Goodbye, Oakland : winning, wanderlust, and a sports town's fight for survival / Andy Dolich and Dave Newhouse.
2023
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Goodbye, Oakland : winning, wanderlust, and a sports town's fight for survival / Andy Dolich and Dave Newhouse.
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Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books, [2023]
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xxxii, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Al Davis: charming rogue
House of champions: hometown memories
Charles O Finley: donkey to dynasty
Dick Spees, Ignacio De La Fuente: a political view
Heavenly Haases: ownership paradise
Franklin Mieuli: the ageless hipster
Dave Stewart: Oakland embodied
Joe Lacob, Mark Davis: stealing off
Greatest fans anywhere...and the most abused
Mike Jacob: port in a storm (of conflict)
John Beam: harbinger of hope
Jim Otto: Mr Raider
Rick Barry: misunderstood superstar
Bill Patterson, Paul Cobb: a racial perspective
Andre Ward: the perfect fighter
Tony La Russa: calculating manager
Billy Ball: marketing wizardry
Dan Siegel: a legal outlook
First national champion: no-helmet football
Jethro McIntyre: the eternal coach
Matt Levine, Dan Rascher: economic eyes.
House of champions: hometown memories
Charles O Finley: donkey to dynasty
Dick Spees, Ignacio De La Fuente: a political view
Heavenly Haases: ownership paradise
Franklin Mieuli: the ageless hipster
Dave Stewart: Oakland embodied
Joe Lacob, Mark Davis: stealing off
Greatest fans anywhere...and the most abused
Mike Jacob: port in a storm (of conflict)
John Beam: harbinger of hope
Jim Otto: Mr Raider
Rick Barry: misunderstood superstar
Bill Patterson, Paul Cobb: a racial perspective
Andre Ward: the perfect fighter
Tony La Russa: calculating manager
Billy Ball: marketing wizardry
Dan Siegel: a legal outlook
First national champion: no-helmet football
Jethro McIntyre: the eternal coach
Matt Levine, Dan Rascher: economic eyes.
Summary
"A fascinating tour of Oakland sports history and a look toward the future of professional sports in the East Bay. Oakland is a sports city like no other. It is the only city in America to be abandoned by the same team twice, with the Raiders most recently leaving for Las Vegas. The Golden State Warriors, who crossed the bay in 1971 in search of better digs, have now returned to San Francisco with trophies in tow. The long-fought battle to keep the Oakland Athletics in the East Bay may narrowly save the city from a hat trick of departures. And yet, Oakland has produced more than its share of success in the form of 10 national titles across the NFL, NBA, and MLB. The city is gritty, gutsy, and self-preserving, with a blue-collar mentality and a gold standard under that collar. Bolstered by the Silicon Valley tech boom, Oakland has become one of the most desirable places to live in the entire country, all while its sports fans increasingly find that, in the famous words of Gertrude Stein, "There is no there there." What is it about Oakland that inspires such wanderlust in its professional teams? Featuring numerous conversations with luminaries across sports, politics, and economics, this new book explores Oakland's fascinating and paradoxical identity as a sports town while illuminating a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself: rogues, superstars, movers and shakers operating on and off the field, and, of course, the fans.Through the insight of venerated Oakland Tribune scribe Dave Newhouse and sports business leader Andy Dolich, readers will come to appreciate the many quirks and challenges that define "The Town.""-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online version: Dolich, Andy. Goodbye, Oakland Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books, [2023]
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Language
English
ISBN
9781637272152 (hardback)
1637272154
9781637274163 (epub)
1637272154
9781637274163 (epub)
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