Mount Rushmore Of The New York Mets

Author : Brett Topel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683584186

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Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets by Brett Topel Pdf

Mount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota, is one of the most iconic landmarks in the United States. The face of the mountain features 60-foot heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. It depicts four of the greatest men our country has ever known. In recent years, it has become fashionable for sports fans to select the Mount Rushmore of their franchise’s history. For some franchise’s, which have been around for 100+ years, it can be a daunting task. Even for younger franchises, such as the New York Mets, picking a Mount Rushmore can be a challenge. Mostly because fans always seem to favor players that they have seen play—leading older and younger fans to differ on who belongs carved on that fictional mountain in Queens. In 2015, Major League Baseball announced its decision for each team’s Mount Rushmore. For the Mets, voters chose Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, Tom Seaver, and David Wright. No one would argue that Tom Seaver is on the franchise’s Mount Rushmore. He was, after all, “The Franchise.” Some might even argue that the Mets’ Mount Rushmore is Tom Seaver four times! However, that not-withstanding, when it comes to rounding out the other three players, did MLB get it right?? Thankfully, Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets tackles such a question. Covering the team by decade, author Brett Topel share the best players from the team’s almost sixty-year history. From Jerry Koosman and Ed Kranepool, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, to Edgardo Alfonzo and Jose Reyes, each decade is covered, reliving the highs and lows of the Metropolitans. So whether you remember the Miracle Mets, the Amazin’ run of 1986, or the almost of the 2000s, Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets breaks down the fan favorites who earned their prominence in the Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium, and Citi Field.

Author : Brian Wright
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493046638

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The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars by Brian Wright Pdf

Let’s say you’re the manager of one of the most beloved franchises in Major League Baseball, with every past and current player available on your bench. Game time is approaching and the ump needs your line-up card. Who’s your starting pitcher? Fireballer Dwight Gooden, lights-out Tom Seaver, or run-stingy Jacob de Grom? Is Gary Carter behind the plate or Mike Piazza? Who’ll bat clean-up? Combining statistical analysis, common sense, and a host of intangibles, Brian Wright constructs an all-time All-Star Mets line-up for the ages. Agree with his choices or not, you’ll learn all there is to know about the men who played for and managed New York’s Amazin’ Mets.

Author : David Krell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476680101

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The New York Mets in Popular Culture by David Krell Pdf

Bringing fresh perspectives to the team that has brought joy, triumph and even a miracle to New York City, this collection of new essays examines portrayals of the Mets in film, television, advertising and other media. Contributors cover little-known aspects of Mets history that even die-hard fans may not know. Topics include the popularity of Rheingold's advertising in the 1950s and 1960s, Bob Murphy's broadcasting career before joining the Mets' announcing team in 1962, Mr. Met's rivalry with the Phillie Phanatic, Dave Kingman's icon status, the pitching staff's unsung performance after the 1969 World Series victory, and Joan Payson's world-renowned art collection and philanthropy.

Author : Steven Travers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781461746737

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1969 Miracle Mets by Steven Travers Pdf

In the popular 1977 movie “Oh, God!” George Burns, playing the deity, is asked in a courtroom to prove His divinity by performing a miracle. Burns tells the attorney, "The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea." Man has engaged in athletic competition at least since the ancient Greeks. Baseball has been played, according to legend, since Abner Doubleday invented it at Cooperstown, New York in 1839. Through the travail of ages, in the entire history of sports, the 1969 "Amazin' Mets" remains the single most impossible, unbelievable, improbable and wonderful sports story of all times. This book tells the tale of that incredible spring, summer and fall, but it does much more than simply recount how the worst sports franchise ever ascended to the very heights of greatness in a few short months. The Last Miracle is the story of tumultuous times: the 1960s. Amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the Mets remained the last, best hope of a city on the verge of bankruptcy. Through the lens of time we now can view them as a metaphor for a changing America, and in light of the Big Apple's phoenix-like comeback over the years, the catapult for this battered-yet-unbowed Metropolis. Somehow, while the Mets became the mods of baseball, the "new breed" athlete, Tom Seaver and his teammates are viewed herein as the final symbols of an innocent age; an age when the greatest icons in American culture – New York sports heroes – mounted the stage in awesome splendor; before Watergate, before free agency, before the mercenaries took over. Here they are: Seaver and Harrelson; Hodges and Stengel; Grote and Swoboda; Jones and Agee; all the characters of the greatest comedy act ever performed, all the while upstaging a tempestuous Mayoral race, President Nixon's "secret plan," a Moonshot, and Woodstock.

Author : Jon L. Allen
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 087565164X

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Texas on Stamps by Jon L. Allen Pdf

Provides illustrations and short essays about U.S. and foreign postage stamps related to Texas history and events, people, or locales.

Author : David Krell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476636542

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The New York Yankees in Popular Culture by David Krell Pdf

How did Reggie Jackson go from superstar to icon? Why did Joe DiMaggio's nickname change from "Deadpan Joe" to "Joltin' Joe"? How did Seinfeld affect public perception of George Steinbrenner? The New York Yankees' dominance on the baseball diamond has been lauded, analyzed and chronicled. Yet the team's broader impact on popular culture has been largely overlooked--until now. From Ruth's called shot to the Reggie! candy bar, this collection of new essays offers untold histories, new interpretations and fresh analyses of baseball's most successful franchise. Contributors explore the Yankee mystique in film, television, theater, music and advertising.

Author : Robert C. Trumpbour,Kenneth Womack
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496211781

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The Eighth Wonder of the World by Robert C. Trumpbour,Kenneth Womack Pdf

2017 Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research 2016 Pete Delohery Award for Best Sports Book from Shelf Unbound When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the first animated scoreboard. Yet there were memorable problems such as outfielders’ inability to see fly balls and failed attempts to grow natural grass—which ultimately led to the development of AstroTurf. The Astrodome nonetheless changed the way people viewed sports, putting casual fans at the forefront of a user-experience approach that soon became the standard in all American sports. The Eighth Wonder of the World tears back the facade and details the Astrodome’s role in transforming Houston as a city while also chronicling the building’s storied fifty years in existence and the ongoing debate about its preservation.

Author : Jeremy Lehrman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476666754

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Baseball's Most Baffling MVP Ballots by Jeremy Lehrman Pdf

From its colorful beginnings more than a century ago, baseball's annual Most Valuable Player Award has become the most prestigious (and contentious) individual honor in the sport. No accolade means more to players, fans or the media. No other award can claim a voting history so rich in alleged snubs, grudges, conspiracies and incompetence. Examining the most controversial ballots, this book attempts to settle some arguments and answer some compelling questions: Which of the so-called "worst MVPs" holds up to modern statistical analysis? Who cast the single worst vote in MVP history? Does racial bias influence the vote? Who really deserved the award in a given year?

Author : Peter Taylor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786486472

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Brit at the Ballpark by Peter Taylor Pdf

This work follows the journey Peter Taylor undertook during the summer of 2007 (and a bit of 2009), when he set out to achieve a long held ambition and see a baseball game in every major league ballpark, a minor league game in those states without a major league franchise, plus the All-Star game and the post-season. His adventures along the way include throwing out a first pitch in Connecticut, becoming a TV reporter for the post-season, and undergoing an eye operation. It also looks whimsically at America's pastime, and America, through the eyes of an Englishman, and how we are, in the words of George Bernard Shaw, "two nations separated by a common language."

Author : Kirk McKnight
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781442244481

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The Voices of Baseball by Kirk McKnight Pdf

With careers spanning two to three times that of an average player, baseball’s best broadcasters have no shortage of history to offer. They have witnessed opening days, no hitters, slugfests, and perfect games, all from arguably the best seats in the house. From former Baltimore Orioles announcer Jon Miller calling Cal Ripken Jr.’s record-breaking 2,131st straight game, to Red Sox announcer Joe Castiglione witnessing the “Curse of the Babe” being lifted the night Boston won its first World Series in eighty-six years, broadcasters know their clubs, their stadiums, and their teams in a way that no one else can. In The Voices of Baseball: The Game's Greatest Broadcasters Reflect on America's Pastime, Kirk McKnight provides an in-depth look at each of Major League Baseball’s thirty ballparks from the perspectives of the game’s longest-tenured storytellers. These broadcasters share their fondest memories from the booth, what makes their ballparks unique, and even how their ballparks’ structural features have impacted games. Thirty-three of today’s broadcasters—from “newbie” Brian Anderson to sixty-five-year veteran Vin Scully—pay tribute not only to the edifices that host their broadcasting craft but also to their predecessors, such as Harry Caray and Red Barber, who influenced and inspired them. With decades of broadcasting between them, their stories encapsulate some of Major League Baseball’s greatest moments. Generations of baseball fans—from the veteran who witnessed Joe DiMaggio coming back from World War II to the son or daughter going through the gate’s turnstiles for the first time—will all enjoy the historic and triumphant moments shared by some of the game’s greatest broadcasters in The Voices of Baseball.

Author : Al Capp
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Humor
ISBN : IND:39000016113800

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The Best of Li'l Abner by Al Capp Pdf

Cartoonist Al Capp presents 26 of his favorite sequences from his cartoon strip.

Author : Paul Martin Lester
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781604732863

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On Floods and Photo Ops by Paul Martin Lester Pdf

A close study of the visual record left by political visits following disasters Presidents Herbert Clark Hoover and George Walker Bush were challenged many times during their political careers. On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes focuses on the visual record of two such tests: the relief efforts led by Commerce Secretary Hoover during the 1927 Mississippi River flood and the Bush team's response to Hurricane Katrina. By concentrating on these two historic events, Paul Martin Lester discusses political photography, particularly the use of photo ops during catastrophes. He illuminates the evolution of a genre and explores the differences and similarities between these two American politicians. Hoover and Bush reached the pinnacle of political achievement, only to lose in the court of popular opinion. From two photo ops that occurred almost eighty years apart, Lester offers a model for close readings and comparisons of images in practicing visual history. Under Lester's examination, these otherwise unremarkable photographs speak volumes about political response to natural disasters. He offers readers not just a deeper appreciation of these pictures but a methodology for seriously studying photographs and what they can reveal about a historical moment. Paul Martin Lester is a professor of communications at California State University, Fullerton. He is the author of Visual Communication: Images with Messages and Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach and coeditor of Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media.

Author : Gabriel B. Costa,,Michael R. Huber,John T. Saccoman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476635026

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Understanding Sabermetrics by Gabriel B. Costa,,Michael R. Huber,John T. Saccoman Pdf

Interest in Sabermetrics has increased dramatically in recent years as the need to better compare baseball players has intensified among managers, agents and fans, and even other players. The authors explain how traditional measures—such as Earned Run Average, Slugging Percentage, and Fielding Percentage—along with new statistics—Wins Above Average, Fielding Independent Pitching, Wins Above Replacement, the Equivalence Coefficient and others—define the value of players. Actual player statistics are used in developing models, while examples and exercises are provided in each chapter. This book serves as a guide for both beginners and those who wish to be successful in fantasy leagues.

Author : Leonard Spinrad,Thelma Spinrad
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:49015002922616

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Speaker's Lifetime Library by Leonard Spinrad,Thelma Spinrad Pdf

This wordsmith's collection of pithy quotations, witty aphorisms, captivatinganecdotes, apt comparisons, historical allusions, and insightful observationsis perfect for all occasions.

Author : Terry Pluto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0964990237

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Burying the Curse by Terry Pluto Pdf