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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Yankees World Series Memories

Yankees World Series Memories

Maury Allen

ISBN: 1596702281
Retail Price: $24.95

DESCRIPTION

The most successful franchise in American sports history, the New York Yankees, have won 26 World Series. Now acclaimed author Maury Allen recalls the Yankees’ greatest Series events of the last 60 years – starting in 1947 and moving through the Bronx Bombers’ most recent appearance in the 2003 Fall Classic. The magical moments are captured through the eyes of the author, the players who made them happen, and other professional observers of baseball’s most electric scenes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maury Allen is one of the most successful and prolific baseball authors in the country, with more than 30 published books on the game. His works include bestsellers on Joe DiMaggio and Casey Stengel. He has been a working sportswriter for more than half a century, with time as a columnist for the New York Post, the Gannett Journal News, Sports Illustrated, and several other publications. Maury Allen resides in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

2008

256 pp

b/w photos throughout

6 x 9 hardcover

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Rayzor's Edge: Rob Ray's Tough Life on the Ice

(softcover)

Rob Ray with Budd Bailey

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ISBN: 1596703555
Retail Price: $15.95

DESCRIPTION

Rob Ray was known as one of the NHL's toughest players of the 1990s. The right wing played 13 seasons for the Buffalo Sabres, earning the reputation as his team's enforcer. Ray was known for his unique, jersey-off fighting style, and during his years in Buffalo he starred on some of the greatest Sabres teams ever. Led by head coach Lindy Ruff and goalie Dominik Hasek, the Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in 1998-99. In this book Ray shares his many humorous and insightful behind-the-scenes stories from his Sabres career.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rob Ray played parts of 14 NHL seasons, 13 with the Buffalo Sabres. Known as an enforcer throughout his career, the NHL awarded Ray the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his leadership and humanitarian contributions in the Buffalo and Western New York area in 1999. After his retirement in 2004, Ray returned to Buffalo where he currently works as a contributor to Sabres television broadcasts.

Budd Bailey is a graduate of Syracuse University who has worked for The Buffalo News for many years, including several seasons as the Sabres beat writer.2008 * 192 pp * b/w photo section8.5 x 5.5 in softcover

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

An Incredible Year:
07/08 Jayhawks

The Laurence Journal-World
(Officially Licensed by KU!)

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ISBN: 0974251364
Retail Price: $24.95

DESCRIPTION
The 2008 Kansas Jayhawks brought home the school’s first national championship in 20 years. Led by head coach Bill Self and stars Brandon Rush and Mario Chalmers, the Big 12 conference champions lost only three games all season. In the NCAA tournament, the Jayhawks breezed through the first three rounds before an Elite Eight nailbiter against Davidson to advance to the Final Four. In San Antonio, Self’s team throttled Roy Williams’ North Carolina team in the semis, then provided a comeback for the record books in the final against Memphis. This officially licensed full color book chronicles the incredible season of the Kansas Jayhawks and their march to the national championship. Enjoy 160 pages of outstanding photos and stories from the Lawrence Journal-World photographers and reporters. (Buy Now!)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Lawrence Journal-World is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas — the home of Kansas University.

* 2008
* 160 pp
* color photos throughout
* 8.5 x 11 inches

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Game of My Life: New York Yankees

Memorable Stories of Yankees Baseball

by Dave Buscema

ISBN: 1596702966
Retail Price: $24.95

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In Game of My Life: New York Yankees, everyone from stars to supersubs offers personal stories revealing the obstacles they had to overcome in order to succeed on sports’ biggest stage. Some of the biggest names to ever don the pinstripes are captured in personal portraits here, from Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to Don Mattingly, Reggie Jackson, Ron Guidry, and all the way back to Yogi Berra and Tommy Henrich, the first Yankee to grow up dreaming of the big ballpark in the Bronx. Along with taking readers behind the scenes of the greatest moments in Yankees history—from Bucky Dent’s home run to David Wells’s perfect game—the book offers a glimpse of what helped the stars reach their peak. Jorge Posada made up for the dream his father lost as a political prisoner in Cuba. Ron Guidry hunted from the time he was a boy to help his hard-working father put food on the table. Mel Stottlemyre, who lost a son to leukemia, picked a seemingly meaningless regular-season game because “my boys didn’t think I could do it.” Joe Torre first started organizing games in the park as he took refuge from his “bully” of a father. Don Mattingly recounts the thrill of proving he could perform on the October stage and the decision to walk away from the game without a World Series ring so he could spend time with his family. Reggie Jackson details his difficulty in adjusting to the Yankees, from his battles with Billy Martin to his eventual triumph in making World Series history.

Award-winning writer Dave Buscema, who covers the Yankees on a regular basis, paints a personal picture of the Yankees’ biggest stars and captures the joy of those who rose from obscurity to history. The game accounts spark memories of the most exciting moments in Yankees history. The players’ personal stories show that, for many of them, the “Game of My Life” was often about more than just a game.

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Game of My Life: Boston Red Sox

Game of My Life: Boston Red Sox

Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball

by Charles Scoggins

ISBN: 1596702958
Retail Price: $24.95

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Having dominated the American League for much of the first two decades of the 20th century, the Boston Red Sox fell on hard times after the infamous sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. From 1922-32, they finished higher than last-place only twice, never coming close to enjoying a winning season and losing 100-plus games an incredible five times. The Red Sox hit rock bottom in 1932, losing 111 games, finishing 64 games out of first place, and attracting only 182,000 fans to a disintegrating Fenway Park.

Young multi-millionaire Thomas A. Yawkey resurrected the franchise when he bought it in 1933. Since that time, the Boston Red Sox have become one of the most popular - and valuable - sports franchises in existence. Although pennants and championships have been rare, the disappointments never diminished the passion of their devoted fans. If anything, those heartbreaking moments only heightened the desire that was finally rewarded in 2004 with the franchise´s first World Series championship since 1918.

Recalling some of the greatest players in Red Sox history and some of their greatest games, Chaz Scoggins´s Game of My Life: Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball traces back nearly 70 years, almost to the very start of the seminal Yawkey Era. Beginning with Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who joined the team in 1937, the book touches on players and their most memorable games from every decade, right up to those who finally experienced the exhilaration of winning that elusive World Series. Among the many players who recount the most memorable games in their Red Sox careers are Johnny Pesky, Dominic DiMaggio, Mel Parnell, Frank Malzone, Bill Monbouquette, Rico Petrocelli, Fred Lynn, Butch Hobson, Wade Boggs, and Bruce Hurst. Their recollections and stories - linking eight decades of Boston Red Sox baseball and revealing many details unknown until now - will undoubtedly awaken fond but probably long-forgotten memories of life-long Boston fans themselves.

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