Howard Burman

Season of Ghosts

The '86 Mets and the Red Sox

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of one of the most dramatic baseball seasons ever, as it stretched both backwards and forwards--from the ghosts of seasons and players past to the reality of what followed. At the beginning of 1986, most of the baseball talk was about money; at the end it was about a season that played out with a compelling cast of memorable characters--Bonds, Canseco, Puckett, Ryan, Rose, Boyd, Gooden, Strawberry, Clemens, Boggs, Hernandez, and more. On an institutional level the game faced critical issues--player contracts, collusion, drugs, free agency, charges of racism, cheating, gambling, the growing popularity of professional football, and the influence of cable TV and satellites. Yet it produced a season of intense drama ending with an unforgettable post-season.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470426
• ISBN-10: 0786470429
• Artikelnr.: 35682351

Autorenporträt

Former professor Howard Burman has taught literature overseas and served as an artistic producing director of several professional theatres. He is a full-time writer dividing his time between California and Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface
1.
One of the Best Ever
2.
Ueberroth in Control
3.
The "C" Word
4.
The "D" Word
5.
Hopes and Dreams
6.
Bullies in Pinstripes
7.
Won't This Curse Ever End?
8.
The Chicken Man
9.
Rickey Knows Rickey 10.
Where's the Can? 11.
A Hitch in His Gait 12.
Nearing the End 13.
Everybody Loves Kirby 14.
That Was Last Year 15.
Abner Doubledata 16.
A Talent the Likes of Which Are Seldom Seen 17.
The Wild Boys 18.
Doc Ain't Stupid 19.
Welcome to the Alpha Male Club 20.
Class 21.
Signs of Trouble 22.
Opening Day 23.
Early Season Oddities 24.
The Rocket 25.
La La Land 26.
You Gotta Believe 27.
Darling of the Mets 28.
Living in Another World 29.
Clean Living 30.
Drugs of Choice 31.
Fight On 32.
Renaissance Scholar in a Baseball Cap 33.
Gambling on the Game 34.
The Way They Used to Play 35.
The Image of the Game 36.
It Pumps Up Your Con
dence 37.
Lawyer on the Bench 38.
Bunyanesque Feats 39.
Here Comes the Judge 40.
Baseball Exorcist 41.
All About Money 42.
The Big Silence 43.
Mid-Season Form 44.
Like Attila the Hun 45.
Looking for Heroes 46.
Wally's World 47.
Family Values 48.
As Mellow as Mr. Rogers 49.
Misunderstood 50.
Who's In: Who's Not 51.
Signs of Confusion 52.
The Tony Gwyn of Pitching 53.
Challenges to America's Game 54.
Making Waves Is Dangerous 55.
The Fine Art of Cheating 56.
Best and Worst 57.
The Cowboy and the Goat 58.
Just What Everyone Wanted 59.
Disaster Wrapped in Catastrophe 60.
Symbol of Failure Bibliography Index