The Great Book of San Francisco/Bay Area Sports Lists

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Running Press, Apr 28, 2009 - Sports & Recreation - 240 pages
The Bay Area is home to multiple popular franchises in all four major sports -- the 49ers and Raiders (NFL), Giants and A's (MLB), Kings and Warriors (NBA), and Sharks (NHL). With such diversity in rooting interest, area fans have much to debate all year long, and prominent Bay Area sports-radio host Damon Bruce is just the man to get the debate going with this entertaining book of original sports and entertainment lists. Bruce also enlists the help of such notable local stars to contribute their own lists, including Orlando Cepeda, Brent Jones, Gary Radnich, Drew Remeda, Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead, and more.
 

Contents

130 Ten Greatest Athletes to Attend Stanford University
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132 Greatest Athletes to Attend the University of California Berkeley
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134 Greatest Moments in Cow Palace History
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136 Greatest Quotes in Bay Area Sports History
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137 Guys Who Came Out of Nowhere
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139 Guys Who Didnt Want to Be Here
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141 Most Hated Athletes in Bay Area Sports History
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143 Most Memorable Moments in ATT Park History
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Top 25 Batting Averages
22
Top 25 Pitchers
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27 Reasons to Respect the Rivalry
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Bruce Jenkins
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33 Greatest Oakland As of All Time
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35 Greatest Moments in Oakland As History
35
37 Ten Ideas from the Mind of Charlie Finley
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39 Astonishing Major League Rickey Records
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40 Greatest As Hitters by Average
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41 Greatest Homerun Hitters in Oakland As History
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42 Greatest StrikeOut Artists in Oakland As History
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43 Ten Best Closers in Oakland As History
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45 Winningest Pitchers in Oakland As History
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by Marty Lurie
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49 Greatest Golden State Warriors of All Time
49
51 FranchiseDefining Raiders Moments Before Al Davis Sold His Soul to LosAngeles
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53 Greatest Oakland Raiders of All Time
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55 Five Reasons Why the Raiders Are Fooling Themselves These Days
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56 Ten Things Al Davis Wants You to Know
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58 Ten Greatest San Jose Sharks of All Time
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by Drew Remenda
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62 Top Ten Eats or Treats at the Park or Stadium
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63 Best Cheap Eats in San Francisco
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by Greg Quinn
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67 Bay Area Baseball AllTime Dream Team
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70 Top Five NonSporting Events at Candlestick Park
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by Brian Murphy
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76 Quotable Characters from the Candlestick Days
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77 Best Brawls and Feuds in Bay Area Sports History
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80 Best Places to See a Concert in the Bay Area
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by BenFongTorres
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84 Bay Area Baseball Phenoms Who Fizzled
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86 Best Free Agent Signings in Bay Area Sports History
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89 Worst Free Agent Singings in Bay Area Sports History
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91 Best Little Big Men in Bay Area Sports History
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93 Top Mascots in Bay Area History
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95 Best Second Acts by Bay Area Athletes and Coaches
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by Cyrus Saatsaz
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101 Ten Best Movies Shot in San Francisco
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103 Worst Pieces of Crap Filmed in San Francisco
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105 Greatest Hairdos in Bay Area Sports History
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106 Worst Hairdos in Bay Area History
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108 Best Mustaches and Beards in Bay Area Sports History
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110 Best Uniforms in Bay Area History
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112 Ten Great Quotes about San Francisco
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by Glenn Dickey
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123 Quotes from Bill Walsh
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124 GoneButNot Forgotten Bay Area Teams
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by Ted Robinson
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128 Ten Great Athletes You Didnt Know Were From the Bay
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145 Questions That Keep Bay Area Fans Up at Night
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147 SteroidsProof Major League Records
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149 Worst coaches and Mangers in Bay Area History
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151 Worst Pro Quarterbacks in Bay Area Football History
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153 Ten Best Trades in Bay Area Sports History
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156 Worst Trades in Bay Area Sports History
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159 Things about Bonds HR Record You Didnt Know
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161 Seven Quotes From the SevenTime MVP
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162 Reasons Why You Cant Blame Giants Fans for Rooting for Barry Bonds
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164 Best TransBay Major Leaguers
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166 Best TransBay NFLers
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168 Greatest Bay Area Olympians
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170 More Notable Quotes from Bay Area Athletes and Coaches
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172 Ten Best Nicknames in Bay Area Sorts History
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173 Least Flattering Nicknames in Bay Area Sports History
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174 Five Ways to Remember Willie Mays
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175 Len Eshmont Award Winners
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by Rich Lieberman
177
180 Top Ten Krukowisms
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181 Broadcasters Who Did As PlaybyPlay but Are More Famous for Something Else
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by Gary Radnich
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184 Ten Greatest High School AthletesPeninsula
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186 More Important High School Athletes from the City of OaklandAlameda
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188 Ten Most Important High School Athletes from San Francisco
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190 Ten Bay Area Football Memoriesby Gary Plummer
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193 The The List
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194 Building a Bay Area Frankenstein
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196 A Dozen Unwritten Rules of Major League Baseball
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198 Ten Same Names
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199 Numbers that Should Be Retired
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200 Ten Bad Asses and Cocky Bastards
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202 Greatest Kickers and Punters in Bay Area NFL History
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204 The 14 Historic Plaques Outside ATT Park
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206 Five Statues Outside ATT Park
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209 The Best of Ten through One
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210 Five for the Kiddies
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211 The Smiths
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212 Celebrities Who RootRootRoot for the Home Team
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214 Ten OfftheField OfftheWall Injuries
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216 Initial It
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217 Whats Your Name?
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218 The Spiritual Names
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219 Ten HallofFameWorthy Names Not Enshrined
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221 Ten Presidential Names
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222 Things that Are Gone and Never Coming Back
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224 Ten Bright Spots in Bay Area Sports
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226 Top 101 Bay Area Athletes
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236 Index
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Damon Bruce hosts one of the longest-running sports radio programs in the nation, Sportsphone 680 on KNBR 680 AM in San Francisco. He also hosts the post-game shows for the San Francisco Giants, 49ers, and Warriors on that radio station. He has worked for ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio. He is also the voice of the highly successful MLB video game "The Bigs" by 2K-Sports. He lives in San Francisco.

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