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(More customer reviews)I received my copy in the mail today from Amazon and couldn't put it down! Baseball fans love statistics and this book is full of them. However, the format is far from boring. The book is loosely organized into chapters such as "The Legends", "The Rookies" and "The Rivalry". A short 1 - 1 ½ page intro into the title subject in each chapter is followed by short "stories" to illustrate the stats - 1,000 of them to be precise! For instance:
"232 - Barry Bonds walked (232) times in 2004. Bonds walked more times than anyone in baseball history. He led the league in walks 12 times, but his 2004 total is almost incomprehensible. He broke the major league record for walks for the third time in four seasons -and 120 of them were intentional."
"123 - Willie Mays scored (123) runs in 1955 - second best in the league. Duke Snider lead the league with 126 runs for Brooklyn. Mays led the league in slugging, OPS, home runs, and total bases, and was among the top five leaders for average, OBP, runs, hits, triples, RBI, steals, extra-base hits, and times on base. He was fourth in MVP balloting."
The writing is conversational and concise. You don't need to read the book from front to back, but can pick it up and peruse any chapter in any order.
The long-awaited World Series title and exciting pennant and series games that preceded it has rekindled the fanaticism of Giant's lovers throughout the Bay Area and beyond, and this book would make the perfect gift for a Giant's fan.
Perhaps the previous reviewer read a different version of the book than I did. There are no photos included - just the cover photo of the ballpark - which is probably one of the most scenic and fan-friendly in the country.
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The first National League franchise to be featured in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the Numbers series! THE TEAM: The Giants franchise is the winningest in professional baseball history, having won more regular season games than the Cubs, Yankees, Dodgers, or Red Sox. The Giants have been to the World Series 18 times and claimed six championships during baseball's modern era-and the success of this franchise has been built on legends, as the club also boasts more Hall of Fame players than any other in the sport.THE FORMAT: The presentation created by the authors distinguishes Sports by the Numbers from everything else available today. San Francisco Giants is composed of ten chapters, each offering one hundred numbered "mini-stories"-facts, anomalies, records, coincidences, and enthralling lore and trivia from Hall of Fame legends such as Willie Mays, Mel Ott, and Bill Terry, to contemporary stars such as Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Buster Posey. Each chapter begins with an introduction that highlights the many exciting stories found in these pages such as the 'Shot Heard ‘Round the World," Mays' catch in the 1954 World Series, Barry Bonds' pursuit of Hank Aaron, and rivalry games against the hated Dodgers. Sports by the Numbers books are not just for diehard sports fans, but for every fan and sports history reader who loves sports and wants to know more about their heroes and favorite teams.
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