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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786414413

ISBN-139780786414413

eBay Product ID (ePID)2390338

Product Key Features

Number of Pages262 Pages

Publication NameSingle Season Home Run Kings : Ruth, Maris, Mcgwire, Sosa and Bonds

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectBaseball / History, Baseball / General, General, Baseball / Statistics

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorWilliam F. Mcneil

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-015189

Reviews"the four combatants are studied side-by-side, comparing the various cultural and social conditions and changes in the game that may have affected each player's home run totals"- The SABR Bulletin ; "unique and interesting facts"- Sports Collectors Digest ; "Big Mac and Sammy get the biographical treatment in context with fellow 60-HR Club members Roger Maris and the Bambino. Includes statistical studies and comparative essays from the eras of these fence-busting feats"- USA Today Sports Weekly ; "[the stories] are well told"- Choice ; "compares the 1998 heroics of Sosa and McGwire with Ruth's 60 and Maris's 61...extensive statistics and appealing sidelights add to McNeil's analysis. Sports students and their libraries especially will want this"- Library Journal ; "important...underscores the significance of various cultural and social conditions and changes that may have influenced each player's home run totals"- Public Library Quarterly., "the four combatants are studied side-by-side, comparing the various cultural and social conditions and changes in the game that may have affected each player's home run totals"-- The SABR Bulletin ; "unique and interesting facts"-- Sports Collectors Digest ; "Big Mac and Sammy get the biographical treatment in context with fellow 60-HR Club members Roger Maris and the Bambino. Includes statistical studies and comparative essays from the eras of these fence-busting feats"-- USA Today Sports Weekly ; "[the stories] are well told"-- Choice ; "compares the 1998 heroics of Sosa and McGwire with Ruth's 60 and Maris's 61...extensive statistics and appealing sidelights add to McNeil's analysis. Sports students and their libraries especially will want this"-- Library Journal ; "important...underscores the significance of various cultural and social conditions and changes that may have influenced each player's home run totals"-- Public Library Quarterly.

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796.357/26

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface PART ONE : THE TEXT 1. The Evolution of the Home Run 2. Babe Ruth--The Early Years 3. Babe Ruth--A Hero Emerges 4. The 1930s, '40s, and '50s--An Historical Perspective 5. Roger Maris--The Early Years 6. Roger Maris--Home Run Champion 7. The 1960s to the 1990s--An Historical Perspective 8. Sammy Sosa--The Early Years 9. Mark McGwire--The Early Years 10. The Great Home Run Race of 1998 11. The Home Run War Continues 12. Barry Bonds--The Early Years 13. Barry Bonds--The Home Run King 14. The Champions--Side by Side PART TWO : THE STATISTICS 1. Playing Statistics 2. Side by Side Comparisons 3. Home Run Statistics 4. Homer by Homer Comparisons 5. Babe Ruth in 1927 6. Roger Maris in 1961 7. Mark McGwire in 1998 8. Sammy Sosa in 1998 9. Barry Bonds in 2001 10. Major League Park Field Dimensions 11. Home Run Factors 12. Top Home Run Seasons, per At-Bat 13. Top Home Run Careers, per At-Bat Bibliography Index

SynopsisAfter Babe Ruth erased Buck Freeman's record in 1919, the new mark stood for 34 years before Maris bettered it, defying as he did an incredulous sporting public. And just as fans' anger grew old and Maris was grudgingly credited--or discredited--with an unrepeatable hot streak, along came Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, two goliaths who in 1998 and the years just after proved fans wrong again. But when in 2001, only three years after McGwire seemed to put the record beyond reach, Barry Bonds topped him by three. This time fans were staunch in their disbelief, and while many celebrated Bonds' achievement, others questioned its significance. This revised edition of Bill McNeil's Ruth, Maris, McGwire, and Sosa ("libraries especially will want this"-- Library Journal ) reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players' season totals and fan reception are also considered., This revised edition reviews the careers of each home run titan, with special attention to the record-breaking seasons. The cultural and social changes that may have affected both the players' season totals and fan reception are also considered.

LC Classification NumberGV868.4.M38 2002