Philly Fan's Code

The 50 Toughest, Craziest, Most Legendary Philadelphia Athletes of the Last 50 Years

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvMike Tanier

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An original and quirky take on Philadelphia legends and the meaning of

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-26
Mått140 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagTemple University Press,U.S.
ISBN9781439905999

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Introduction1. The Answer in Theory, but Not in Practice 2. The Bully Who Made Us Believe 3. The Slugger Who Won Our Hearts, Eventually 4. The Man, and the Man Crush 5. The Showman We Could Not Boo. Or Could We? 6. The Babe Ruth of Backspin 7. The Haunted, Eternal Samurai 8. The Defense of the Minister 9. The Role Model for the Non-Role Models 10. He Called Us the F-Word 11. He Brooded Back at Us 12. The Idiot Man, Hallelujah 13. Better Than the Greatest, If Only Briefly 14. The Reluctant Enforcer 15. The Once and Future Captain 16. The Pan-Dimensional Catcher 17. He Left Us So He Could Stay with Us 18. The Baby Brother We Could Not Pick On. Yet. 19. The Haters’ Favorite 20. The Ultimate Something or OtherIntermission: Coaches and Executives21. The Forever Flyer 22. The Man from Lovetron 23. He Taught Us to Win, and Laid Off the Action 24. The Origin of the Booed Species 25. The Other Fighter 26. The Man Who Spoiled Memories 27. The Slaphappy Workhorse 28. The Legend We Could Love 29. He Gave His Life for Philly Toughness 30. The Agony of the Feet 31. He Nailed the Good Ol’ Boy Act 32. He No Longer Takes That Fifth Day Off 33. The Spirit of ’64, the Year That Wasn’t 34. The Quarterback We Grew Up With 35. Point Guard for a Nation 36. Ameba, Enigma, Goaltender 37. The Thinking Man’s Slob 38, 39. The Lost Brothers 40. The Forgotten Hall of Famer 41. All He Had Was Four Little Words 42. He Was Too Tall to Disappear 43. The Wildest Thing We’d Ever Seen 44. The (Briefly) Perfect Reliever 45. The Man Who Got the Credit 46. The Defenseman in the Shadows 47. Backache, Headache, Heartache 48. The Greatest Mistake 49. The Bat Who Wouldn’t Leave 50. The Face of the FutureAcknowledgments

"A veritable cheesesteak between covers, Mike Tanier's The Philly Fan's Code is a book no self-respecting Philadelphia sports fan can be without."-Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN "Honest, incisive, funny, and compulsively readable, The Philly Fan's Code is the perfect book for Philly sports fans. Mike Tanier offers a fresh take on age-old debates about the legacies of the city's most memorable and controversial athletes, inviting readers to reconsider the reputation and history of Philadelphia fans." -Tom McAllister, author of Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly