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Fonte dell'immagine: Jason Turbow
Opere di Jason Turbow
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime (2010) 337 copie
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's (2017) 59 copie
They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los… (2019) 17 copie
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- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- California, USA
- Attività lavorative
- author
sportswriter
sports journalist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 418
- Popolarità
- #58,321
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 25
Nolan Ryan, Carlton Fisk, Ricky Henderson, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Dusty Baker, Tommy Lasorda, Pete Rose, Goose Gossage, Mo Vaughn, George Foster, and many more of baseball's more colorful personalities are chronicled here.
I will say, if you read this book, you'll never look at baseball quite the same way again. You'll understand a lot of the unspoken politics playing out on the field and view them with a new appreciation, or disparagement.
It's well written, well organized, and features plenty of anecdotes to illustrate the codes. I highly recommend it for baseball fans. It's the same kind of inside scoop we felt like we were getting when we saw "Bull Durham" for the first time. The book lets you inside the game, warts and all.… (altro)