Glory in the Fall: The Greatest Moments in World Series History

by Peter Golenbock

Baseball has a rich history-and a treasure trove of books, magazines, and newspaper accounts celebrating (or lamenting) what went down on the diamond. And some of the most amazing games happened when fall arrived and the boys of summer played for the championship. During those two weeks in October (now November), time stood still. Nothing else mattered.
This anthology captures the best of times and the worst of times as teams battled for the glory-and will bring back memories to all who cherish America's national sport.
On these pages, you'll
o Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run 1923-Robert W. Creamer
o Babe Ruth's Called Shot 1932-Leigh Montville
o The Willie Mays and Vic Wertz 1954-Arnold Hano
o Dusty's Moment, 1954 World Series-Stephen Jay Gould
o Jackie Robinson Steals Home 1955-Carl Erskine
o Dodgers Win 1955 (Sandy Amoros catch)-Tom Oliphant
o Don Larsen's Perfect Game 1956-Don Larsen
o Mazeroski's Home Run Yankees vs. Pirates 1960-Lester J. Biederman
o 1986 Mets vs. Red Sox-Roger Angell
o St. Louis Cardinals 1964-David Halberstam
o World Series cancelled 1994-Jack Curry
o Cleveland/Atlanta series 1995-Tom Verducci

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Nonfiction

406 pages, Hardcover

First published October 5, 2010

About the author

Golenbock grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and in 1963 graduated St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut. His heroes were Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford. One day in the local library he discovered the book, The New York Yankees: An Informal History by Frank Graham ( G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943) and it made a strong impression on him.''

Golenbock graduated from Dartmouth College in 1967 and the New York University School of Law in 1970.

He was a radio sports talk show host in 1980 on station WOR in New York City. He was the color broadcaster for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball League in 1989-90 and has been a frequent guest on many of the top television and radio talk shows including "Biography on A&E," the "Fifty Greatest Athletes and the Dynasties on ESPN," "Good Morning America," "Larry King Live," "ESPN Classic," and the YES network.

Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his two basset hounds, Doris and Fred.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Greatest history of moments in World Series. Personal Note: Start reading. During World Series 2016 Finish read book on 11/2/16 Cubs Vs. Indians Cubs Comeback 7 Game. Finally Broke One Hundred Eight Year Old Curse.

[John Gault · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covers some of the select moments in World Series history from varied journalists of the time. The selections are of the more sentimental or story-telling perspective rather than detailed historical narrative; but, it is clearly for those who know their baseball history and can just enjoy the book.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only 3 lackluster pages about the 1960 series? Come on!

[Brent Soderstrum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Golenbock takes you back to the first World Series in 1903 all the way through 2008 with stories by good writers on what made each of those World Series memorable. He doesn't cover them all but a good share of them. Reading it brought back a lot of memories for me of great World Series I have watched on TV over the years. I am a big baseball fan and fall baseball is special.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glory in the Fall is a nice collection of articles and short stories chronicling the World Series from the turn of the 20th Century until as recent as 2008. My favorites were penned by the editor himself, Peter Golenbock. Any fan of baseball will enjoy this book.