Brewers Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!

by Tom Haudricourt, Gorman Thomas (Foreword by)

Overview

A one-stop record containing everything Brewers fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos. Hours of entertainment include insider stories, player biographies, greatest moments, biggest disappointments, memorable personalities, and top-10 lists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781572439474
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Series:	Essential: Everything You Need to Know to be a Real Fan
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,062,321
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Tom Haudricourt is a sportswriter who covers the Milwaukee Brewers and Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He is the author of Where Have You Gone, ’82 Brewers?. Gorman Thomas is a former center fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Table of Contents

Foreword     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Hang a Right at Vegas     1
If You Build It     6
The Kid     12
If I Had a Hammer     19
Bambi's Bombers     26
Rollie Saves the Day     32
Harvey's Wallbangers     37
Now or Never     43
California Dreamin'     49
The Suds Series     55
Born to be Wild     62
Mr. Baseball     66
All the King's Men     72
A Real Teddy Bear     77
Team Streak     83
A Hero in Goat's Clothing     91
Out with the Old, in with the New     97
Off to the Races     102
Into the Darkness     108
Three's Company     114
Dome, Sweet Dome     121
If at First You Don't Succeed     126
The Big Tease     133
This Bud's for You     141
Answers to Trivia Questions     147
The Milwaukee Brewers All-Time Roster     149
Bibliography     159