AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
10 great moments in 'The Book' history.(baseball)
1. One of the great modern examples of flouting The Book--indeed, of tearing it into tiny pieces and burying them under the nearest cactus--occurred May 28, 1998, executed by Arizona manager Buck Showalter.
Barry Bonds, who no one yet knew would hit 73 home runs three years later, came to bat in the ninth inning against Showalter's Diamondbacks. Gregg Olson was on the mound, Arizona was leading 8-6, there were two outs and the bases were loaded.
Showalter did the unthinkable and ordered Bonds walked intentionally, forcing in a run. The strategy worked, but not without an anxious moment; the next hitter, the overtly disrespected Brent Mayne, worked the ...
- World Series final plays.
- Magazine article from: The National Pastime Elinich, Joseph January 1, 2005 700+ words
...already lost two games in the series...The second World Series to end with...Yankees won the game 5-2 as Joe...in only two World Series and would finish...in as many games. The game before, the...overcome in World Series play. The...
- The World Series; Fleeting fame.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckley, Steve October 25, 1997 700+ words
...reason nobody is watching the World Series is because the games have offered about as much...hard to get excited about World Series games played in Florida because...hard to get excited about World Series games in Cleveland because by the...
- World Series; Series belongs to nobodies, too.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckley, Steve October 22, 1997 700+ words
...get to the World Series because of...win the big games. Carlton...the 1975 World Series that nobody...complete-game victories...to three games." And then...close to the World Series during his...league game he ever attended...
- Feature: World Series trivia.
- News wire article from: United Press International October 29, 2003 700+ words
...Sox won the World Series, they defeated the Cubs in six games. The winning pitcher of Game One: Babe Ruth...have won three games in a single World Series. However...to lose three games in the same...Black Sox" game-fixing scandal...
- World Series of Golf Launches Blog.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 25, 2008 700+ words
...construction contractors. The World Series of Golf has engaged in a multi...sports leader, CBS Sports. About World Series of Golf World Series of Golf is a sports and entertainment...based method of play for the game of golf. The company's first...
- World Series of Poker Begins Last Day of Action; Final Nine at World's Most...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 15, 2005 700+ words
...7.5 million and the coveted 2005 World Series of Poker World Champion gold bracelet...Las Vegas, where the final day of the World Series of Poker is being held to honor the...focused on the last day of action at the World Series of Poker. Play begins at 4 p.m...
- THE WORLD SERIES; Sun of a gun - this is baseball?
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckley, Steve October 18, 1997 700+ words
...We just won the World Series and I'm going...Lake Park!" The World Series has arrived in...Cleveland Indians in Game 1 tonight. If...goes six or seven games, it'll mean...Florida. True, the World Series has been played...
- Chicago Cubs destiny--World Series victory. (Tales From the Dugout).
- Magazine article from: Nine Sherony, Mark March 22, 2003 700+ words
The Chicago Cubs will win the World Series again. This is not the speculation of a fan, for...No speculation. No hubbub. The Cubs will win the World Series again. The World Series was first officially played in 1903, and the Boston...
Source: HighBeam Research, 10 great moments in 'The Book' history.(baseball)