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Title: A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti by A. Bartlett Giamatti, Kenneth Robson, David Halberstam ISBN: 1-56512-192-9 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: just loved this book...
Comment: I read this book outloud with my 12-year-old son in October 2000 during the playoffs and world series. We had borrowed it from the library, and ever since then he's been asking me to buy it. We finally have and now he's reading it again on his own. I thought it was too advanced for him, but there is a passion in this book you can't miss.
Rating: 5
Summary: The dignity of this great game.
Comment: Mr. Giamatti is very eloquent in his writings on the game of baseball. Of the many chapters, the one most appealing is the last chapter on Peter Edward Rose. I am an extreme fan of this great game and his words on that issue alone send chills through me everytime I read it.
If you love baseball, then you will love reading this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very passionate man
Comment: Throughout this book Giamatti is referred to as an idealist by others and at least once by himself. There is not a more accurate description of his writings contained in "A Great and Glorious Game."
What seperated Giamatti from others of like mind was his ability to act upon his impulses. Most famously, banishing Pete Rose from ever being associated with baseball again. An incredible unfortunate situation, but to all those who cannot accept Giamatti's judgment please read this book. For myself it clarified his motives and subsequent actions.
Beyond anything to do with Rose, this book is thoroughly engaging. Giamatti deftly exemplifies why many of us continually return to baseball every spring. Recommended for any baseball fan.
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Title: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader by Roger Angell ISBN: 1566633710 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games by A. Bartlett Giamatti ISBN: 0671691309 Publisher: Summit Books Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: Game Time: A Baseball Companion by Steve Kettmann, Roger Angell ISBN: 0151008248 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball by Stephen Jay Gould, David Halberstam ISBN: 0393057550 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Game: One Man, Nine Innings: A Love Affair With Baseball by Robert Benson ISBN: 1585421014 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 19 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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