Season of ghosts : the '86 Mets and the Red Sox / Howard Burman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burman, Howard.

Series:

South and Southeast Asian literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports rivalries--United States--History.

Sports rivalries.

Nineteen eighty-six, A.D.

New York Mets (Baseball team)--History.

New York Mets (Baseball team).

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)--History.

Boston Red Sox (Baseball team).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 210 p. ; 22 cm.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ghosts, fairies, witches, and monsters inhabit tales set in the cities and countryside of India.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. One of the Best Ever; 2. Ueberroth in Control; 3. The ""C"" Word; 4. The ""D"" Word; 5. Hopes and Dreams; 6. Bullies in Pinstripes; 7. Won't This Curse Ever End?; 8. The Chicken Man; 9. Rickey Knows Rickey; 10. Where's the Can?; 11. A Hitch in His Gait; 12. Nearing the End; 13. Everybody Loves Kirby; 14. That Was Last Year; 15. Abner Doubledata; 16. A Talent the Likes of Which Are Seldom Seen; 17. The Wild Boys; 18. Doc Ain't Stupid; 19. Welcome to the Alpha Male Club; 20. Class; 21. Signs of Trouble; 22. Opening Day; 23. Early Season Oddities; 24. The Rocket

25. La La Land26. You Gotta Believe; 27. Darling of the Mets; 28. Living in Another World; 29. Clean Living; 30. Drugs of Choice; 31. Fight On; 32. Renaissance Scholar in a Baseball Cap; 33. Gambling on the Game; 34. The Way They Used to Play; 35. The Image of the Game; 36. It Pumps Up Your Confidence; 37. Lawyer on the Bench; 38. Bunyanesque Feats; 39. Here Comes the Judge; 40. Baseball Exorcist; 41. All About Money; 42. The Big Silence; 43. Mid-Season Form; 44. Like Attila the Hun; 45. Looking for Heroes; 46. Wally's World; 47. Family Values; 48. As Mellow as Mr. Rogers; 49. Misunderstood

50. Who's In: Who's Not51. Signs of Confusion; 52. The Tony Gwyn of Pitching; 53. Challenges to America's Game; 54. Making Waves Is Dangerous; 55. The Fine Art of Cheating; 56. Best and Worst; 57. The Cowboy and the Goat; 58. Just What Everyone Wanted; 59. Disaster Wrapped in Catastrophe; 60. Symbol of Failure; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Nine short stories of the supernatural and one mystery novella.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-90183-8

1-4766-0043-0

OCLC:

822561574