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“eric vickrey”

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  • Runnin' Redbirds

    The World Champion 1982 St. Louis Cardinals

    by Eric Vickrey ...
    The 1982 St. Louis Cardinals played an entertaining style of baseball built on speed and defense. The roster was constructed and piloted by Whitey Herzog, a baseball visionary who tailored his team for the AstroTurf and spacious dimensions of Busch Stadium. Herzog traded for closer Bruce Sutter, speedsters Lonnie Smith and Willie McGee, and defensive wizard Ozzie Smith, adding to a talented roster ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Before They Wore Dodger Blue

    by Eric Vickrey ...
    The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers were always groundbreakers on the player-development front, and when MLB instituted an amateur player draft in 1965, the Dodgers were ready: by 1968, the disciplined front office and scouting department put together what is still considered today as the greatest draft class in pro baseball history.That year, the Dodgers drafted six future All-Stars-Doyle Alexander, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Season of Shattered Dreams

    Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything

    by Eric Vickrey ...
    The story of one of the most significant and overlooked seasons in professional baseball, told through the travails of the Spokane IndiansOn June 24, 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed to the bottom of a deep ravine in Washington state’s Cascade mountains, killing nine players. To this day, it remains the deadliest accident in the history of American professional sports ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Two Outs, So What!

    The 2001 Seattle Mariners

    Edited by Steve Friedman, Eric Vickrey, Bill Nowlin ...
    Twenty-five years ago, the Seattle Mariners had a magical season and pennant fever gripped the Pacific Northwest. This book collects biographies of every player on the 2001 roster and looks back at key games and moments in their record-setting run-a 116-win season, the best in American League history. Their penchant for comeback victories inspired the catchphrase: "Two Outs, So What!"The M's built ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Grandest Stage

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  • Ten Innings at Wrigley

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    The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, on the cusp of a new era in baseball historyIt was a Thursday at Chicago's Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected an afternoon game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs on May 17, 1979, to be much more than a lazy ... Read more

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  • The Average Joe's Super Sports Almanac

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  • The New Baseball Bible

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