More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too)

Hardback

Main Details

Title More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bob Gordon
By (author) Tom Burgoyne
Foreword by Larry Andersen
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreBaseball
ISBN/Barcode 9781613213452
ClassificationsDewey:796.35764097
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Sports Publishing LLC
Imprint Sports Publishing LLC
Publication Date 20 June 2013
Publication Country United States

Description

Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. "They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can be done," manager Jim Fregosi said. Though they weren't a photogenic bunch, their mugs were everywhere, on Baseball Today, on David Letterman, and on Saturday Night Live. Even President Clinton quipped about them. The newly revised edition of Robert Gordon's and Tom Burgoyne's More Than Beards, Bellies, and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies tells the complete story of this gang of baseball throwbacks that quickly seduced the hometown fans. By season's end they had won over the rest of the country, too. America's Most Wanted Team became America's Team in a heart-thumping World Series against Toronto. The '93 Phils drew more spectators than any other Philadelphia franchise in the city's century-and-a-quarter of professional sports. More Than Beards, Bellies, and Biceps offers the story of a team that burned the candle at both ends and lit up a city like a firecracker.

Author Biography

Bob Gordon has written for major publications in the United States and England. His previous works include books about beloved, overachieving Philadelphia teams like the 1960 Eagles, the 1993 Phillies, and the 1985 Villanova Wildcats. He is also a professional engineer with a successful consulting business, respected travel and restaurant writer, humor columnist, French tutor, and guitar teacher/performer.