If These Walls Could Talk : Detroit Tigers:Stories from the Detroit Tigers' Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box.
Title:
If These Walls Could Talk : Detroit Tigers:Stories from the Detroit Tigers' Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box.
Author:
Impemba, Mario.
ISBN:
9781623688400
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Series:
If These Walls Could Talk
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by David Dombrowski -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Minors: Paying My Dues -- Pass the Toilet Paper -- Initiation -- Nice Effort! -- I'm Not Terry Clark -- That's Not What I Said -- Chapter 2: Climbing the Ladder -- Can I Really Do This? -- You Can't Do It Alone -- Chapter 3: California Dreamin' -- Not Getting On That Cruz -- My First Time -- Rudy Pemberton? Really? -- Colossal Collapse -- Congratulations! Now Go Beat Randy -- Incoming! -- Slump Buster -- 9/11 -- Chapter 4: Heading Home -- Landing the Dream Gig -- A Dream Come True -- Running from History -- Big Market Transformation -- Center Field -- Why Tigers Fans are the Best -- Number Six -- The Bird Is the Word -- Detroit's Holiday -- Tiger Killers -- Mr. Nice Guy -- Mr. Nice Guy 2 -- Prince and Miggy -- Legends Among Us -- Trading Places -- Making the Most of a Moment -- The Real Sparky -- View from the Studio -- Chapter 5: Game Day -- It's All in the Prep -- Hey, You Got a Second? -- Don't Judge a Book -- Wait a Second. We're Live? -- Together, But Separate -- Step Away from the Scorecard! -- Chapter 6: Magic Moments -- Maggs' Homer -- The Kid -- All Night Long -- 2,131 -- Greatness Meets Greatness -- The Triple Crown -- Chapter 7: No-Hitters -- Must See JV -- 28 Up, 28 Down -- A No-Hitter Like No Other -- Chapter 8: Managers -- The Skippers -- The Man Behind the Growl -- My Lineup is My Lineup -- Chapter 9: Life in the Booth -- On the Road Again -- Listen and Learn -- Jinxes and Curses -- The Grind -- Nervous Energy -- The Corner -- TV or Radio? -- Rotating Partners -- W.A.R., What Is It Good For? -- The Designated Hitter -- Beyond the Numbers -- Postseason Randomness -- A New Season -- I've Got to Be Me -- The Real Heroes -- The Big Time -- Support, Not Illumination.
This is Going to Be a Long Day -- The Love of the Game -- A Spooky Home-Field Advantage -- Closing Time -- All-Star Effort -- Culture Shock -- Weighty Expectations -- Announcer Speak -- Chapter 10: Chasing the Prize -- The Final Exit -- Timing is Everything -- Sources -- About the Authors.
Abstract:
Providing a behind-the-scenes look at the personalities and events that have shaped the Detroit Tigers' recent resurgence, readers will meet the players, coaches, and management and share in their moments of greatness, grief, and quirkiness. Beginning in 2002, when author Mario Impemba arrived in the Tigers' broadcast booth and when the team had consecutive 100-loss seasons, the book details how, in just three shorts years, team president Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland led the Tigers to the American League pennant-a feat the Tigers repeated in 2012. Impemba takes readers into the Comerica Park broadcast booth alongside the legendary Ernie Harwell, onto the team plane during the team's two runs to the World Series, and into the clubhouse as Miguel Cabrera closed in on the 2012 Triple Crown. He shares personal stories about several Tigers stars, including Cabrera, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder, Curtis Granderson, Ivan Rodriguez, Kenny Rogers, Magglio Ordonez, and more. If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Tigers gives fans a taste of what it's like to be a part of the Tigers storied history from a perspective unlike any other.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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