued. The call temporarily cost the Royals the game, but the decision was eventually overturned, resulting in a resumption of the game several weeks later that created its own hysteria. The game was a watershed moment, marking a change in the sport, where benign cheating tactics like spitballs, Superball bats, and a couple extra inches of tar on an ash bat, gave way to era of soaring salaries, labor strikes, and rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs. In The Pine Tar Game acclaimed sports writer Filip Bondy paints a portrait of the Yankees and Royals of that era, replete with bad actors, phenomenal athletes, and plenty of yelling. Players and club officials, like Brett, Goose Gossage, Willie Randolph, Ron Guidry, Sparky Lyle, David Cone, and John Schuerholz, offer fresh commentary on the events and their take on the subsequent postseason rivalry. “A sticky moment milked for all its nutty, head-shaking glory” (Sports Illustrated), The Pine Tar Game examines a more innocent time in professional sports, and the shifting tide that resulted in today’s modern iteration of baseball. Some watchers of the Royals’ 2015 World Series win over New York’s “other baseball team,” the Mets, may see it as sweet revenge for a bygone era of talent flow and umpire calls favoring New York.

Author : Matt Fulks
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633195349

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Taking the Crown by Matt Fulks Pdf

While the Kansas City Royals may have come out of the blue with their success in 2014, the 2015 edition of the team had high expectations and they met them to the fullest degree in winning the 2015 World Series — the organization's first in three decades. Buoyed by a dominant regular season in which they held first place in the American League Central beginning on June 8 and never looked back. Anchored by a major league record seven All-Stars and boosted by the mid-season acquisitions of Ben Zobrist and Johnny Cueto, this historic team would not be denied on their way to the title.Packed with unique analysis from veteran Kansas City writer Matt Fulks and vivid color photography, Taking the Crown guides fans through the Royals' amazing journey, from key off-season acquisitions to the Royals' thrilling come-from-behind ALDS win versus the Astros, from their out-slugging of the powerful Blue Jays in the ALCS, all the way through their incredible World Series triumph over the Mets. This commemorative edition also includes feature stories on Royals' stars Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer, and other fan favorites, and is a must-have keepsake for Royals fans for generations to come.

Author : Dayton Moore,Matt Fulks,Alex Gordon,Ned Yost
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633195479

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More Than a Season by Dayton Moore,Matt Fulks,Alex Gordon,Ned Yost Pdf

Provides a blueprint for becoming a champion, both on and off the field When Dayton Moore arrived in Kansas City in 2006, the Royals hardly resembled a contender. The general manager inherited a major league club that had just one winning season in the previous decade. Moore, a Kansas native who grew up as a Royals fan, implemented a plan to return the franchise to its glory years. Though not without a few bumps in the road, that plan came to fruition in 2014 and 2015, as the Royals reached the World Series both years and were corned 2015 World Series champions. In More Than a Season, Moore shares how his faith and leadership principles guided his rebooting of the Royals. The general manager describes how he built one of baseball's best farm systems and international scouting departments of out nothing. He shares insight on how he persevered through six consecutive losing seasons and the critical response to controversial trades of Zack Greinke and Wil Myers—transactions that ultimately yielded the foundation of a champion. Full of never-before-told stories from inside the Royals organization More Than a Season features an introduction by William F. High, CEO of the National Christian Foundation Heartland. This updated edition features an all-new prologue and an additional chapter celebrating the 2015 World Series championship season.

Author : William C. Kashatus
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780812240368

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Almost a Dynasty by William C. Kashatus Pdf

Almost A Dynasty details the rise and fall of the World Champion 1980 Phillies. Based on personal interviews, newspaper accounts, and the keen insight of a veteran baseball writer, the book convincingly explains how a losing team was finally able to win its first world championship.

Author : Gerald R. Brown,Islay (Vista) School no. 733 Reunion Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0978122011

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Vista Tales- by Gerald R. Brown,Islay (Vista) School no. 733 Reunion Committee Pdf