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John McCollister

Tales from the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Dugout

Remembering ?The Fam-A-Lee?

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The year is 1979. America is in a funk. And Pittsburgh was no exception.Double-digit inflation, a near disaster at nearby Three Mile Island, and the decline of downtown businesses all placed over the city of Pittsburgh a cloud that grew darker than the smoke that rose from the Homestead Works 25 years earlier.Into this atmosphere of doom and gloom came a cause to celebrate. The 1979 Pirates, under the baton of manager Chuck Tanner, included a cast of characters known as Scrap Iron,” Cobra,” Teke,” The Candy Man,” and, of course, Pops.”The team became a cardiologist's nightmare as the Bucs compiled a 98-64 regular season record, winning 25 of… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-61321-664-4
  • EAN: 9781613216644
  • Produktnummer: 22301112
  • Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 192 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 7'587 KB
  • Sonstiges: Ab 12 - 99 J.

Über den Autor


John McCollister is an incurable baseball romantic who has written over 20 books, several of which are on baseball. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCollister earned his BA in history at Capital University and his PhD at Michigan State in communications.

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