Bounce: Baseball Teams Great Falls And Comebacks; Author: Mckelvey, G. Richard; Paperback

Author: Mckelvey, G. Richard
Paperback; Photographs, Notes, Index
240 pages
Published: May 2001
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 078640955X

Some of baseball's most powerful and enduring memories have come as a result of watching a team for a season, a decade, or a lifetime. Some teams achieved the unexpected task of pulling themselves up from the bottom to reach the height of success, like the 1914 Miracle Boston Braves and the 1969 Amazin' New York Mets, who both went on to win World Championships. Other teams, like the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies and 1969 Chicago Cubs, experienced an astonishing fall from the roof to the cellar. This work examines some of baseballs greatest comebacks and disappointments. Included are the sagas of the 1903 and 1951 New York Giants, 1906 and 1969 Chicago Cubs, 1914 Boston Braves, 1934 Detroit Tigers, 1946 and 1978 Boston Red Sox, 1950 and 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, 1969 and 1999 NewThe Bounce traces the ups and downs of American baseball teams. It begins with the 1903 New York Giants' performance and finishes in the 1990s with the comebacks and disappointments experienced by teams like the Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins.