Full Description
This is the most lavish reference book ever compiled on the baseball's classic end-of-season play-offs. A complete illustrated encyclopedia of the World Series, every game and every player that contributed to it, from 1903 to 2002. This is a meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated tribute to a century of baseball championship games, featuring anecdotes, lore, historic photos - and all of the statistics that fans cherish. And, this book is up to date with all the end of the 2002 season results! * Combines lively discussion with thorough statistics to tell the story of every World Series ever played, from the 1903 battle between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers to the Yankees v. Mets Series of 2000 to the eagerly-awaited battle for the penant in October 2002. * The author's historical research uncovers all the little-known facts and stories from each game, along with tales of all the baseball legends. * Detailed box scores and line scores include the statistics, with every number for every player who ever appeared in a World Series game. * Beautiful photographs illustrate the evolution of the game.
