The photographs in this calendar were selected from Images of Baseball: Baseball in San Diego: From the Padres to Petco.

Baseball in San Diego 2010 Calendar (Calendars of America) (Calendars of America: Historic Images)

History

Bill Swank

Americas

Arcadia Publishing

Longtime Padres announcer Bob Chandler shares his memories of the team with San Diego baseball historian Bill Swank in an easy-to-read recap of the team's colorful past. Chandler and Swank utilize their numerous contacts to bring readers many inside stories and humorous anecdotes dating back to the team's actual birth on May 27, 1968. Eight-time batting champion Tony Gwynn and Cy Young Award-winner Randy Jones are among the former players providing insight and inside stories. Chandler's longtime broadcast partner Jerry Coleman, elected to the broadcasters? wing of the baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, has written the foreword.

Bob Chandler's Tales from the San Diego Padres

Chandler, Bob

Biographies & Memoirs

Sports Publishing

Ever since his first gatecrashing adventures during the 1940s at movie theaters in his hometown San Diego, Dion Rich has made daring, ininvited appearances at Superbowls, All-Star games, the Olympics, Kentucky Derby races, Academy Award ceremonies, celebrity parties, and other exclusive events and ceremonies--often right under the noses of security personnel looking for him. In "The Life of Dion Rich," he reminscences about his favorite adventures and gives away, for the first time, the secrets he has used to become "the World's Greatest Gate Crasher." Written with the late sportscaster, Charlie Jones, and acclaimed sportswriter, Bill Swank, and accompanied by more than 200 photographs, "The Life of Dion Rich" is the fascinating and revealing story of this one-of-a-kind American icon.

The Life of Dion Rich: Live Like a Millionaire with No Money Down

Charlie Jones

Leaders & Notable People

Silver Threads

Walt Sweeney was one of the greatest linemen ever to play in the National Football League. During his 13-year career with the San Diego Chargers and the Washington Redskins, he was an All-Star 9 times. He was also a victim of performance-enhancing drugs before anyone knew what they were...performance-enhancing drugs that his employers required him to take. Off Guard is Sweeney s story of his tumultuous career and his equally tumultuous life after football, when he had to deal with the disabilities brought about by the same performance-enhancing drugs. It s also the story of his confrontations with the NFL and its Players Association over their responsibilities to himself and other football players who simply followed their employers instructions. Off Guard tells Sweeney s story with frankness and humor. It makes a human being out of a legend and leaves readers feeling that they this hall-of-fame lineman personally.

Off Guard

Walt Sweeney

Memoirs

Silvercat

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