The College World Series : a baseball history, 1947-2003 / W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, W. C.

Contributor:

Stewart, Patrick J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College World Series (Baseball)--History.

College World Series (Baseball).

Baseball--Tournaments--United States--History.

Baseball.

Baseball--Tournaments.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2004]

Summary:

In 1947, the University of California and Yale University baseball teams took the field in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to play the first-ever NCAA Division I College World Series. It was a two-day, three-game series with an attendance of less than 4,000. Today, it is a weeklong series held in Omaha, Nebraska, with eight teams, tens of thousands of fans and millions more watching on television. This book covers each College World Series from the first game in 1947 through the 2003 series, between Rice and Stanford. The authors devote a chapter to each decade, and then cover each game of each series. They also provide information on standout players' careers (in baseball and other professions) after playing in the College World Series. NCAA Division II and III teams are also covered, and the appendix features short profiles of great college coaches.

Contents:

The forties: the fabulous era

The fifties: go west, young man

The sixties: Arizona state and Big Ten era

The seventies: California dreaming

The eighties: southern comfort

The nineties: the LSU era

Since 2000: parity ends dynasties

Division II, 1968-2003

Division III, 1976-2003

Appendix : great coaches.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786418427

OCLC:

55990141