Miracle ball
Subtitle: my hunt for the Shot heard 'round the world
By: Brian Biegel ; with Peter Thomas Fornatale
Contributors: Fornatale, Peter T.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780307452689
Description: The author describes his quest to solve the mystery of a legendary, long-missing, pennant-winning home run baseball, hit by Giants third baseman Bobby Thomson in a 1951 playoff series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Table of contents: title: "The Holy Grail of Sports"; title: Brooklyn boy; title: The armoire; title: Dad vs Lelands; title: Esther; title: "The whole world will know you"; title: Searching for Eddie Logan; title: CSI : Polo Grounds; title: My fifteen minutes of fame; title: Junk from the attic; title: Dodger daze; title: "The best baseball writer of his time"; title: Eyewitness; title: Private detectives; title: The angel; title: Fervor; title: The three Helens; title: Digging up the past; title: It's not abut the ball; title: New Mexico; title: Faith.