A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants

by Andrew Baggarly, Duane Kuiper (Foreword by)

Overview

For 53 years, San Francisco waited. Waited for a team like the 2010 Giants to come along. Waited for a team that could end a title drought that started in New York and carried on for more than five decades after a move to the west coast. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash more than a half-century of pent-up frustration. At long last, the 2010 Giants hopped on that magic carpet and made it happen.  San Jose Mercury News beat reporter Andrew Baggarly captured the 2010 Giants' incredible run through the regular season, playoffs and World Series in his new book, A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants, as they finally captured that elusive title not just for the team, but for the entire city of San Francisco.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617495045
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	614 KB

About the Author

Andrew Baggarly is the Giants beat reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and has covered the team for the past seven seasons. Prior to that, he covered the Dodgers and Angels beats for newspapers in Southern California beginning in 1996. He writes the popular Extra Baggs blog for Bay Area News Group and can be followed on Twitter @extrabaggs. He has covered a four-home run game, a no-hitter, and multiple World Series and All-Star Games. He is a proud Hall of Fame voter and served as an official scorer for the 2007 All-Star Game at AT&T Park. Baggarly was born in Illinois, graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and lives in Eugene, Oregon, during the offseason.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Foreword Duane Kuiper xv

l Adios El Caballo 1

2 Hail to the Buster 10

3 Found Material 29

4 Who's Your Padre? 47

5 Putting It Bluntly 62

6 A Delicate Matter 81

7 Forever Yungo 96

8 Too Much Awesome 113

9 Home Stretch 133

10 A Nickel for Your Thoughts 151

11 Held in Check 171

12 Southern Discomfort 182

13 Bulls and Whistles 201

14 A Lot of Happy 217

15 All Decks on Hand 239

16 High Noon 254

17 I'll Say It Now 277

18 Fully Healed 290

19 Nailed It 307