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The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978

The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978

Sieger, Matt

Paperback

Baseball & SoftballChristian Living

Publisher Price: $21.95

ISBN10: 1631322184
ISBN13: 9781631322181
Publisher: Advanced Publishing LLC
Published: Nov 7 2023
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In the late 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the God Squad. When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season, challenging the Dodgers and Reds, they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979, when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field, local sportswriters were quick to blame the born-again players, claiming their newfound faith had made them passive. The God Squad features present-day interviews with two of the born-again Giants of that era as well as with two of the sportswriters who covered them. You will also re-live the exciting 1978 pennant push and get inside the motives and beliefs of the six most vocal God Squadders. The book includes 14 pages of photos and a chapter on God Squad II, the second wave of born-again Giants in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Dave Dravecky and Hall of Famer Gary Carter.

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