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The 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates are likely to advance to the postseason for the first time in 20 years. Loyal fans who stood by their team through two decades of losing seasons, including late-season collapses in 2011 and 2012, finally have reason to celebrate. Leading the National League Central throughout the 2013 season, the Pirates are a virtual lock for the playoffs, meaning fans can watch manager Clint Hurdle lead Andrew McCutchen, a recovered Jason Grilli, Garrett Jones, and the rest of the Bucs in a chase to the World Series. Celebrate the team’s amazing season in this full-color pictorial keepsake packed with unique stories and images from Pittsburgh’s largest daily newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Go deep Behind the Scenes with America's Top Athletes. As the founder and host of the radio ministry A Second Look at Sports, Dr. Dwight Allen over the past 30 years has interviewed hundreds of the world's most famous athletes representing nearly every sport. From his time as a scout for the Chicago Cubs to his current A Second Look at Sports, Racing World, and 60 Second Look at Sports radio programs, Dwight's humble, unassuming approach has earned him unparalleled respect among the athletic community and resulted in some of the most revealing behind-the-scenes interviews in sports. Now Dwight gives you a glimpse into the lives of these top athletes as they share their advice and life lessons, revealing a spiritual passion not often seen in the world of sports.
Biography of Jason Grilli, currently Major League Pitcher at Atlanta Braves, previously Mobile Local Marketing at Perfect Pitch Marketing and Mobile Local Marketing at Perfect Pitch Marketing.
Superstition has been a part of baseball from the beginning. From good luck charms to human mascots to ritual statues of Babe Ruth to the curse of Colonel Sanders, there may be almost as many superstitions as players (or fans). Drawing on social science, religious studies and SABRmetrics, this book explores the rich history of supernatural belief in the game and documents a wide variety of rituals, fetishes, taboos and jinxes. Some of these have changed over time but coping with uncertainty on the field through magical thinking remains a constant.
The Newberg Report pulls back the curtain on The Texas Rangers baseball team by taking a look at everything from what the organization does to the intuitive emphasis on the ¿how¿ and the ¿why.¿ The book, now in its 10th edition, encourages casual fans to get more involved while providing hardcore fans with a forum to discuss their beloved team. It¿s written by ¿baseball guru¿ Jamey Newberg.
Let’s say you’re the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, deciding which players should start in Game 7 of the World Series against the American League champs. But instead of choosing from the current roster, you have every player in the team’s 131-year history in your clubhouse. Who’s your starting pitcher: lefty John Candelaria, steady Bert Blyleven, Cy Young winner Doug Drabek, or crafty Rip Sewell? Who bats cleanup—hitting-machine Honus Wagner, home-run champ Ralph Kiner, Willie “Pops” Stargell, or the hugely talented Barry Bonds? Combining career stats, common sense, and a host of intangibles, veteran sportswriter Dave Finoli imagines an embarrassment of riches and sets the all-time All-Star Pirates lineup for the ages.
The essential guide to the 2015 baseball season is on deck now, and whether you're a fan or fantasy player—or both—you won't be properly informed without it. Baseball Prospectus 2015 brings together an elite group of analysts to provide the definitive look at the upcoming season in critical essays and commentary on the thirty teams, their managers, and more than sixty players and prospects from each team. Baseball Prospectus 2015contains critical essays on each of the thirty teams and player comments for some sixty players for each of those teams; projects each player's stats for the coming season using the groundbreaking PECOTA projection system, which has been called "perhaps the game's most accurate projection model" (Sports Illustrated). Now in its twentieth edition, this New York Times bestselling insider's guide from Baseball Prospectus, America's leading provider of statistical analysis for baseball, remains hands down the most authoritative and entertaining book of its kind.
Tweet along with your favorite celebs! Divided by category with celebrities listed in alphabetical order so you can easily find your favorite celeb, The Celebrity Tweet Directory tweets you to conversations with hundreds of well-known actors, comedians, singers, politicians, sports figures, and more. With this handy guide, you can flutter into the world of celebrity chatter and experience how they reveal themselves in a way you don’t see anywhere else. With this portable directory, you'll quickly and easily discover what's really happening in Hollywood, on Wall Street, or in Washington, all while following your favorite celeb. In addition, the helpful directory weeds out any fake celebrity...
In 1901, the 25-year-old National League once again had competition - but this time the new league stayed. In AL’s 1st year, the NY Yankees didn’t exist, the Cleveland and Boston clubs went by different names, and finances forced the Milwaukee Brewers to move to St. Louis where they were known as the Browns. AL’s peaks and valleys include the Deadball Era, the 1919 scandal, the 56-game hitting streak and baseball’s last .400 hitter – both in 1941; the Yankees’ continual dominance; expansion; strikes, the steroid era, etc. Yesterdays and today’s stars are all here! End-of-year standings that include who placed 1st in batting, pitching, and fielding. League notes that highlight r...
A complete guide to the 2010 Major League Baseball season. In depth analysis of all thirty teams with sections dedicated to: management, starting lineups, starting pitching, bullpen and bench along with predictions for the upcoming season and a projected record. Who will win the World Series? Who will and won't make the playoffs? Which players will win the MVP, Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year? Everything you need to know for the 2010 baseball season is available within these pages. Ruthless Baseball Analysis From The Best Writer You've Never Heard Of.