Matthew Silverman: 13 books
by Matthew Silverman, Matthew Silverman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
With trivia boxes, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Mets fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide...
One-Year Dynasty
Inside the Rise and Fall of the 1986 Mets, Baseball's Impossible One-and-Done Champions
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Relive the games, moves, and players of the hard-hitting team that won the 1986 World Series. Vin Scully called the tenth-inning groundball in Game Six of the 1986 World Series—Mets versus Red Sox—that sealed a comeback, fueled a curse, and turned a batting champion into a scapegoat. But getting...
Golf Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Golf
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
What causes a golf ball to hook or slice? What are the origins of the terms bogey” and birdie”? Why was Jack Nicklaus called The Golden Bear”? Why is the Masters champion presented with a green jacket? How many tournaments did Byron Nelson win in 1945?
With Golf Miscellany, the...
Baseball Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Why does a curveball curve? What is a can of corn”? Why was Joe DiMaggio called the Yankee Clipper”? Who wrote Take Me Out to the Ballgame”? How many times did Ty Cobb steal home?
In Baseball Miscellany, the fascinating history and lore of our national pastime is finally revealed!...
Cubs by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Chicago Cubs by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
What do Dizzy Dean, Catfish Metkovich, John Boccabella, Bill Buckner, Mark Prior, and Jason Heyward all have in common? They all wore number 22 for the Chicago Cubs, even though eight decades have passed between the last time Dizzy Dean buttoned up a Cubs uniform with that number and the first time
outfielder...
Red Sox by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They all wore #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players. Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of every Red Sox player since '31-from Bill Sweeney...
Beantown Sports Trivia
The All Boston Sports Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book includes six sections of trivia on Boston sports covering the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Boston Area College Teams and a Bonus Section. The College section is broken up into six parts with questions about Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern, General College...
Swinging '73
Baseball's Wildest Season
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Interest and attendance were dropping, and football was ascending. Stuck in a rut, baseball was dying. Then Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, a second-division club with wife-swapping pitchers, leaving the House That Ruth Built not with a slam but a simper. He vowed not to interfere—before soon changing...
Red Sox by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They have all worn #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players.
In this newly updated edition, Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of...
Shea Stadium Remembered
The Mets, the Jets, and Beatlemania
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Few remember that Shea Stadium—and indeed the Mets baseball club itself—arose out of a dispute between two oversized egos: New York City official Robert Moses and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley. While O’Malley wanted complete control over a new stadium and all of its concessions in...
Best Mets
Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York's Most Agonizingly Amazin' Team
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
As the New York Mets celebrate their fiftieth anniversary of National League baseball, this rollicking chronicle recounts a half century of the team’s ups and downs. Chapters recount the best and worst teams; the greatest players; the most thrilling wins and most excruciating losses; the most memorable...
Cubs by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Cubbies by Uniform Number
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
What do Dizzy Dean, Catfish Metkovich, John Boccabella, Bill Buckner, Mark Prior, and Kevin Hart all have in common? They all wore number 22 for the Chicago Cubs, even though seven decades have passed between the last time Dizzy Dean buttoned up a Cubs uniform with that number and the first time reliever...
Mets by the Numbers
A Complete Team History of the Amazin' Mets by Uniform Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
This is the first team history of the New York Mets-or any other team-to be told through a lighthearted analysis of uniform numbers. Ordinary club histories proceed year by year to give the big picture. Mets by the Numbers uses jersey numbers to tell the little stories-the ones the fans love-of the...