Description
With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Athletics fan should know. This guide to all things A's covers the team's amazing history including the Connie Mack and Charlie O. Finley dynasties, the Earthquake Series, and all of their World Series titles. Author Susan Slusser has collected every essential piece of A's knowledge and trivia, including Billy Beane and Moneyball, Catfish Hunter, Stomper, and the Bash Brothers, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans of all ages.
Author: Susan Slusser
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Published: 06/01/2015
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781629370682
ISBN10: 1629370681
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | General
- Travel | United States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
Author: Susan Slusser
Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
Published: 06/01/2015
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781629370682
ISBN10: 1629370681
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | General
- Travel | United States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
About the Author
Susan Slusser has been the San Francisco Chronicle's Oakland A's beat writer for 16 seasons. She is an MLB Network correspondent and is a former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. She lives in San Carlos, California. Billy Beane is the general manager and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics. He was named the Sporting News' Executive of the Year in 1999 and 2012, and the Baseball America Major League Baseball Executive of the Year in 2002 and 2013. He lives in the Bay Area.
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