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Chargement... Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Gamespar Warren N. Wilbert
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Although very few baseball games end with a final score of one to zero, and such a score line might suggest a contest devoid of drama, nothing could be further from the truth. Since the 1876 inaugural season of professional baseball, many 1-0 games have proved as compelling as those featuring a parade of pitchers and a plethora of home runs. In Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games Warren Wilbert has chronicled the tensest 1-0 nail-biters that have occurred since baseball's first professional season. Organized thematically, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games starts by examining 1-0 games achieved on Opening Day, with the finest selected from the more than 50 that have occurred since 1876. Regular season games, in which less than three percent result in a 1-0 score, are then detailed, including those games pitched by such greats as John "Jocko" Flynn and Randy Johnson. Championship play, from the first inning of playoffs to the final out of the World Series, has its own share of 1-0 drama, and this, too, is covered extensively. These chapters are then followed by a look at the elusive perfect 1-0 game, of which only eight have been pitched since 1871--seven with a single pitcher. Pitching titans such as Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Bert Blyleven, Christy Mathewson, Dean Chance, Ed Walsh, Guy White, and Cy Young have had more than their fair share of 1-0 victories, and an additional chapter examines these pitchers and their 1-0 games. Appendixes include a full list of pitchers to have thrown a no-hit 1-0 game, pitching greats who have amassed ten or more career 1-0 victories, and 1-0 games in both the Negro Leagues and the Japanese Major Leagues. Featuring more than 30 photographs, Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games is sure to fascinate all baseball fans, players, and historians. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Incredibly researched and documented, with many pictures from the author's own collection.
Games are separated into several categories, opening day, no hitters, post season and others. Also included are reports from the Negro Leagues and Japan!
Always a concern for me is that in a book of this complexity and detail that reading it takes on an almost academic tone causing the reader to feel the need to be 'on their toes' at all times lest they lose track of things and need to break the mesmerizing spell the tale brings to bear.
The information comes from all eras of baseballs history. From the 1870's to the present day. Dead ball, the development of pitchers and their strategic use, WWII, years of the pitcher (1968 & 2010), the great sluggers and more on to the present day.
Cap Anson, Cy Young, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Luis Tiant, Christy Matthewson, Walter Johnson, Harvey Haddix, Nolan Ryan and all the way through Mariano Rivera are included in the scope of this volume.
If you are a baseball fan or someone with an interest in baseball history, or a casual reader, you will find yourself looking forward to each area with great excitement. ( )