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The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball's Golden Age

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sridhar PappuPublish date:2018-09-04Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9781328557285ISBN-10:1328557286UPC:9781328557285Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCP3RDWZB0

The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball's Golden Age

"Both a pleasure and a revelation."--Daniel Okrent, author of Nine Innings

In 1968, two astounding pitchers would dominate the game as never before. One was black, the other white. The stoic Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation's hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. The flashy Denny McLain was a crass self-promoter who lived a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9781328557285ISBN-10:1328557286UPC:9781328557285Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCP3RDWZB0
SRIDHAR PAPPU is "The Male Animal" columnist for the New York Times. He began his award-winning career as a feature writer for the Chicago Reader and has served as a columnist at the New York Observer, a correspondent for the Atlantic, and as a staff writer at the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated.


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