The classic inside account of a baseball year by a major league pitcher. It begins, appropriately, with the winter doldrums and sweating out a new contract, then follows the author and his family to spring training in Florida and through the full season s schedule to October. One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well. New York Times Book Review."
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The classic inside account of a baseball year by a major league pitcher. It begins, appropriately, with the winter doldrums and sweating out a new contract, then follows the author and his family to spring training in Florida and through the full season s schedule to October. One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well. New York Times Book Review."
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Sort of like Ball Four, the diary of a season with the 1959 St. Louis Cardinals. Jim Brosnan catches some of the humor of a lomg season, and for a true baseball fan, you get to see what it was like being a major leaguer pitcher in ther 1950.s
Chet
Aug 21, 2014
Great Inside Stuff
Get a feel for what it's really like to be a professional baseball player and conquer the grind and ups and downs of long seasons.