The Great Book of San Francisco Bay Area Sports Lists / by Damon Bruce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruce, Damon.

Contributor:

Jones, Greg, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--Miscellanea.

Sports.

Athletes--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--Miscellanea.

Athletes.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--History--Miscellanea.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).

California--San Francisco Bay Area.

Genre:

miscellanies.

History

Trivia and miscellanea

Trivia and miscellanea.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Other Title:

San Francisco Bay Area sports lists

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 2009.

Contents:

Introduction

Ten Reasons Why Joe is God

Greatest 49ers of All Time

Greatest Giants of All Time

Best Moments in the Giants vs. Dodgers Rivalry

Dodgers Killers: Top Ten Home Runs

Dodgers Killers: Top Ten RBI

Dodgers Killers: Top 25 Batting Averages

Dodgers Killers: Top 25 Pitchers

Reasons to Respect the Rivalry

Ten Most Memorable Events / Bruce Jenkins

Greatest Oakland A's of All Time

Greatest Moments in Oakland A's History

Ten Ideas from the Mind of Charlie Finley

Astonishing Major League 'Rickey Records'

Greatest A's Hitter by Average

Greatest Homerun Hitters in Oakland A's History

Greatest Strike-Out Artists in Oakland A's History

Ten Best Closers in Oakland A's History

Winningest Pitchers in Oakland A's History

Ten Most Colorful A's of All Time / Marty Lurie

Greatest Golden State Warriors of All Time

Franchise-Defining Raiders Moments Before Al Davis Sold His Soul to Los Angeles

Greatest Oakland Raiders of All Time

Five Reasons Why the Raiders Are Fooling Themselves These Days

Ten Things Al Davis Wants You to Know

Ten Greatest San Jose Sharks of All Time

Ten Greatest Moments in San Jose Sharks History / Drew Remenda

Top Ten Eats or Treats at the Park or Stadium

Best Cheap Eats in San Francisco

Ten Best Sports for Food and Drink Near AT&T / Greg Quinn

Bay Area Baseball All-Time Dream Team

Top Five Non-Sporting Events at Candlestick Park

Ten Greatest Candlestick Park Moments / Brian Murphy

Quotable Characters from the Candlestick Days

Best Brawls and Feuds in Bay Area Sports History

Best Places to See a Concert in the Bay Area

A Dozen or so Favorite San Francisco Bands of a Certain Era / Ben Fong-Torres

Bay Area Baseball Phenoms Who Fizzled

Best Free Agent Signings in Bay Area Sports History

Worst Free Agency Singings [sic] in Bay Area Sports History

Best Little Big Men in Bay Area Sports History

Top Mascots in Bay Area History

Best Second Acts by Bay Area Athletes and Coaches

Ten Most Extreme Outdoor Destinations / Cyrus Saatsaz

Ten Best Movies Shot in San Francisco

Worst Pieces of Crap Filmed in San Francisco

Greatest Hairdos in Bay Area Sports History

Worst Hairdos in Bay Area History

Best Mustaches and Beards in Bay Area Sports History

Best Uniforms in Bay Area History.

(Continued) Ten Great Quotes about San Francisco

Memories of Bill Walsh / Glenn Dickey

Quotes from Bill Walsh

Gone-But-Not Forgotten Bay Area Teams

Ten Greatest Moments in Bay Area Tennis History / Ted Robinson

Ten Great Athletes You Didn't Know Were from the Bay

Ten Greatest Athletes to Attend Stanford University

Greatest Athletes to Attend the University of California, Berkeley

Greatest Moments in Cow Palace History

Greatest Quotes in Bay Area Sports History

Guys Who Came Out of Nowhere

Guys Who Didn't Want to Be Here

Most Hated Athletes in Bay Area Sports History

Most Memorable Moments in AT&T Park History

Questions That Keep Bay Area Fans Up at Night

Steroids-Proof Major League Records

Worst coaches and Mangers [sic] in Bay Area History

Worst Pro Quarterbacks in Bay Area Football History

Ten Best Trades in Bay Area Sports History

Worst Trades in Bay Area Sports History

Things about Bonds' HR Record You Didn't Know

Seven Quotes from the Seven-Time MVP

Reasons Why You Can't Blame Giants Fans for Rooting for Bary Bonds

Best Trans-Bay Major Leaguers

Best Trans-Bay NFL-ers

Greatest Bay Area Olympians

More Notable Quotes from Bay Area Athletes and Coaches

Ten Best Nicknames in Bay Area Sorts [sic] History

Least Flattering Nicknames in Bay Area Sports History

Five Ways to Remember Willie Mays

Len Eshmont Award Winners

Ten Ten Bay Area Broadcasters / Rich Lieberman

Top Ten 'Krukowisms'

Broadcasters Who Did A's Play-by-Play but Are More Famous for Something Else

San Jose's Greatest High School Athletes / Gary Radnich

Ten Greatest High School Athletes-Peninsula

More Important High School Athletes from the City of Oakland/Alameda

Ten Most Important High School Athletes from San Francisco

Ten Bay Area Football Memories / Gary Plummer

The 'The' List

Building a Bay Area Frankenstein

A Dozen Unwritten Rules of Major League Baseball

Ten Same Names

Numbers that Should Be Retired

Ten Bad Asses and Cocky Bastards

Greatest Kickers and Punters in Bay Area NFL History

The 14 Historic Plaques Outside AT&T Park

Five Statues Outside AT&T Park

The Best of Ten through One

Five for the Kiddies

The Smiths

Celebrities Who Root-Root-Root for the Home Team

Ten Off-the-Field, Off-the-Wall Injuries

Initial It!

What's Your Name?

The Spiritual Names

Ten Hall-of-Fame-Worthy Names, Not Enshrined

Ten Presidential Names

Things that Are Gone and Never Coming Back

Ten Bright Spots in Bay Area Sports

Top 101 Bay Area Athletes.

Notes:

"Cover and interior designed by Matthew Goodman. Cover and interior photographs by Pat Johnson. 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 "1" printing.

ISBN:

9780762435210

0762435216

OCLC:

246894955

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