Harvey’s Wallbangers: The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
SABR Digital Library, #76
Reeks: SABR Digital Library
Gregory H. Wolf
- Harvey's
- Wallbangers:
- The
- 1982
- Milwaukee
- Brewers
- commemorates
- a
- team
- that
- captured
- the
- hearts
- and
- imagination
- of
- baseball
- fans
- not
- just
- in
- Wisconsin,
- but
- around
- the
- country.
- Named
- for
- skipper
- Harvey
- Kuenn,
- the
- home-run
- slugging
- club
- was
- filled
- with
- a
- memorable
- cast
- of
- characters,
- future
- Hall
- of
- Famers,
- and
- All-Stars:
- from
- Robin
- Yount,
- Gorman
- Thomas,
- Ted
- Simmons,
- and
- Rollie
- Fingers
- to
- Cecil
- Cooper,
- Ben
- Oglivie,
- Paul
- Molitor,
- and
- Don
- Sutton.
- They
- were
- a
- close-knit
- and
- resilient
- group
- that
- weathered
- controversies
- and
- slumps
- to
- capture
- the
- AL
- East
- crown
- on
- the
- last
- day
- of
- the
- season,
- overcome
- a
- two-games-to-none
- deficit
- to
- win
- the
- best-of-five
- League
- Championship
- Series,
- and
- move
- to
- within
- one
- game
- of
- winning
- the
- World
- Series.This
- book
- is
- the
- result
- of
- the
- tireless
- work
- of
- more
- than
- 40
- members
- of
- the
- Society
- for
- American
- Baseball
- Research.
- SABR
- members
- researched
- and
- wrote
- all
- of
- the
- biographies,
- game
- accounts,
- and
- essays
- in
- this
- volume.Introduction
- and
- Acknowledgements
- by
- Gregory
- H.
- WolfBud
- Selig
- and
- Harvey
- Kuenn,
- both
- key
- members
- of
- the
- 1982
- Brewers,
- are
- given
- due
- respect
- with
- their
- own
- respective
- biographies.
- Additionally,
- many
- lesser
- known
- players
- from
- the
- 1982
- roster,
- such
- as
- Kevin
- Bass,
- Rick
- Schabowski,
- Doc
- Medich,
- Charlie
- Moore,
- Pete
- Vukovich,
- and
- Ned
- Yost
- are
- documented.
- Articles
- containing
- information
- about
- the
- 1982
- World
- Series
- against
- the
- St.
- Louis
- Cardinals
- are
- also included.
