Description
"An exciting and engrossing book with stories that are worth telling. This work will engage fans of Charlie O. Finley and the Oakland Athletics, along with anyone captivated by baseball history." -- Library Journal, starred review The Oakland A's of the early 1970s: Never before had an entire organization so collectively traumatized baseball's establishment with its outlandish behavior and business decisions. The high drama that played out on the field--five straight division titles and three straight championships--was exceeded only by the drama in the clubhouse and front office.
Under the visionary leadership of owner Charles O. Finley, the team assembled such luminary figures as Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue, and with garish uniforms and revolutionary facial hair, knocked baseball into the modern age. Finley's insatiable need for control--he was his own general manager and dictated everything from the ballpark organist's playlist to the menu for the media lounge--made him ill-suited for the advent of free agency. Within two years, his dynasty was lost.
A sprawling, brawling history of one of the game's most unforgettable teams, Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic is a paean to the sport's most turbulent, magical team, during one of major league baseball's most turbulent, magical times.
Author: Jason Turbow
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781328570079
ISBN10: 132857007X
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
Under the visionary leadership of owner Charles O. Finley, the team assembled such luminary figures as Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, and Vida Blue, and with garish uniforms and revolutionary facial hair, knocked baseball into the modern age. Finley's insatiable need for control--he was his own general manager and dictated everything from the ballpark organist's playlist to the menu for the media lounge--made him ill-suited for the advent of free agency. Within two years, his dynasty was lost.
A sprawling, brawling history of one of the game's most unforgettable teams, Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic is a paean to the sport's most turbulent, magical team, during one of major league baseball's most turbulent, magical times.
Author: Jason Turbow
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781328570079
ISBN10: 132857007X
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
About the Author
JASON TURBOW is the author of the best-selling The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, & Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and SportsIllustrated.com. He lives in Albany, California.