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The Year of Blue Snow - The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies (Paperback)
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The Year of Blue Snow - The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies (Paperback)
Series: Sabr Digital Library, 12
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356 pages, over 70 photographs Catcher Gus Triandos dubbed the
Philadelphia Phillies' 1964 season the year of the blue snow-a rare
thing that happens once in a great while. The Phillies were having
a spectacular season in which everything was going right. They held
a 6 1/2 game lead on September 20, with just 12 games to play. But
the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals never gave up, and when
the Phillies lost 10 consecutive games, it became a horrific
collapse for Phillies fanatics. But wait a minute. When it was
seemingly too late, the Phillies finally won a game-and the
first-place Cardinals lost two to the lowly Mets, so on the last
day of the season there might be a three-way tie for first place.
On the final day, the Phillies beat the Reds, 10-0. Could the Mets
knock off the first-place Cardinals for a third straight game? The
Mets carried a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth, but
succumbed, 11-5. But what a season for Phillies fans. Jim Bunning
threw the first NL perfect game in 84 years. The hero of the 1964
All-Star Game was Johnny Callison, who hit the third walk-off home
run in the history of the All-Star Game. The team also boasted the
electrifying NL Rookie of the Year, slugging third baseman Richie
Allen (later called Dick Allen). In Philadelphia, the '64 campaign
left an ache that lasted for years. This book sheds light on the
facts for the reader to determine answers to lingering questions
they may still have about the Phillies team in the 1964 season-but
any book about a team is really about the players. A collaborative
effort by 37 members of the Society for American Baseball Research
(SABR), this work offers life stories of all the players and others
(managers, coaches, owners, and broadcasters) associated with this
star-crossed team, as well as essays of analysis and historical
recaps. Includes: Foreword by Mel Marmer Introduction by Mel Marmer
Opening Day 1964 Dick Allen by Rich D'Ambrosio Ruben Amaro by Rory
Costello The Amaro Chronicles by Rory Costello Two Gold Glove
Shortstops by Rory Costello Jack Baldschun by Chip Greene Dave
Bennett by Mark Armour Dennis Bennett by Mark Armour John Boozer by
Andy Sturgill Johnny Briggs by John Saccoman Jim Bunning by Ralph
Berger Johnny Callison by John Rossi Danny Cater by Brian
Englehardt Pat Corrales by James Ray Wes Covington by Andy Sturgill
Ray Culp by Mark Armour Clay Dalrymple by Rory Costello Ryne Duren
by Gregory H Wolf Tony Gonzalez by Jose Ramirez and Rory Costello
Dallas Green by Gregory H Wolf John Herrnstein by Brian Englehardt
Don Hoak by Jack V Morris Alex Johnson by Mark Armour Johnny
Klippstein by Gregory H Wolf Gary Kroll by Neil Poloncarz Bobby
Locke by Paul Geisler Art Mahaffey by Ralph Berger and Mel Marmer
Cal McLish by Joe Wancho Adolfo Phillips by Rob Neyer Vic Power by
Joe Wancho Ed Roebuck by Paul Hirsch Cookie Rojas by Peter Gordon
Bobby Shantz by Mel Marmer Costen Shockley by Chip Greene Chris
Short by Andy Sturgill Roy Sievers by Gregory H Wolf Morrie
Steevens by Len Levin Tony Taylor by Rory Costello and Jose Ramirez
Frank Thomas by Bob Hurte Gus Triandos by Neal Poloncarz Bobby Wine
by Bob Bloss Rick Wise by Bill Nowlin Gene Mauch by John Vorperian
Peanuts Lowrey by Dick Rosen George Myatt by John Green Bob Oldis
by Dan Even Al Widmar by Gregory H Wolf Bob Carpenter by James Ray
John Quinn by Rory Costello The Origins of the 1964 Phillies by Jim
Sweetman How the 1964 Phillies Were Built by Mel Marmer Shibe
Park/Connie Mack Stadium by James Ray Richie Ashburn by Seamus
Kearney Bill Campbell by Curt Smith By Saam by Neal Poloncarz Jim
Bunning's Perfect Game by James Ray Johnny Callison's All-Star Home
Run by Mel Marmer In Defense of Chico Ruiz's Mad Dash by Rory
Costello Pennant Was Stolen by Clem Comly Beyond Bunning and Short
Rest: An Analysis of Managerial Decisions That Led to the Phillies'
Epic Collapse of 1964 by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte Epilogue by Clem
Comly
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