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PublisherGlobe Pequot Press, T.H.E.

ISBN-101630760714

ISBN-139781630760717

eBay Product ID (ePID)204207265

Product Key Features

Book TitleRemembering the Stick : Candlestick Park, 1960-2013

Number of Pages376 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Baseball / History, General, History, Football

Publication Year2017

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, History

AuthorSteven Travers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.5 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-054410

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal725.8270979461

SynopsisDescribed by famed baseball scribe Roger Angell as looking like "a festive prison yard" during the 1962 World Series, Candlestick was loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike for its 43 years of existence. Built on a landfill above a garbage dump in a city rocked by an 8.6 earthquake only 54 years earlier, it was notorious for the tornadic winds that came off the bay, probably costing Willie Mays at least 100 career home runs. The fogs that rolled in looked like something God sent to pass over His Chosen people. And of course, there was the famous 1989 World Series earthquake that postponed the opening game for 10 days. But it was also home to the greatest run of sustained excellence in pro football history: the 1981-1994 49ers, as well as the exploits of baseball stars such as Mays and Juan Marichal., Described by famed baseball scribe Roger Angell as looking like "a festive prison yard" during the 1962 World Series, Candlestick was loved and hated by sports teams and fans alike for its 43 years of existence. Built on a landfill above a garbage dump in a city rocked by an 8.6 earthquake only 54 years earlier, it was notorious for the tornadic ......

LC Classification NumberGV417.C36