In this elaborately illustrated book filled with vintage photographs, veteran Braves sportscaster Pete Van Wieren teams up with bestselling baseball author Bob Klapisch to provide the definitive account of the Braves franchise from its first game to the present day. It's a dramatic season-by-season, often play-by-play chronicle of heart-breaking droughts redeemed by miracle years like 1914, 1957, and 1991, when the team rocketed from the cellar to the World Series."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Guaranteed to dominate the sports page, this inside story of the trials and tribulations of two of baseball's biggest and brightest stars relates the hopes, heartbreaks, excesses, and exorcisms of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. of photos.
Dwight Gooden's early years with the New York Mets were golden -- he was the youngest winner of the Cy Young Award in baseball history and led the New York Mets to one of the most dramatic World Series victories in 1986. Dwight Gooden -- a.k.a. Doc or simply Dr. K -- had a fastball that hitters just could not beat. But Gooden's fall was as quick and dramatic as his rise. By 1994 he had twice been suspended from the league for drug abuse, plunging him into a vicious cycle that threatened his career and, ultimately, his life. Today, Dwight Gooden is back in the big leagues. Heat captures Gooden's poignant road to recovery, and how it culminated in his second World Series ring with the New York Yankees in 1996, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Yankees club. During his fourteen years in the big leagues, Dwight Gooden has seen plenty. Heat brings to life the glorious world championship baseball through the eyes of one of its most popular and talented stars.
Pettitte. Gooden. Boggs. Williams. Strawberry. Fielder. Jeter. Leyritz. Wetteland. Rivera. O'Neill. Hayes. Just some of the stars in one of the most magical ball clubs ever. A team that refused to die, always fought back and beat the odds by bringing the world championship back to New York, beating the Braves four games to two." "Now, in Champions!, the Daily News's John Harper and the Bergen Record's Bob Klapisch tell the incredible story of the unselfish team that could. From Joe Torre's hiring to Doc Gooden's no-hitter to the huge summer lead to David Cone's remarkable return and September's near collapse - not to mention full accounts and box scores of the play-offs and the Series - this book is the perfect keepsake for an unforgettable season of struggle, heroics, and triumph." "Complete with previously unreported details, full 1996 stats, and illustrations throughout, Champions! is the must-have book for every true Yankee fan."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Two sportswriters offer a close-up look at the Mets' disastrous 1992 season, explaining the failure of most expensive group of baseball players ever assembled and providing a behind-the-scenes look at the season's intrigues and scandals. 25,000 first printing.
Pettitte. Gooden. Boggs. Williams. Strawberry. Fielder. Jeter. Leyritz. Wetteland. Rivera. O'Neill. Hayes. Just some of the stars in one of the most magical ball clubs ever. A team that refused to die, always fought back and beat the odds by bringing the world championship back to New York, beating the Braves four games to two." "Now, in Champions!, the Daily News's John Harper and the Bergen Record's Bob Klapisch tell the incredible story of the unselfish team that could. From Joe Torre's hiring to Doc Gooden's no-hitter to the huge summer lead to David Cone's remarkable return and September's near collapse - not to mention full accounts and box scores of the play-offs and the Series - this book is the perfect keepsake for an unforgettable season of struggle, heroics, and triumph." "Complete with previously unreported details, full 1996 stats, and illustrations throughout, Champions! is the must-have book for every true Yankee fan."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The exciting life of one committed man whose simple little idea ("Let's play ball!") God is using to make a huge impact on thousands of disenfranchised children, their families, their community, their city and their world.
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