The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists / by Mike Gastineau, Steve Rudman, and Art Thiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gastineau, Mike.

Thiel, Art, author.

Rudman, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Jones, Greg, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle--Miscellanea.

Sports.

Washington (State)--Seattle.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

300, [4] pages ; 23 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Other Title:

Seattle Sports Lists

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 2009.

Contents:

Introduction

Stories that Shaped Seattle Sports

Landmark Sports Days

Best and Worst Sports Years

Teams that Sealed the Deal

Best Sports Party Days / Mick McHugh

Parades We Could Have Had

Eight Things that Made the 1979 Sonics World Champions / Fred Brown

What Made the 2001 Mariners So Good / Jamie Moyer

What Made the 2005 Seahawks So Good / Lofa Tatupu

The Dirtiest Dozen: Seattle's Worst Teams

Stupendous Seasons by State Athletes

Worst Season-Long Swoons

Top Seasons by Rookies

Best Multi-Sport Athletes

Evens that Brought Seattle Some Big Time

To-Do List / Steve Kelley

Northwest Spotlight Moments

What I Love about Soccer / Drew Carey

State's Sporting Icons

Movers and Shakers

"To Coug It"-The Wazzu Zen / John Blanchette

Better Mousetraps and the Brains Behind Them

The Toughest Coaches I Faced / Don James

Top Seattle Coaches

Top State Coaches

The Toughest Coaches I Faced / Marv Harshman

Best High School Coaches / Craig Smith

Headless Coaches

Instant Classics

Horrible Gags, Chokes and Crashes

Biggest Upset Winners

Reasons Miami Would Have Beaten UW in 1991 / Dennis Erickson

Reasons UW Would Have Beaten Miami in 1991 / Bob Rondeau

White Knucklers: The Most Fantastic Finishes

Great Bullpen Etrances / J.J. Putz

Record Routs

Miserable Postseason Meltdowns

When I Wanted to Throw a Red Flag / Mike Holmgren

Greatest One-Night [and Day] Stands

Flop Sweat: Notable Chokes

Most Impressive Record Breakers

Observations on American Baseball Oddness / Ichiro

Memorable Streaks-Good and Bad

Amazing and Remarkable Plays

Things that Caused Me to Say, "My Oh My!" / Dave Niehaus

Miserable Misplays

Most Amazing Warped "Records"

Cool Things that Happen When You're a Guitar Hero / Mike McCready

My Favorite Guitarists / Craig Terrill

Top Free Agent Signings

Most Galling Free Agent Signing

Most Galling Free Agent Busts

Biggest Jilt Jobs

Enough Sports Jokes to Make a Living / Rod Long

Deals that Dropped Jaws

Trades that Worked

Things I Have at Training Camp / Matt Hasselbeck

Trades that Were Blunders.

(Continued) Dreadful Draft-Day Debacles

NFL Receivers Who Won't Shut Up / Marcus Trufant

Top Prize Fights

Best Longacres Miles

Great Names for Race Horses / Mike Pegram

Things to Avoid at the Hydro Races / Chip Hanauer

Kings of the Left Turn: State's Best Drivers

Favorite NASCAR Tracks / Kasey Kahne

Premier Olympians

Premier Adventurers

They Replaced Legends

Worst Pick-Up Lines I Ever Heard / Sue Bird

Most Memorable Things Said

Early Superstars

Most Intriguing Defunct Teams

Surprises from the Pages of Ball Four

Once-Prominent Sports Playpens

Best Sports Arenas for Rock Shows / Jeff Ament

Things that No Longer Are

Nobody Do the To-Do Like Lou Do

Uniquely Lou Moments / Dan Wilson

Five Barrys, Three Coaches, One Great Party / Kevin Calabro

Rancorous Disputes, Feuds and Fights

Nifty Nicknames

Better Known for Another Gig

"Most" Moments from Schrempf Celebrity Golf / The Groz (Dave Grosby)

Shameless Cheats and Liars

Guys Who Were Going Good, Then Went Elsewhere

An Odd Affair with the Sonics / John Keister

Remarkable Postponements and Delays

Bizarre Transactions and Contracts

What I Hate about the Cougars / Dave "Softy" Mahler

What I Hate about the Huskies / Jim Moore

Best Apple Cup Gum Flaps

Favorite Huskies Quarterbacks / Sonny Sixkiller

Favorite Cougars Quarterbacks / Jack Thompson

Seattle on the Wrong End of History

UW Grid History You Won't Find Anyplace Else / Dan Raley

Ideas that Failed to Fly

Scandals and Tawdriness

Top Promotions

Sonics Dramas Never Told / George Karl

Most Creative Stunts

Frankenstein / Norm Charlton

Front Office Fiascos, Screw-Ups and Pratfalls

Biggest KJR Days

Most Hated Personalities

Most Significant-and Amusing-Lawsuits

Top Statistical Quirks

Roostertail Tales / Pat O'Day

Accidents and Tragedies

Best Seattle Traditions

Seattle Sports Moments on YouTube

Moments We Wish Were on YouTube

Issues that Became Talk Show Fodder

Things that Could Have Happened, But Didn't

Howard's Froot-Loop Hoops

What a Way to Go: Unusual Deaths

The Boys in the Seahawks Booth / Steve Raible

Notables Who Played Out the String in Seattle

The Freakiest Injuries

Plays the Mariners Could Have Had

Random Scorecard Notes

Guys I'd Trade Places With for a Day / Sir Mix-A-Lot

Guys We Wish Were Around to Read this Book

Infamous Last Words

The All-Time Top 100 Seattle and Washington State Athletes.

Notes:

"Cover and interior Designed by Matthew Goodman. Cover photograph by Michael A. Urban. Edited by Greg Jones."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "2" printing.

ISBN:

9780762435227

0762435224

OCLC:

246895084