Synopses & Reviews
Theirs was a prolonged run of excellence like none other in sports history. From 1991 through 2005, the Atlanta Braves won fourteen consecutive division championships, a streak no team in professional sports has ever come close to approaching. Beginning with the unexpected worst-to-first miracle of 1991, the Braves commenced an era of sustained dominance that Major League Baseball never saw coming. From the wondrous run to the 91 pennant, to Francisco Cabreras two-run single in the 92 NLCS that returned the Braves to the World Series, to Atlantas first world championship in 1995, its all here.
Captured within these pages are those memories, retold firsthand by the players who delivered the Braves to the pinnacle of pro sports, including David Justice, Terry Pendleton, Ron Gant, Lonnie Smith, Jeff Blauser, Greg Olson, and Tom Glavine. But also chronicled in Game of My Life Atlanta Braves are the franchises many dark years of mediocrity that set up such a magical run. Dating back to the Braves move from Milwaukee, this newly revised book will catch up with Braves legends like Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro, Bob Horner, and Dale Murphy, as well as the more recent stars.
Synopsis
Relive the greatest moments in Braves baseball—newly updated!
About the Author
Jack Wilkinson has written about sports for more than thirty-five years in Miami, Chicago, his native New York, and Atlanta. Named the Georgia Sportswriter of the Year three times, he’s covered many World Series and Final Fours, as well as multiple Olympics and Super Bowls, and has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Carroll Rogers is a backup Braves beat writer and general assignment sportswriter. She has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1997, covering the Braves, Georgia Tech football and basketball, and high school sports, as well as the Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers.