The Rivalry Heard Round The World

Author : Joe Konte
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613216217

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The Rivalry Heard 'Round the World by Joe Konte Pdf

Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. Dating back to the late nineteenth century—when the teams embodied the competitive spirit of rival metropolises of New York and Brooklyn—the Giants–Dodgers rivalry gained intensity throughout the early twentieth century. The cheering and jeering continued unabated until 1957, when the clubs backed the moving vans up to the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, and took their rivalry to new venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Indeed, Brooklyn–New York baseball was a tough act to follow, but the West Coast version didn’t take long to fire up the emotions. Only six games into the first West Coast season, the clubs had their first beanball dustup. The venue had changed but the venom remained, and the rivalry became author Joe Konte’s obsession. Fifty-five years ago, he attended one of the first Giants–Dodgers games ever played outside of New York. A longtime newspaper editor and baseball fiend, Konte understands what is so special about what is one of the most significant rivalries in American sports. And so—via statistical analysis, game summaries, roster scrutiny, manager matchups, season recaps, and more—he has put together a rivalry bible. Focusing primarily on the California years, but also providing background on the origins and the New York years, The Rivalry Heard ’Round the World captures the spirit and intensity of one of the greatest rivalries in American sports.

Author : Joe Konte
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683580454

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Giants vs. Dodgers by Joe Konte Pdf

Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. Dating back to the late nineteenth century—when the teams embodied the competitive spirit of rival metropolises of New York and Brooklyn—the Giants-Dodgers rivalry gained intensity throughout the early twentieth century. The cheering and jeering continued unabated until 1957, when the clubs backed the moving vans up to the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, and took their rivalry to new venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Indeed, Brooklyn-New York baseball was a tough act to follow, but the West Coast version didn’t take long to fire up the emotions. Only six games into the first West Coast season, the clubs had their first beanball dustup. The venue had changed but the venom remained, and the rivalry became author Joe Konte’s obsession. Fifty-eight years ago, he attended one of the first Giants-Dodgers games ever played outside of New York. A longtime newspaper editor and baseball fiend, Konte understands what is so special about this storied rivalry. And so—via statistical analysis, game summaries, roster scrutiny, manager matchups, season recaps, and more—he has put together a rivalry bible. Revised and updated to include the events of the last three seasons—from the Giants’ 2014 World Series win and the Dodgers’ playoff runs—Giants vs. Dodgers captures the spirit and intensity of one of the greatest rivalries in American sports.

Author : Ray Robinson,Bob Costas
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780486480589

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The Home Run Heard 'round the World by Ray Robinson,Bob Costas Pdf

Bobby Thomson hit history's most famous home run during the bottom of the ninth in the final game of the 1951 National League playoffs. Sports historian Ray Robinson examines the circumstances surrounding this unforgettable moment, in a narrative packed with suspense, nostalgia, and insightful anecdotes about legendary players. Bob Costas contributes a brief Preface. 16 pages of photos.

Author : Robert Santelli,Jenna Santelli
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762440313

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The Baseball Fan's Bucket List by Robert Santelli,Jenna Santelli Pdf

No sports fans are more in touch with the history and ephemera of their game than baseball fans. Hitting the sweet spot of our national pastime, The Baseball Fans Bucket List presents a list of 162 absolute must things to do, see, get, and experience before you kick the bucket. Entries range from visiting Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ (site of the first pro baseball game), to starting a baseball card collection; experiencing Opening Day; attending your favorite teams Fantasy Camp; reading classic books like Ball Four, and much more! Each entry includes interesting facts, entertaining trivia, and practical information about the activity, item, or travel destination. Also included is a complete checklist so the reader can keep a running tally of their Bucket-List achievements. With todays tabloid stories of steroid abuse and off-the-field shenanigans encroaching on baseballs idyllic charm, this unique guidebook encourages readers to celebrate all thats good about being a fan.

Author : Robert F. Garratt
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781496214072

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Home Team by Robert F. Garratt Pdf

In 1957 Horace Stoneham took his Giants of New York baseball team and headed west, starting a gold rush with bats and balls rather than pans and mines. But San Francisco already had a team, the Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and West Coast fans had to learn to embrace the newcomers. Starting with the franchise’s earliest days and following the team up to recent World Series glory, Home Team chronicles the story of the Giants and their often topsy-turvy relationship with the city of San Francisco. Robert F. Garratt shines light on those who worked behind the scenes in the story of West Coast baseball: the politicians, businessmen, and owners who were instrumental in the club’s history. Home Team presents Stoneham, often left in the shadow of Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley, as a true baseball pioneer in his willingness to sign black and Latino players and his recruitment of the first Japanese player in the Major Leagues, making the Giants one of the most integrated teams in baseball in the early 1960s. Garratt also records the turbulent times, poor results, declining attendance, two near-moves away from California, and the role of post-Stoneham owners Bob Lurie and Peter Magowan in the Giants’ eventual reemergence as a baseball powerhouse. Garratt’s superb history of this great ball club makes the Giants’ story one of the most compelling of all Major League franchises.

Author : David Krell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786477999

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"Our Bums" by David Krell Pdf

Baseball fans may know the story of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but they don't know the whole story. With a foreword by Branch Barrett Rickey (grandson of Branch Rickey), this book fills the void in Dodgers scholarship, exploring their impact on popular culture and revealing lesser-known details of the team's history. Personal stories are included from the fans who embraced Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Erskine, Roy Campanella and other icons of Ebbets Field. Drawing on archival documents, contemporary press accounts and fan interviews, the author brings to life the magic of the Dodgers, chronicling in detail the genesis, glory and demise of the team that changed baseball--and America.

Author : Mark Stewart
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836891619

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Classic Rivalries by Mark Stewart Pdf

Learn about sports rivalries including the Red Sox and Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, and Ohio State and Michigan.

Author : Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781538127360

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Tumultuous Times in America's Game by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte Pdf

In Tumultuous Times in America’s Game: From Jackie Robinson's Breakthrough to the War over Free Agency, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte provides a comprehensive examination of major developments and key figures in Major League Baseball from the integration of Jackie Robinson in 1947 to the owners-instigated catastrophic players’ strike of 1994-95. While many fans will recall those decades with fond remembrances of the baseball stars who played then—from Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays to Roberto Clemente, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, and Cal Ripken—they were also a time of substantial challenges that upended more than half a century of tradition that was the backbone of the major leagues. Tumultuous Times in America’s Game includes histories of each of the major league franchises, presented alongside Soderholm-Difatte’s detailed examination of the controversies, developments, and innovations from these significant decades in professional baseball. Recaps of several of baseball’s most exciting pennant races round out the narrative, making this book a valuable read for fans and historians of the national pastime.

Author : Brian Biegel,Pete Fornatale
Publisher : Crown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307452696

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Miracle Ball by Brian Biegel,Pete Fornatale Pdf

"Nothing short of mind-blowing . . . Just amazing stuff"—Newsday "A fast-paced, fascinating tale that combines shoe leather, high-tech forensics and some healthy dollops of luck….Biegel makes a compelling case that he's solved the mystery…his book is a home run." – Associated Press October 3, 1951. Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson hit the most dramatic home run in the history of baseball. The moment occurred in the bottom of the ninth inning of a sudden-death playoff game between the New York Giants and their arch rivals from Brooklyn, the Dodgers. People across the nation watched on their new TV sets, and the home run became known as “the Shot Heard ’Round the World.” But after clearing the left-field wall, the central artifact of the play—the ball itself—inexplicably went missing. The mystery of what happened to the legendary baseball has remained unsolved for a half century. Until now. Miracle Ball is the gripping account of author Brian Biegel’s two-year effort to unravel the mystery that experts said could never be solved. A sports story for the ages, an engrossing mystery narrative, and a moving account of a man’s unbreakable bond with his family and of his struggles to save himself, Miracle Ball delivers both heart and headlines.

Author : Jenna Santelli,Robert Santelli
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781458759214

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The Baseball Fan's Bucket List by Jenna Santelli,Robert Santelli Pdf

No sport's fans are more in touch with the history and ephemera of their game than baseball fans. Hitting the sweet spot of our national pastime, The Baseball Fan's Bucket List presents a list of 162 ''absolute must'' things to do, see, get, and experience before you kick the bucket. Entries range from visiting Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ (site of the first pro baseball game), to starting a baseball card collection; experiencing Opening Day; attending your favorite team's Fantasy Camp; reading classic books like Ball Four, and much more! Each entry includes interesting facts, entertaining trivia, and practical information about the activity, item, or travel destination. Also included is a complete checklist so the reader can keep a running tally of their Bucket-List achievements. With today's tabloid stories of steroid abuse and off-the-field shenanigans encroaching on baseball's idyllic charm, this unique guidebook encourages readers to celebrate all that's good about being a fan.

Author : Harry Cranbrook Allen
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015009356372

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Heard Round the World by Harry Cranbrook Allen Pdf

Presents a hitherto unexplored aspect of the American Civil War - its political, economic, and intellectual repercussions abroad.

Author : Howard Burman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105070891

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To Hate Like this is to Love Forever, the Greatest Dodgers and Me by Howard Burman Pdf

Author : Andrew Goldblatt
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786416400

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The Giants and the Dodgers by Andrew Goldblatt Pdf

The Giant-Dodger rivalry was considered the best in baseball by 1890 and remains the game's oldest and most storied rivalry today. It's remarkable how often both teams have been good, how rarely they've both been bad, and how tenaciously the underdog has battled in between. Through 12 decades (and in two sets of cities 3,000 miles apart) Giant and Dodger partisans have rooted so passionately against each other that, just as during the Civil War, conflicting loyalties have divided neighbors and even families. This is the definitive account of the rivalry, from its roots in amateur contests between New York and Brooklyn teams in the 1840s to its present incarnation in California's world class cities. All the greats are here: Ward, Ebbets, McGraw, Mathewson, Terry, Durocher, Reese, Robinson, Mays, Koufax, Drysdale, Marichal, Lasorda, Bonds. The book also examines the cities that have hosted the rivalry and devotes a special section to the move to California. The author argues compellingly that, contrary to popular wisdom, the rivalry's best years came after the move.

Author : David Ostrowsky
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476680262

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Pro Sports in 1993 by David Ostrowsky Pdf

America and Canada both saw historic sports milestones in 1993. While the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bulls reigned supreme, the Toronto Blue Jays won a second consecutive World Series on a walk-off homer, and the Montreal Canadiens emerged as the last Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup. While stars like Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Joe Montana overcame physical and emotional challenges to make history, teams were performing unprecedented feats, from the Buffalo Bills' unrivaled comeback on Wild Card Weekend to the Baltimore Orioles' unveiling of their transformative ballpark design during All-Star Week. Drawing on original interviews with dozens of former players and coaches, this book revisits an exceptional sports year for fans across North America, with memorable stories involving some of the most iconic sports figures of the 1990s.

Author : The Baseball Guys
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1932855734

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Obsessed With...Baseball by The Baseball Guys Pdf

Includes multiple choice questions about baseball. Embedded in the book is a special computerized quiz module that lets you compete against yourself or a friend.