NEWYORKTIMESbestsellerWinneroftheCASEYAwardforBestBaseballBookoftheYear#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorJoePosnanskiisbackwithamasterfulodetothegame:acountdownof50ofthemostmemorablemomentsinbaseball’shistory,tomakeyoufallinlovewiththesportalloveragain.Posnanskiwritesofmajormomentsthatcreatedlegends,andofforgottenmomentsalmostlosttotime.It’sWillieMays’scatch,BabeRuth’scalledshot,andKirkGibson’slimpinghomerun;theslickeststeals;thebiggestbombs;andthemosttriumphantno-hitters.Butthesearealsomomentsrawwiththehumanityofthegame,theunheraldedheroes,themesmerizingmistakesdrenchedinpinetar,andeverystory,fromtheimmortaltotheobscure,istoldfromauniqueperspective.Whetherofarealfanwhowitnessedit,orthepitcherwhogaveupthehomerun,theumpire,thecoach,theopposingplayer--thesearefreshtakesonmomentssopowerfultheyalmostfeellikemyth.Posnanski’spreviousbook,TheBaseball100,portrayedtheheroesandpioneersofthesport,andnow,withhistrademarkwit,encyclopedicknowledge,andacuteobservations,hegetsattherealheartofthegame.Fromnineteenth-centurypitchers’duelstobreakingthesport’scolorlineinthe’40s,allthewaytothegreatesttrickplayofthelastdecadeandtheslidehomethatbecameameme,Posnanski’silluminatingtakeallowsustorediscoverthesportwelove--andthoughtweknew.WhyWeLoveBaseballisanepicthatendstoosoon,aone-of-a-kindlovelettertothesportthathasusthrilled,torn,inspired,andalwayswantingmore.
MOMENTS SCATCH BASEBALL THECOACH LOVE INSPIRED HISTORY
