Few and Chosen Giants: Defining Giants Greatness Across the Eras
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Few and Chosen Giants: Defining Giants Greatness Across the Eras
By (Author) Bobby Thomson
By (author) Phil Pepe
Foreword by Willie McCovey
Triumph Books
Triumph Books
9th July 2007
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
796.35709794
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 203mm, Height 228mm, Spine 25mm
1093g
Description
Baseball great Bobby Thomson selects his all-time Giants team-five players at each position plus the top five managers-coveringthe team'smore than 100-year history in two cities, New York and San Francisco.
Author Bio
Bobby Thomson was an outfielder for theNew York Giants. On October 3, 1951, his famous"shot heard 'round the world," a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth of the third playoff game, gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers and the National League pennant. Phil Pepe is the author of more than 40 books on sports, including collaborations with Yankees legends Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, and Whitey Ford. Heisa formerYankees beat writer for the New York Daily News and a former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Willie McCovey is a former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
