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9780316796446

The Long Ball The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played

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  • ISBN13:

    9780316796446

  • ISBN10:

    0316796441

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-04-01
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Summary

Cincinnati Reds is generally considered to be the best of all time, and baseball historians often rank its sixth game as the greatest single game ever played. In this exuberantly praised bestseller, Tom Adelman tells the story of the season that led up to that classic series, and then delivers the inside pitch on those amazing seven games.

Author Biography

Tom Adelman is the author of the national bestseller The Long Ball. He has also written several novels and works of music criticism. Adelman and his family live in Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Part One-THE PRESEASON 1(56)
Part Two-THE SEASON'S FIRST HALF 57(56)
Part Three-THE ALL-STAR BREAK 113(12)
Part Four-THE SEASON'S SECOND HALF 125(42)
Part Five-THE POSTSEASON 167(173)
CONCLUSION 340(5)
NOTES 345(10)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 355(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 359(2)
INDEX 361

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