When Shea Was Home (eBook)

The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets

Brett Topel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
184 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-871-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Four teams, 175 games, 3,738,546 fansone stadium. If 1975 wasnt the most successful year in New York sportsand it wasntthen it was certainly one of the oddest. For that one crazy season, all four New York teamsthe Mets, Jets, Yankees, and Giantscalled Shea Stadium home.When Shea was Home includes interviews with the stadiums former head groundskeeper, the legendary Pete Flynn, as well as Jerry Koosman, Bud Harrelson and Ed Kranepool of the Mets, Giants owner John Mara, Rich Caster of the Jets, former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Doug Williams, who played that year at Shea for Grambling, and many more!This well-written narrative includes information about the stadium, the teams, the players, how the teams coexisted, and how they didn't. When Shea was Home takes New York sports fans on a unique trip down memory lane, offering context on the national and local history and culture of the time. It is perfect for the avid New York sports aficionadoregardless of team allegiance!Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Brett Topel is a freelance sports writer and author of Simply the Best: The Story of the 1929–31 Philadelphia Athletics. He is also a professor of sports journalism at Adelphi University and the Director of Communications at Buckley Country Day School on Long Island.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 15 B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1970s baseball • 1970s sports • All-Stars • Ba • baseball all-stars • baseball books • baseball champions • baseball encyclopedia • baseball facts • baseball fun facts • baseball hall of fame • Baseball Hall of Famers • baseball history • baseball managers • baseball record-holders • baseball rookies • baseball stadiums • baseball stats • baseball trivia • best baseball hitters • best baseball players • best catchers ever • best pitchers • best pitchers ever • best rookies • grand slams • greatest baseball hitters • greatest baseball players • greatest catchers ever • greatest pitchers • greatest pitchers ever • greatest pitchers in history • history of baseball stadiums • history of home runs • learn about baseball • learn about the New York Mets • Mets encyclopedia • Mets history • Mets love • most home runs • New York • New York baseball • New Yorkers • New York Mets • New York Mets books • New York sports • New York sports book • New York sports fan • New York sports history • New York sports teams • NYC sports • NY sports • Rookies • Shea Stadium • strikeout record • world series stats
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-871-0 / 1613218710
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-871-6 / 9781613218716