The Last Nine Innings is the last word on the inside of baseball. Its full of wonderful revelations and perceptions that help us understand the game in ways that we might never have imagined. Charlie Euchner has done a marvelous job in getting players to talk, simply, about how they play, and were the wiser for it.Frank DefordCharlie takes an unorthodox approach to an emotional week and succeeds at finding the heart of both the tension of the World Series and the technical foundations of the baseball profession. This is a ...
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The Last Nine Innings is the last word on the inside of baseball. Its full of wonderful revelations and perceptions that help us understand the game in ways that we might never have imagined. Charlie Euchner has done a marvelous job in getting players to talk, simply, about how they play, and were the wiser for it.Frank DefordCharlie takes an unorthodox approach to an emotional week and succeeds at finding the heart of both the tension of the World Series and the technical foundations of the baseball profession. This is a different book, in a very good way.Howard Bryant, the Washington Post, and author of Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League BaseballThe lengthy description of game 7 makes for dramatic reading, and the interviews with key players from that game add a human dimension.BooklistI enjoyed Charless book. Its an interesting read, rich in thought-provoking detail and context, in the manner of Malcolm Gladwell. He deftly pulls off a difficult double play: educating the serious fan while entertaining the casual one.Tom Verducci, Senior Writer for Sports IllustratedThe Last Nine Innings is entertaining, engaging and enlightening. Youll never watch a baseball game the same way.Andrew Zimbalist, author of Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime and Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith CollegeMemo to ESPN analysts, FOX color announcers and daily baseball scribes: stop telling us about who had a haircut, who didnt have a haircut and who collects stamps. Rip out the red thread on the baseball, peel back the cowhide and talk about all the stuff thats wound up inside the game. Thats what CharlesEuchner does in The Last Nine Innings and its fascinating.Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams, Biography of an American Hero and Why Not Us?: The 86-Year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans from Unparalleled Suffering to the
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