The Oakland Athletics had won the pennant, the San Francisco Giants would win theirs the next day, and the long-awaited first-ever Bay Area World Series was at last a reality. This book, which began as an upbeat collection of photographs about a community's reaction to hosting both sides of the 1989 World Series, came to tell a much larger story.  Before it was all over, the Bay Area would be rocked by a major earthquake that resulted in death and widespread destruction not felt in Northern California since the great quake of 1906. Coming only minutes before Game 3 of the Series was about to begin at Candlestick Park, the 7.1 earthquake jolted Northern California, collapsing portions of interstate 880 in Oakland, knocking down the Bay Bridge roadway, causing a major fire and devastation in San Francisco's Marina District, and heavily damaging Santa Cruz and other South Bay communities. The entire Bay Area was plunged into darkness and chaos for a time. Chaos gave way almost immediately to a sense of purpose as the community coped marvelously, even heroically, and soon rebounded fully. It would be a week and a a half before the World Series could finally resume, before people could divert their attention from the unthinkable events of the previous ten days.  This visual record of a remarkable three-week period in Northern California history, and the longest World Series ever, represents a unique publishing collaboration involving the Giants, the Athletics and Major League Baseball.  More than 250 stunning color photographs by 21 talented Bay Area photographers, serve as a potent and emotional reminder of this unusual time.  Texts by Ron Fimrite of 'Sports Illustrated, 'San Francisco Examiner' columnist Bill Mandel and 'San Francisco Chronicle' sportswriter Bruce Jenkins

Three Weeks in October: Three Weeks in the Life of the Bay Area, the 1989 World Series, and the Loma Prieta Earthquake, Produced in collaboration with the SF Giants, the Oakland Athletics, and MLB

Sports & Outdoors

Major League Baseball

Ron Fimrite

Bill Mandel

Bruce Jenkins

The San Francisco Giants

The Oakland Athletics

Baseball

Woodford Pub

How do you build a champion? For the Golden State Warriors, it started with a vision. 
That vision was of a team that Head Coach Steve Kerr described as having the magic that occurs when a group of players, coaches, and an organization come together and achieve something special. After 40 years of waiting, Golden State Warrior fans have witnessed that magic. 
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS is the Golden State Warriors official team commemorative, celebrating the historic games, plays, and personalities that brought an NBA championship back to the Bay Area. This is the story of how the Warriors came together to realize their potential, becoming a powder keg on offense and unleashing synchronized chaos on defense. The Warriors unique blend of efficiency on both ends of the floor resulted in a franchise-record 67-win season, a 16-game winning streak, and a 39-2 home record powered by the most electric crowd in basketball. 
The best sports photographers in the business provide the definitive perspective on this record-setting season, chronicling such landmark events as the team s 26-point comeback win over the Boston Celtics, Klay Thompson s NBA-record 37 points in a single quarter, Stephen Curry s miracle 3-pointer to force overtime against the Pelicans in Game 3 of the Conference Quarterfinals, the team s relentless defensive stand against LeBron James one-man wrecking crew in the Finals, and the celebration of Warrior fans around the world as the final buzzer sounded and returned the Larry O Brien Trophy to the Bay Area. 
With original contributions by team and media insiders, STRENGTH IN NUMBERS is a tribute to the sacrifice, determination, and, most importantly, teamwork that defined the magical NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.

Golden State Warriors: Strength in Numbers

Steve Kerr

Stephen Curry

Joe Lacob

Peter Guber

Rusty Simmons

Scott Ostler

Bob Fitzgerald

Tim Roye

Basketball

Skybox Press

Presents interviews with the men and women who surf the "Big Waves" of Hawaii.

North Shore Chronicles: Big-Wave Surfing in Hawaii

Children's Books

North Atlantic Books

From big-wave greats like Darrick Doerner and Carol Philips to bodysurfer Mark Cunningham, here is a collection of engaging interviews with Hawaii's best wave-riders.

North Shore Chronicles : Big Wave Surfing in Hawaii

Travel

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