{"product_id":"pennant-race-the-classic-game-by-game-account-of-a-championship-season-1961-0062667068","title":"Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0062667068\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brosnan, Jim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a cynical, tough professional athlete and his book makes wonderful reading.-New YorkerFrom the author of The Long Season-considered by many to be the greatest baseball book of all time-comes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the 1961 National League pennant.In Pennant Race, Brosnan-with his trademark wise-guy wit and plain-spoken practicality-once again offers a refreshingly candid alternative to hackneyed baseball mythologizing. Day by day, game by game, Brosnan reveals the real lives of professional ballplayers: their exhilaration and frustration, hope and despair, chronic worry over job security, playful camaraderie, world-weary cynicism, and boyish-if cautious-optimism. Although the Reds would ultimately lose the World Series to the Yankees, for Brosnan and his teammates, this was a winning season.Pennant Race vividly captures a remarkable year in the life of a ball club and the golden age of one of Major League Baseballs most memorable eras.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51527299301664,"sku":"NEW0062667068","price":14.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81_v8RTJk2L.jpg?v=1777229100","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/pennant-race-the-classic-game-by-game-account-of-a-championship-season-1961-0062667068","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}