Brad Mangin (Photographer), Brian Murphy (Author), Bruce Bochy (Foreword), Tim Flannery (Afterward)
“Championship Blood” captures the bigness and boldness of the San Francisco Giants’ historic run to a World Series victory in 2014, their third title in five years. The players are emblazoned in fans’ minds by now, and acclaimed photographer Brad Mangin’s pictures document the rhythm of their season, in moments both big and small, combining traditional photography shot with digital SLRs and Instagrams shot on an iPhone. Brian Murphy (of KNBR’s Murph and Mac ) writes dynamic profiles of a dozen players and m
“The third collaboration of Giants lore by KNBR’s Brian Murphy and photographer Brad Mangin, “Championship Blood,” is an absolute gem. Murphy wrote crisp 500-word essays, Mangin produced his signature collection (nobody shoots the game quite like him) and the irrepressible Tim Flannery wrote a very cool afterword.”