GAME MY LIFE ATLANTA BRAVES CL

by WILKINSON,JACK

• ISBN13: 9781613213322
• ISBN10: 1613213328
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781613214282
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-04-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL
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Summary

Theirs was a prolonged run of excellencelike none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braveswon fourteen consecutive division championships, a streak no team inprofessional sports has ever come close to approaching. Beginning with theunexpected worst-to-first miracle of 1991, the Braves commenced an era ofsustained dominance that Major League Baseball never saw coming. From thewondrous run to the '91 pennant, to Francisco Cabrera's two-run single in the '92NLCS that returned the Braves to the World Series, to Atlanta's first worldchampionship in 1995, it's all here. Captured within these pages are thosememories, retold firsthand by the players who delivered the Braves to thepinnacle of pro sports, including David Justice, Terry Pendleton, Ron Gant,Lonnie Smith, Jeff Blauser, Greg Olson, and Tom Glavine. But also chronicled inGame of My Life Atlanta Braves arethe franchise's many dark years of mediocrity that set up such a magical run.Dating back to the Braves' move from Milwaukee, this newly revised book willcatch up with Braves legends like Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, Bob Horner, and DaleMurphy, as well as the more recent stars.