Pennant Races; Baseball at Its Best
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, New York, 1994
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- Hardcover
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[4], 421, [1] pages. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Minor DJ spine wear. Discusses the greatest down-to-the-wire finishes in baseball history, describing the three-way 1920 race that featured the outbreak of the Black Sox scandal, the 1934 Gas House Gang Cardinals, and the famous "Phillie Phlop." David Poole Anderson (May 6, 1929 - October 4, 2018) was an American sportswriter based in New York City. In 1981 he won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary on sporting events. He was the author of 21 books and more than 350 magazine articles. Anderson moved to The New York Times in 1966 and was given a regular column there in 1971. In 1972, he won the E.P. Dutton Award for the best sports feature story of the year, the return of the heavyweight champion Joe Frazier to his Beaufort, South Carolina hometown (he won a Page One Award for the same story). In 1981, he became the second sportswriter to win the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1990, joining three other past "Sports of The Times," columnists - Red Smith, Arthur Daley and John Kieran. Anderson was the 1994 winner of the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) Red Smith Award for distinguished sports column writing. In 2005, he received the Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism. In 2014, he was honored with the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing. Derived from a Kirkus review: If baseball championships are sprints, the pennant races that lead to divisional playoffs and/or the World Series are marathons during which literally hundreds of little-remembered events or moments can play important roles in determining outcomes. Anderson offers a marvelously evocative reprise of 15 major league seasons noteworthy for their stirringly competitive and climactic flag chases. By no coincidence, perhaps, all but three of the pennant races he singles out for tellingly detailed attention occurred before 1969, after which the American and National Leagues were each split into two divisions. In the leadoff spot is 1908, a doubleheader of a year when Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers won a close three-way battle (with Chicago and Cleveland) for the AL title while the Windy City's Cubs copped the senior-circuit crown in a first-ever playoff with the New York Giants (managed by John McGraw). Further down the order are 1934 (the Gashouse Gang, aka the St. Louis Cardinals, triumphs in a down-to-the-wire finish), 1944 (the St. Louis Browns luck into the AL franchise's only pennant with players too young, old, or debilitated to make the WW II roster), 1951 (the Giants nose out the Dodgers when Bobby Thomson takes Ralph Branca deep, breaking almost every heart in Brooklyn), and 1964 (the Philadelphia Phillies blow a big lead with but a dozen games to play, allowing the Cards to pass them in the stretch). Closer to the present, there are 1978 (the come-from-behind New York Yankees best the Boston Red Sox in a playoff recalled for the light-hitting Bucky Dent's decisive homer) and 1993 (the Atlanta Braves beat out San Francisco's Giants on the regular season's final day). This latter matchup, Anderson points out, will be the last pure pennant race because, starting this year, second-place clubs will be participating in two-stage championship series in both leagues. The author's touchstone accounts remind us of the times baseball was inarguably at its best. There are contemporary photos throughout the consistently absorbing text. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…
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- Title
- Pennant Races; Baseball at Its Best
- Author
- Anderson, Dave
- Publisher
- Doubleday, New York
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385425732
- ISBN 13
- 9780385425735
- Illustrator
- David Spindel (Author photograph)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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