Product Description
Go ahead, ask sports fans the numbers of their favorite players, and they¹ll rattle them off in a heartbeat. Derek Jeter? 2. Shaqille O¹Neal? 32. Peyton Manning? 18. Dale Earnhardt Jr.? 8. That one you¹ve seen on the back windows of so many pickup trucks you don¹t even need to be a fan to know. Numbers have been a part of sports lore since they first appeared on uniforms back in the Roaring 20s. But who¹s the best‹the very best‹player ever to wear 32. Or who¹s the best 44: Reggie Jackson, Hank Aaron or Jerry West? Or maybe Pete Maravich? Sporting News, which has 120 years of covering sports as a foundation, makes those decisions in the highly-entertaining book Best by Number. The colorfully illustrated book takes you behind the scenes with amazing anecdotes of why players chose‹or were assigned‹their famous numbers, but most important, Sporting News tells you authoritatively who was the best of the best, 0-99, including what are sure to be surprise selections that will be debated for years.
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 Amazed how quickly this arrived
We didnt expect this book to arrive until after Christmas, but we received it on the 24th! Thank you so much for sending this out so quickly!
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A Fun Debate
This book will spark discussions among sports fans about athletes and the numbers they wore. You'll also learn the rumors behind why some athletes wore certain numbers.
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 Unique and great book for the sports buff ( nathines )
Really loved this book... even though my beloved LSU Tigers did not always have the rating of "best" at that number.
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Fabulous fun for sports fans
I gave this book to several of my husband's co-workers because he works in sports television. It's a very well-written, thought-provoking (and discussion/argument-provoking) publication! Plus, it has terrific anecdotes scattered throughout the pages about suspicions regarding the uniform numbers and why certain players changed numbers mid-career. LOTS of FUN!!! They loved it!
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Great gift!
I gave this book to two men in my family and both of them immediately began thumbing through it. They loved to read about those that were highlighted that they agreed with, and argue about who should not have made the book.
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