Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball
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Book Overview
ESPN's Tim Kurkjian has spent over twenty-five years covering almost 3,000 Major League Baseball games and interviewing about that many players, coaches, managers and executives. In Is This a Great Game, or What?, Kurkjian combines his years of experience, uncanny knowledge and deep love of the game, to create a book filled with some of the most fascinating insight into Major League Baseball this side of Jim Bouton's bestseller, Ball Four . Whether he's explaining what goes through a ballplayer's mind when he faces a fastball in the chapter "My Face Was Crushed by a Bowling Ball Going 90mph", detailing bizarre rituals and superstitions performed by some of baseball's greatest players, or taking us into the locker room to see what transpires in the clubhouse of a Major League team, Kurkjian's tales are at times hilarious, other times horrifying, yet always entertaining.Kurkjian has spoken to some of the greatest ballplayers ever over the years and they have revealed details about themselves and the game they love with a candor that readers won't find anywhere else. Filled with anecdotes and fascinating insight, this is an essential book for baseball fans or anyone curious about America's pastime.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312362234
ISBN13:9780312362232
Release Date:May 2007
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:258 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
WOW!!! What a fun ride.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Simply put, this is the best book about baseball that I have ever read. It kept me coming back for more. Kurkjian has a subtle tonque in cheek way of writing that make this book simply a joy to read. And to answer his question, yes it is the best game ever invented IMHO."PLAY BALL!!"
It IS a Great Game, THIS Is a Great Read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The stories about players and personal anecdotes are fascinating and entertaining. A must read for any baseball fan.
Great read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a great book to read, especially if you are a baseball fan. Tim Kurkjian is a very likeable writer and it shows in his writing. When reading his book it makes you feel like you are having a one on one personal conversation with him. It changes the whole aspect of the book because of how it is written. Recommend it to anyone!
Is this a great book or what?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
My wife picked up a copy of this book for me last weekend. I read it over the course of two days. What a great read. I've always enjoyed Tim Kurkjian's commentaries on baseball, be it on the radio, TV, or print and his take on the past twenty five years doesn't dissapoint. There are some really interesting stories that he shares, that you don't (at least I haven't) heard anywhere else. There is a chapter about the fear of the baseball. Conversations with numerous players who were hit in the head with a pitch and how it affected them. There is a chapter called "Ambidextrous" that share funny stories about players like Mark Mulder, a left handed pitcher, who does everything below the waist (tie his shoe, golf, bowling) right handed. The book was also very well written and well laid out. Very much an enjoyable read.
Fantastic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
If you like baseball you can't find a better book than this. Great, I mean GREAT baseball stories fill this book. What a fun read--and probably a terrific Fathers Day gift.
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