Dude, why did they pull Joe Nathan after the 9th? WHY? "Oh, we have a closer who doesn't suck -- let's not keep him in the game after a single 1-2-3 inning! Let's rely on the rest of our bullpen! They have done so well by us before!"
If you haven't read it yet, try Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (another great baseball writer. He wrote his baseball books as a break between writing his other books). It follows the AL pennant race between the Yankees and Red Sox that came down to the very last day of the season. Even if you're not a fan of either team, it's still a great book as it covers not just the players but the fans, as well (specifically a Sox and a Yankee fan who were both kids at the time), who were caught up in the race. I've got it if you're interested (I've also got his book, The Teammates about the intense friendship between Ted Williams, Dom Dimaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doer that lasted from their time in Boston to Ted's death in 2002, which is also very good).
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-11 09:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-11 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
From:(no subject)
From:(no subject)
Date: 2008-09-11 11:57 pm (UTC)My favorite recent non-fiction baseball book is Joe Posnanski's book on Buck O'Neil, The Soul of Baseball.