The God Squad

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the late 1970s the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the God Squad.</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season challenging the Dodgers and Reds they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979 when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field local sportswriters were quick to blame the born-again players claiming their newfound faith had made them passive. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The God Squad</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> features present-day interviews with two of the born-again Giants of that era as well as with two of the sportswriters who covered them. You will also re-live the exciting 1978 pennant push and get inside the motives and beliefs of the six most vocal God Squadders. The book includes 14 pages of photos and a chapter on God Squad II the second wave of born-again Giants in the late 1980s and early 1990s including Dave Dravecky and Hall of Famer Gary Carter.</span></p>