Press Release
Miracle on Grass is the true story of how an unknown team of American minor leaguers stunned the international baseball powerhouse from Cuba. They were the 2000 USA Baseball Olympic Team, a ragtag group of players that had never played together as a team. Led by Hall-of-Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, who came out of retirement to lead the charge for his country, they pulled off the greatest upset in Olympic baseball history. Their triumph was remarkable, but the story of their coming together is even harder to imagine.
David Fanucchi graduated from California State University – Chico in 1993 with a degree in journalism, and was the Director of Communications for USA Baseball from 1999-2006. It was then that he worked as the official Team USA Press Officer for the 1999 USA Baseball Pan Am Team, and the 2000 USA Baseball Olympic Team.
Miracle on Grass is Fanucchi’s first-hand account of the events that took place over a two-year period, and an intimate, perceptive portrayal of the three incredible weeks Team USA spent in Australia, climaxing with their gold medal triumph over Cuba. Fanucchi gives readers a behind the scenes look at how the Major League Baseball executives in charge of this operation for the United States went about selecting the players, how Lasorda persuaded management into giving him the opportunity to coach the team, how the Americans narrowly qualified for the Olympics during a gut-wrenching game, and how capturing the gold medal in Sydney changed the lives of every player, coach and administrator involved.
Miracle on Grass by David Fanucchi
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List $19.95
Paperback 322 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1478357414
ISBN-10: 147835741X
Ebook $9.95
ISBN – TBD
Amazon CreateSpace
November 9, 2012
