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Beschreibung
For a period of time in the 1970s, the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal, including Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey.
For a period of time in the 1970s, the Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Cincinnati Reds was one of the best rivalries in Major League Baseball. This book takes a fresh look at these two powerhouses and the players that made them so pivotal, including Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey.
Über den Autor
Tom Van Riper wrote about the business of sports for Forbes for ten years. His body of work includes two cover stories for Forbes magazine which featured Major League Baseball player Matt Kemp and NFL coach Bill Parcells. Prior to Forbes, Van Riper covered the business beat for New York's Daily News. He is the author of The Glory of '86: The Year Boston Ruled the Sports World.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Prologue

Chapter 1: The Right Matchup at the Right Time
Chapter 2: The Pariah
Chapter 3: Making Draft History and Medical History
Chapter 4: Building the Machine
Chapter 5: It Begins
Chapter 6: The Three Kings
Chapter 7: Greatness Recognized and Greatness Snubbed
Chapter 8: Monsters of the Mound
Chapter 9: Packing Them In
Chapter 10: Four Infielders and a Scapegoat
Chapter 11: Showdown
Chapter 12: How Great Were They?
Chapter 13: Sparking an Evolution
Chapter 14: Late Bloomer
Chapter 15: They Shall Be Free
Chapter 16: A Giant Loss
Chapter 17: Grinding toward the Wire
Chapter 18: The Winners
Chapter 19: Frustration
Chapter 20: Onward . . .

Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Ballsport
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781538192511
ISBN-10: 1538192519
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Riper, Tom Van
Hersteller: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Van Riper
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2024
Gewicht: 0,377 kg
Artikel-ID: 128084520