Sporting News Presents 61*: The Story of Roger Maris, Micky Mantle and One Magical Summer - Hardcover

Smith, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892046627 ISBN 13: 9780892046621

Verlag: Sporting News, 2001

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"61 in '61." For years, the phrase held a special place in baseball lore. In three simple words, baseball fans could remember one of the most captivating summers in baseball history, a summer that the most celebrated record in baseball fell. It was the summer in which two Yankees, everybody's hero, Mickey Mantle, and a farm kid from South Dakota, Roger Maris, staged a stunning assault on Ruth's record. 61* expresses how The Sporting News covered that exciting summer. From its spring training dispatches, through each and every home run, through the controversial so-called 'asterisk' ruling, to the final record-breaking home run, 61* chronicles in week-by-week format the home run race, up to and including the Yankees' World Series victory that

Biografía del autor:

Ron Smith is a senior editor for The Sporting News. He is a longtime student of baseball history and has been the author of 13 sports books, including The Sporting News' Celebrating 70! Mark McGwire's Historic Season; Baseball's 100 Greatest Players; Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments, and The Ballpark Book.

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• Verlag: Sporting News
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0892046627
• ISBN 13: 9780892046621
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160