Author: Tommy Davis
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: dugout, dodger, tales
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2005-02-21
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582617562
ISBN-13: 9781582617565

Some refer to the early to mid-1960s as the Golden Age of baseball in Los Angeles. Not only did Tommy Davis, a Dodger from 1959-66 who was an integral part of two World Series championship teams, have the best seat in the house, the two-time All-Star left-fielder who twice led the National League in hitting was also the Dodgers’ silent superstar. Relive exciting Dodger Blue memories from games at the oval-shaped Coliseum to the opening of Dodger Stadium as Davis recounts the fun and satisfaction of the championship seasons of 1963 and 1965 to the disappointment and sorrow of the teamR

Author: Pete Cava
Publisher: Sports Masters
Keywords: dugout, cubs, tales
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 2000-08-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1583820442
ISBN-13: 9781583820445

Have so many ever cheered so much for so little? The Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 and last appeared in the Fall Classic the year World War II ended.Yet Cubs fans are among the most loyal, most knowledgeable, and most rabid in baseball. The teams they have loved and the players they have cherished have provided some of the game’s finest moments, as well as a treasure trove of baseball lore. The Cubs’ home park, Wrigley Field, is as much a national landmark as the Empire State Building or the Golden Gate Bridge. A charter member of the National League, the Cubs were

Author: Louis Berney
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: dugout, orioles, tales
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582616841
ISBN-13: 9781582616841

Stars from the glory years of Baltimore baseball, including Cal Ripken Jr., Jim Palmer, Earl Weaver, and Brooks Robinson, share funny and poignant tales of what it was like to be an Oriole.

Author: Kirby Arnold
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: dugout, mariners, seattle, tales
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582618313
ISBN-13: 9781582618319

Reliever Bill Caudill handcuffed unsuspecting victims--including the team owner’s wife--to the dugout bench. Larry Andersen, Richie Zisk, and Joe Simpson made sure that everywhere bewildered manager Rene Lachemann went during the 1982 season, some JELL-O was sure to follow-- from his hotel bathroom sink, tub, and toilet (filled to the brim) to a postgame can of beer. Jay Buhner, one of the stars in the Seattle Mariners’ 1995 "Refuse to Lose" season, maintained the team’s proud, prank-filled history well into the ’90s with his "blurping"--vomiting on command. It’s

Author: Nick Peters
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: dugout, giants, francisco, san, tales
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582616868
ISBN-13: 9781582616865

The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since the franchise shifted from the Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958. The club has been blessed with a plethora of superstars from Willie Mays to Barry Bonds, along with colorful characters like John Montefusco and Jeffrey Leonard. Tales from the Giant’s Dugout captures some of the humorous, interesting and poignant moments of the team’s 45 years on the West Coast, from the excitement of the intense rivalry with the Dodgers, to bad-blood incidents, to the numerous highlights whi

Author: Denny Matthews
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Keywords: collection, greatest, stories, dugout, royals, matthews, tales, denny
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1596700394
ISBN-13: 9781596700390

George Brett, Amos Otis, Frank White, Hal McRae, Dan Quisenberry, Bret Saberhagen, Paul Splittorff - one mention of any of those names can bring about visions of great baseball, hard-nosed determination, and winning. However, one vision outweighs all others - the boys in blue, the Kansas City Royals. An American League expansion club in 1969, the Royals struggled during their early existence. It did not take long, however, before the team established itself as one of the most successful franchises in baseball. The Royals´ success culminated when they won the 1985 World Series. Since 1969 th

Authors:Rick Monday, Ken Gurnick,
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Keywords: tales, dugout, dodger, rick, monday
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582619751
ISBN-13: 9781582619750

It took something truly remarkable to save the 1981 Major League Baseball season from being remembered only as the year of the players? strike. It took the Los Angeles Dodgers: Fernandomania and ?Sorda and Garv and Bake and the Penguin. It took three amazing October comebacks to beat the Houston Astros, the Montreal Expos and, finally, the New York Yankees, avenging Dodger World Series losses to the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. Rick Monday was right in the middle of that magical Dodger season. His recollections and conversations with teammates provide a behind-the-scenes view of one of the most a