Had 'Em All the Way
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9711-9 (ISBN)
The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates were a special team - team being the operative word. There were no superstars - although Roberto Clemente would become one - and nobody had a record season. The Battling Bucs frequently came from behind to win late in the game, with Pirate broadcaster Bob Prince signing off, “We had 'em all the way”. Pittsburgh was the Sad Sack of baseball through most of the 1950s, and as the Pirates grabbed the National League lead early in the 1960 season, fans wondered if the guys in vest-shirts and black sleeves could indeed hang on.
And then there was the World Series, the one everybody but the Pirates thought would be won by the Yankees, where Bill Mazeroski hit the most dramatic home run finish of all sports championships. This book, featuring interviews with Clemente, Dick Groat, Bob Friend and Dick Schofield, tells the story the Pirates of 1960 - a team of friends - and their push through a long and magical season.
Freelance sportswriter Thad Mumau has written for the Fayetteville Observer for more than 35 years and for the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Journal for 22. He lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
Introduction 5
One. Unlikely Champions 11
Two. Baseball’s Landscape in 1960 20
Three. Building the Roster 28
Four. Making Spring Count 36
Five. A Fast Start 43
Six. The Little Irishman 49
Seven. Invasion of the Giants 58
Eight. Heart of the Pirates 69
Nine. Staying in Front 81
Ten. A Friend, a Face and the Law 91
Eleven. The Great One, Billy and Bob 104
Twelve. The Road Through Milwaukee 112
Thirteen. Dog Days and Doubleheaders 125
Fourteen. Bucs’ Bench Just Ducky 145
Fifteen. Character and Characters 153
Sixteen. World Series Mismatch 162
Seventeen. Six Games of Sparring 170
Eighteen. The Game 192
Nineteen. How It All Happened 201
Twenty. What Next? 210
Chapter Notes 219
Bibliography 224
Index 225
| Zusatzinfo | 17 photographs |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 341 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9711-4 / 0786497114 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9711-9 / 9780786497119 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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