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Summary: Another great Kahn work
Review: A truly informative and imaginative exploration of the nature the pitcher's psyche. Roger Kahn yet again blends his flowing prose style with comprehensive research to create a wonderfully exciting narrative. This book would be of great interest to both avid and fairweather baseball fans alike.
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Summary: Best Baseball Book of the Year
Review: Again, Mr. Kahn outdoes himself with his latest book. This one, in the special style of the genious of Mr. Kahn, relates what really goes on inb the mind of the pitcher. It is a MUST read for any baseball fan, not only for its perspective of pitching for over 100 years, but also for the wonderful prose of Mr. Kahn. This book is a homerun.
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Summary: Roger Kahn is an American Treasure...
Review: Another homerun (although he would not like that analogy for this particular book) for Kahn. He is America's finest bard of baseball (some may disagree, but as Kahn would say, this is the writer's opinion). This is a fascinating look at pitching history through interviews (and historical documents) with the men who created it. From Ol' Hoss Radbourn (pitched over 600 innings and won 60 games in a season) to Christy Matthewson to Bob Gibson (who I wish had more than 10 or so pages) to Leo Mazzone, the book is wide in scope and stories. The book rambles a bit, but frankly the ride is worth taking. For anybody who loves the greatest of all games, this book will give you a new view of the men who make or break it. The pitchers.
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Summary: The Head Game works
Review: As a pitcher through my college years I read this book with great interest. I am not a baseball historian so the look back at the early pitchers in the game of baseball was very interesting. As a pitcher with an average fastball, I had to rely on "The Head Game" to survive. This ia a must read for fans of the great game of baseball. I have a daughter who plays tennis and I am thinking of having her read this book. The head game played from the pitchers mound is no different than the head game played by the server in a tennis match. enjoy.
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Summary: Not what I had hoped for
Review: As the pitching coach for a junior college team, I bought this book hoping for something new--some revelations, so to speak. Sorry, nothing new here. In fact, the book seems to have no connective thread. It doesn't even read like a book. Just a bunch of disconnected ramblings. One of the few interesting interviews was with Leo Mazzone, the Atlanta Braves pitching coach. Unfortunately, Mazzone said nothing that he hadn't already said in his own book, Pitching Like a Pro. (No surprise there.) Mazzone's book is a slim paperback that you could own for half the price of this book. Kahn's concept is a good one. The chess game between pitcher and batter, especially played out at the highest level of the game, is worthy of a book-length treatment. Too bad Kahn couldn't close the deal.
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Summary: A great view from the mound
Review: Clem Labine,Hoss Radbourn and Jesse James,Cy Young,Christy Mathewson,Spahn and Sain , Kofax and Sutter. Great personal stories ,well researched and very hard to put down. A must for any serious fan of the game.
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Summary: A Must For Real Baseball Fans
Review: Do you think you know baseball? Well, read Kahn's latest gem to really learn the game. Why are baseball's greatest pitchers so effective? They've learned the "head game" and use it to perfection. Kahn uses his great writing ability to pen the greatest book ever written about the most important part of baseball -- the battle between pitcher and catcher. As Kahn so well relates through his profiles of some of baseball's great hurlers, the battle transends the physical and is just as much a mental challenge. If you love baseball and think you really understand the game, then you MUST read this book by one of America's premier writers.
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Summary: The Head Game: Baseball Seen From The Pitcher's Mound
Review: Good reading.......has me wishing that spring training started next week. I especially enjoyed the sections on the players from the 80's and 90's (Sutter, Glavine, etc.)
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Summary: A great view from the mound
Review: I am a big fan of Roger Kahn so I knew I was in for a good read. Yes, the title may suggest the psychological warfare that exists between pitcher and batter, and some of that does exist in the book. I CAN understand why those who expected more of this in the book would be disappointed. I appreciated reading about players from the 19th century in addition to those who dominated during the 20th century. Kahn didn't disappoint me in what he had to say about the pitchers he discusses. It isn't a tired rehash of what other authors have to say. Roger has a way of expressing himself in ways that I appreciate and find interesting. In regard to the whippersnappers at ESPN who voted Michael Jordan as the greatest athlete in the 20th century, Roger asks you to consider the fact that can it be that "the greatest athlete of the century couldn't hit .250 in the minor leagues." Kahn would pick either Jackie Robinson "because no one was as good as Robinson in as many sports" or Babe Ruth because "Ruth might have become baseball's greatest pitcher if he had not changed course and become baseball's greatest slugger." If you are looking for a technical book about baseball try "Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans." If you want a great read about some of baseball's best pitchers you can't go wrong with The Head Game by Roger Kahn. Trust me on this one.
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Summary: Roger Kahn is Always Worth Reading
Review: I am a big fan of Roger Kahn so I knew I was in for a good read. Yes, the title may suggest the psychological warfare that exists between pitcher and batter, and some of that does exist in the book. I CAN understand why those who expected more of this in the book would be disappointed. I appreciated reading about players from the 19th century in addition to those who dominated during the 20th century. Kahn didn't disappoint me in what he had to say about the pitchers he discusses. It isn't a tired rehash of what other authors have to say. Roger has a way of expressing himself in ways that I appreciate and find interesting. In regard to the whippersnappers at ESPN who voted Michael Jordan as the greatest athlete in the 20th century, Roger asks you to consider the fact that can it be that "the greatest athlete of the century couldn't hit .250 in the minor leagues." Kahn would pick either Jackie Robinson "because no one was as good as Robinson in as many sports" or Babe Ruth because "Ruth might have become baseball's greatest pitcher if he had not changed course and become baseball's greatest slugger." If you are looking for a technical book about baseball try "Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans." If you want a great read about some of baseball's best pitchers you can't go wrong with The Head Game by Roger Kahn. Trust me on this one.
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