Gaylon H. White

The Bilko Athletic Club

The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels

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Produktbeschreibung

The Bilko Athletic Club is the story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels, a team of castoffs and kids built around a bulky, beer-loving basher of home runs named Steve Bilko. The Angels compiled a 107-61 won-loss record, finishing sixteen games ahead of their closest competitor. Th...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780810892897
• ISBN-10: 0810892898
• Artikelnr.: 39401187

Autorenporträt

Gaylon H. White started his career as a sportswriter for the Denver Post before moving to the corporate world as a speechwriter. He has authored some 80 articles for international and U.S. publications, many on baseball, and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Foreword, John Schulian Introduction Chapter 1: Of
Buzz and Bilko Chapter 2: The Best Minor League Team I Ever Saw, Bar None!
Chapter 3: Little Wrigley Chapter 4: A Major League of Our Own Chapter 5:
An Unforgettable Season Chapter 6: Stout Steve, the Slugging Seraph Chapter
7: Gangbuster Gene and Gang Chapter 8: Windy Chapter 9: In Stout Steve's
Shadow Chapter 10: The Singing Catcher Chapter 11: No Room at the Top
Chapter 12: Mr. Automatic Chapter 13: Grump's Old Men Chapter 14: The Kid
Phenoms Chapter 15: Perfect Wasn't Good Enough Chapter 16: From Bombshells
to Bomb Threats to Dodger Stadium Chapter 17: Reminiscing in Newland
Chapter 18: Where Have You Gone, Steve Bilko? Appendix A: 1956 Los Angeles
Angels Batting Averages Appendix B: 1956 Los Angeles Angels Pitching
Statistics Appendix C: Steve Bilko Career Batting Statistics Bibliography
Index About the Author