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Funny, candid, and even more interesting because it doesn't chronicle an exceptional season (something Brosnan reserved for his second book, Pennant Race, 1962), this book was a game changer. --Booklist One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well. --New York Times Rich and always interesting....This is the most authentic and convincing book about baseball I have ever read. --Los Angeles Times Takes readers inside the clubhouse, the dugout, and the bullpen-not to mention the airplane, the train and the hotel room-in ways no sportswriter ever has. --Washington Post

Takes readers inside the clubhouse, the dugout, and the bullpen-not to mention the airplane, the train and the hotel room-in ways no sportswriter ever has. -- Washington Post Rich and always interesting....This is the most authentic and convincing book about baseball I have ever read. -- Los Angeles Times Funny, candid, and even more interesting because it doesn't chronicle an exceptional season (something Brosnan reserved for his second book, Pennant Race, 1962), this book was a game changer. -- Booklist One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well. -- New York Times

"""Takes readers inside the clubhouse, the dugout, and the bullpen-not to mention the airplane, the train and the hotel room-in ways no sportswriter ever has."" -- Washington Post ""Rich and always interesting....This is the most authentic and convincing book about baseball I have ever read."" -- Los Angeles Times ""Funny, candid, and even more interesting because it doesn't chronicle an exceptional season (something Brosnan reserved for his second book, Pennant Race, 1962), this book was a game changer."" -- Booklist ""One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well."" -- New York Times"

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Jim Brosnan is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Long Season and Pennant Race. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher for nine years, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Cincinnati Reds. He went on to be a sportscaster and contributor to Sports Illustrated, Life, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the New York Times Magazine.

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