In 1967, in the midst of a nail-biting six-week pennant race, the Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and White Sox stood deadlocked atop the American League. Never before or since have four teams tied for the lead in baseball's final month. The stakes were high--there were no playoffs, the pennant winner went directly to the World Series.
Here, for the first time, all four teams are treated as equals. The author describes their contrasting skill sets, leadership and temperament. The stress of such stiff and sustained competition was constant, and there were overt psychological and physical intimidations playing a major role throughout the season. The standings were volatile and so were emotions. The players and managers varied: some wilted or broke, others responded heroically.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Excellent"-The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books; "History is often written by, or to honor, the winners. There have been a dozen books on the 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox, the team that prevailed in that year's pennant race. Cameron Bright takes the story further and shows us just what a race it truly was, giving equal time to the four teams that battled down to the final weekend. Filled with portrayals of the players and managers involved, his book enriches our appreciation for one of the hardest-fought drives in baseball history."-Bill Nowlin, author of Tom Yawkey: Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
15 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7296-0 (9781476672960)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
A lifelong sports fan, Cameron Bright lives in Freeport, Maine.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
?1-"A bastard every day"
?2-"Hairy-chested home run hitters"
?3-"A bucket of warm spit"
?4-"Watch where you are going, Bush"
?5-"What are you crying for?"
?6-"A great manager from the ankles down"
?7-"I can win in the big leagues"
?8-"Hope like hell it goes somewhere"
?9-"The dry side of a fastball"
10-"Getting an alligator to play the piano"
11-"155,000 rounds of ammunition"
12-"The dumbest pitcher I ever caught"
13-"Sometimes you wonder what these kids are thinking"
14-"Die right here in the dirt"
15-"A menace to baseball"
16-"That runt"
17-Four-Way Tie
18-"That friggin' skinny, shallow body"
19-"A -well-mannered colored boy"
20-"Too big for us"
21-"Short-winded"
22-"$10,000"
23-"We are now out of tomorrows"
24-"Black Wednesday"
25-"I'll make sure I hit one for you"
26-"It was a dumb play"
27-"Surprised the hell out of me"
28-The Last Game
The 1967 World Series
Epilogue: After 1967
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
