Description
A LOOK INSIDE
Title: 12 Rings: Stories of the St. Louis Cardinals World Championships, second edition, expanded and updated
Author: Robert L. Tiemann
Size: 6 x 9
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781681065748
Price: $22.50
12 Rings: Stories of the St. Louis Cardinals World Championships is like a dozen adventure novels, all with the same happy ending. Going back to 1886, St. Louis has won 12 World Series. The Cardinals have been champions during both good and bad economic times, during war and in peace. Twice they’ve christened a new stadium with a world championship during its first full year.
In 12 Rings, veteran newspaperman James Rygelski and eminent baseball historian Robert L. Tiemann mine this rich history for the stories behind the personalities that took these teams to the top.
The Browns (now known as the Cardinals) best Chicago in an extra inning finale of a winner-take-all World Series.
Rogers HornsbyĘĽs Cards subdue MurdererĘĽs Row.
Pepper Martin runs wild on Connie MackĘĽs Athletics.
Dizzy and Paul Dean tame some Tigers.
The St. Louis Swifties, with a young Stan Musial, overwhelm the mighty Yankees.
Home field advantage? Not when the Cardinals and Browns meet.
Country Slaughter makes a mad dash.
Gibson goes the distance for Gussie BuschĘĽs first title.
El Birdos turn Boston’s Impossible Dream into a nightmare.
Whiteyball proves too fast for HarveyĘĽs Wallbangers.
Tony La Russa’s improbable Redbirds shock the Tigers and the world.
Never-say-die Cards outlast the Phillies, Brewers, and Rangers.
Along with each narrative is a summary of that yearĘĽs pennant race, stats for each World Series game, comments from St. Louis sportscaster Ron Jacober, and photos.
AUTHOR
Robert L. Tiemann
Robert L. Tiemann is an award-winning baseball historian who has written several books and contributed to and edited many journals for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He is the author of ĘĽ64 Cardinals, Immortal Moments in Cardinals History, and the coauthor of 10 Rings.
Ron Jacober
Ron Jacober has covered sports on radio and television for forty-seven years. Ron has broadcast Cardinals baseball, Blues hockey, college basketball on ESPN, college football, hundreds of soccer games, and covered the Olympics for CBS radio. A longtime sports director for KMOX radio, he is a member of the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame, and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
PRESS
12 Rings – STL Sports Page
Cardinals fans who love to read are going to enjoy the second edition expanded and updated version of 12 Rings: Stories of the St. Louis Cardinals World Championships by Robert L. Tiemann and James Rygelski with Ron Jacober.
12 Rings – The Chris and Amy Show on KMOX
Bob Tiemann joins John Hancock and Chris Rongey with his latest book, '12 Rings: Stories of the St Louis Cardinals World Series Championships'
