Crosley Field: The Illustrated History of a Classic Ballpark

History

Rhodes, Greg

Americas

Road West Pub Co

Product description\nIt is baseball's last great team. And always will be. Here is the inside story of the greatest starting eight in baseball history, and one of the greatest teams of all-time:The Big Red Machine. Led by the fiery Pete Rose, Hall-of-Famers johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, and Latin stars Tony Perez and Davey Concepcion, the "Great Eight" of the Reds dominated baseball in the I970s. The Great Eight earned 63 All-Star selections, six MVP awards and 26 Gold Gloves. No team could afford such excellence today. General manager Bob Howsam arrived in Cincinnati in 1967 and immediately began building a first-class operation that became the best in baseball. He hired the unknown Sparky Anderson in 1970, and the two proceeded to guide the Reds to consecutive World Championships, four National League pennants and five N.L.Western Division titles in seven years. Drawing upon dozens of interviews and thousands of pages of research material, authors Greg Rhodes and John Erardi document the behind-the scenes maneuvering that guided this baseball juggernaut, including: the intelligence gathering of superscout (and super "sleuth") Ray Shore that led to the trade that brought Morgan to Cincinnati in 1972; the real story of what turned around the 1975 season; the clubhouse conversations that fueled --sometimes explosively -- the "chemistry" of the four superstars; the coming of free-agency and the resulting decline of the Big Red Machine. Big Red Dynasty is a compelling, riveting romp through a decade that changed baseball forever and left as its legacy some of the greatest postseason performances of all time: the dramatic 1972 playoffs; the nerve-wracking Reds-A's World Series of 72; the 1975 Reds-Red Sox Series classic; and the 1976 post-season sweep of the Phillies and Yankees. "Nobody has chronicled a dynasty team and an era the way this book does", says Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman. "This is the bible."\nAmazon.com Review\nIt may seem like a big conceit, but the assertion that the Big Red Machine was the last baseball dynasty--and always will be--is not far off base. Unless the business of baseball changes drastically, it will be mighty tough to assemble a team of all-star players and keep them together long enough to build the sort of dominance the Cincinnati Reds (and their fans) enjoyed in the 1970s. Greg Rhodes and John Erardi present this formidable marriage of all-stars and brilliant coaching with anecdotes, quotes, pictures, and year-by-year commentary. The exciting rise of the Reds begins with the arrival of general manager Bob Howsam in 1967 and subsequent hiring of little-known Sparky Anderson three years later and gains momentum with the grooming of one of the greatest lineups to take the field. Over the course of seven years, the Big Red Machine won consecutive World Series, four National League pennants, and five National League Western Division titles. The "Great Eight"--led by Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Davey Concepcion, and George Foster--earned 63 All-Star selections, six MVP awards, and 26 Gold Gloves. The glory of this dynasty, maybe the last of its kind, is preserved with a careful, knowledgeable touch and a true fan's attention to drama and detail.

Big Red Dynasty: How Bob Howsam & Sparky Anderson Built the Big Red Machine

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

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Stang, Mark

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Snyder, John

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Erardi, John

Road West Publishing Company

At age 40, Greg and Heidi Rhodes kept a rash promise to each other made 17 years earlier, when the naive, mortgage-free expats swore to return to China with their own children. Arriving back in the Middle Kingdom in 2005, they were surprised to find their former home city, Chengdu, unrecognizable. Familiar landmarks and expectations had been swept away by China’s rushing tide of progress, replaced by glass skyscrapers, McDonald’s restaurants, and a frenetic scramble to get ahead.

Expat in China: A Family Adventure

Travel

Asia

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Cincinnati's Crosley Field presents the field's history through text and more than 150 photographs. The Cincinnati Reds played at Crosley Field from 1912 through 1970, and the ballpark holds an iconic place in the city's history as well as throughout Reds Country. One of the most beloved ballparks in Major League history, Crosley Field played host to the first night game and the first of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters, as well as four World Series and two All-Star games. From the outfield terrace to the "Moon Deck," from Lombardi's "snooze" to Big Klu's biceps, Blackwell's "whip" to Rose's belly-flop slides, the Redlegs to the Big Red Machine, Cincinnati's Crosley Field has them covered in words and pictures. Greg Rhodes and John Erardi also present the great Negro Leagues teams that played at Crosley, as well as the field's many colorful characters, such as longtime announcer Waite Hoyt and the top-hatted vendor known as Peanut Jim. In April 2009, the Reds' Hall of Fame and Museum opens this season's key exhibit, Crosley Field Remembered, and Cincinnati's Crosley Field will be sold at the team's gift shop as a souvenir.

Cincinnati's Crosley Field: The Illustrated History of a Classic Ballpark

Clerisy Press

"Delightful! Text and illustrations do the great story of the 1869 Red Stockings proud. Forget the legend and learn the real story of the team that made baseball famous." - John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball. A 2019 CASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the Year Celebrate the 150th anniversary of professional baseball with the amazing 1869 Red Stockings, the team that made baseball famous. Led by two giants of the game, brothers Harry and George Wright, and backed by a city crazy about its baseball, the Red Stockings win every game, play on both coasts, and revolutionize a sport that was only beginning to establish itself as the National Pastime. Follow the story of how a second-class amateur team from Cincinnati, isolated from the baseball hotbeds of the East, became the first openly professional team, dominated its more established competition, and became the first sports team in America to receive national acclaim. Meet the players and civic leaders behind the Red Stockings revolution, relive their key games, and experience life and travel in 1869. Then learn about the team’s shocking demise after the 1870 season. The Red Stockings paved the way for the major league baseball of today, and this is the most complete look at their story.

Baseball Revolutionaries: How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Rocked the Country and Made Baseball Famous

Gajus, Greg

Independently published

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