Dynastic Bombastic Fantastic

Release on 2017-03-07 | by Jason Turbow

“Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic masterfully recounts a thrilling period in Oakland
A's history. Jason's storytelling vividly captures the cast of characters that made
up the Athletics of the '70s, starting with their ringleader, Charlie Finley.

Author: Jason Turbow
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780544303232
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 320
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Dynastic Bombastic Fantastic

“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.

Language: en
Pages: 320

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic

Authors: Jason Turbow

Categories: Sports & Recreation

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-07 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Language: en
Pages: 384

They Bled Blue

Authors: Jason Turbow

Categories: HISTORY

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of Dynastic, Fantastic, Bombastic and The Baseball Codes In the Halberstam tradition of capturing a season through its unforgettable figures, They Bled Blue is a sprawling, mad tale of excess and exuberance, the likes of which could

Language: en
Pages: 239

The New York Yankees in Popular Culture

Authors: David Krell

Categories: SPORTS & RECREATION

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-20 - Publisher: McFarland

How did Reggie Jackson go from superstar to icon? Why did Joe DiMaggio’s nickname change from “Deadpan Joe” to “Joltin’ Joe”? How did Seinfeld affect public perception of George Steinbrenner? The New York Yankees’ dominance on the baseball diamond has been lauded, analyzed and chronicled. Yet the team’s broader impact

Language: en
Pages: 272

Intangibles

Authors: Joan Ryan

Categories: Sports & Recreation

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-28 - Publisher: Hachette UK

From baseball to biology, an award-winning journalist highlights the power of team chemistry in this "terrific" data-driven investigation of human relationships (Billie Jean King). Does team chemistry actually exist? Is there scientific or mathematical proof? Is team chemistry as real and relevant as on-base percentages and wins above replacement? In

Language: en
Pages: 264

Billy Ball

Authors: Dale Tafoya

Categories: Sports & Recreation

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships. But as the decade came to a close, the A's were in free fall, having lost 108 games in 1979 while drawing just 307,000 fans. Free agency