Thad Mumau

Had 'Em All the Way

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780786497119
• ISBN-10: 0786497114
• Artikelnr.: 41612303

Autorenporträt

Freelance sportswriter Thad Mumau wrote 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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