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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. WolfCounty Stadium, Milwaukee by Gregg HoffmannThe Fingers-Simmons-Vuckovich Deal by Rory CostelloThe Final Puzzle Piece: Harvey Kuenn by Dennis D. DegenhardtHow the 1982 Brewers Were Built by Rod NelsonBiographiesAllan Huber (Bud) Selig by Mario ZiinoHarry Dalton by Dale VoissHarvey Kuenn by Dale VoissBuck Rodgers by Maxwell KatesPat Dobson by Bill BishopLarry Haney by Austin GisrielRon Hansen by Jimmy KeenanCal McLish by Joe WanchoHarry Warner by Richard BogovichPLAYERSJerry Augustine by Rick SchabowskiKevin Bass by Phillip BoldaDwight Bernard by J.G. PrestonMark Brouhard by Isaac ButtkeMike Caldwell by Isaac ButtkeCecil Cooper by Eric AronJamie Easterly by Gregory H. WolfMarshall Edwards by Rick SchabowskiRollie Fingers by Dale VoissJim Gantner by Gregg HoffmannMoose Haas by Dennis D. DegenhardtLarry Hisle by David E. SkeltonRoy Howell by Maxwell KatesDoug Jones by Richard RiisPete Ladd by Gordon GattieRandy Lerch by Alan CohenBob McClure by Chris RaineyDoc Medich by Gregory H. WolfPaul