Pennant Race

Rating:
Summary: Excellent! One of the best baseball books ever!
Review: Although most of the players from the 1961 Cincinnati Reds are forgotten now (exception: right fielder and National League MVP Frank Robinson), this book remains current due to the good humor and insider's view it affords the reader. Nearly 40 years old now, it shows how timeless the game of baseball is.

I'm a lifelong NY Yankees fan, but this remains one of my favorite books on any subject.

One note: this is one of the only baseball books that was _really_ written by the named author. Brosnan had no ghostwriter.

Rating:
Summary: The Best Baseball Book
Review: Pennant Race and its companion book, The Long Season, are the best baseball books ever written. I enjoyed Ball Four, written ten yeras after The Long Season, but it is a pale imitation. Brosnan's style and perspective are unique; his blend of candor and cynicisn unmatched; his writing subtleties are brilliant. I have read hundreds of baseball books, and these two, which I basically consider one volumne, are unequaled.