| What baseball fan doesn't get goosebumps when hearing, "The Giants win the
pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" Who--hockey fan or not--doesn't feel a little
bit giddy whenever they hear Al Michaels shout, "Do you believe in miracles?
Yes!" Who doesn't grin when they hear Univision sportscaster Andres Cantor
demonstrate his lung capacity by bellowing, "Gooooaaaal!" And who can forget
"The Play" in the Cal vs. Stanford game when the Bears came back to win in the
final seconds--bowling over a trombone player in the process? From an admittedly scratchy
recording of Babe Ruth's memorable World Series home run in 1932 to the dramatic penalty
shootout win in the 1999 Women's World Cup, And the Crowd Goes Wild captures
history's greatest sports calls. The two CDs accompanying this collection feature 47 original sports calls, including Franco Harris making the "Immaculate Reception," Secretariat winning the Triple Crown, Lou Gehrig saying goodbye, Buster Douglas upsetting Mike Tyson, and Mark McGwire beating Roger Maris's single-season home run record. The book sets up each event with capsule explanations, accompanied by stock photographs. Narrated by Bob Costas, And the Crowd Goes Wild will entertain any sports fan. --Sunny Delaney |