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05-07-2004, 11:07 PM
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Pennant Race by Jim Brosnan
The lesser-known sequel to "The Long Season," which followed the Reds' 1960 season, Brosnan kept his diary of the 1961 season, when the Reds won a surprise pennant. The success doesn't suit Brosnan's sardonic voice as well as the 6th-place finish of the year before, when the pitcher captured the dichotomy of excitement and tedium when a team is out of the race, and going nowhere.
This season was a success, and the book ends with the pennant-clinching victory, leaving out the unhappy ending of the World Series. It's a fascinating collection of the ups and downs of a season, even a winning season. Players are living people, with families, friends, and concerns outside the ballpark. Fans sometimes forget that. It's a good book, if not as good as Brosnan's first. He's a very articulate player. |
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05-08-2004, 12:18 AM
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Actually THE LONG SEASON was about the 1959 season, so he skipped a season between books. Both of Brosnan's books are among my very favorite baseball books, as I indicated in an earlier thread. THE LONG SEASON deserved the acclaim that later was accorded BALL FOURl
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05-08-2004, 08:53 AM
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william Blake's Innkeeper
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In enjoyed them both
...Brosnan was quite erudite for a pro athlete[then or now], and unlike Bouton, he didnt have his book ghosted...a great read
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