Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game - Softcover

Okrent, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618056696 ISBN 13: 9780618056699

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 2000

Synopsis

You'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 -- inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, a seasoned writer and lifelong fan, chose as his subject a Milwaukee BrewersBaltimore Orioles matchup, though it could have been any game, because, as Okrent reveals, the essence of baseball, no matter where or when it's played, has been and will always be the same. In this particular moment of baseball history you will discover myriad aspects of the sport that are crucial to its nature but so often invisible to the fans -- the hidden language of catchers' signals, the physiology of pitching, the balance sheet of a club owner, the gait of a player stepping up to the plate. With the purity of heart and unwavering attention to detail that characterize our national pastime, Okrent goes straight to the core of the world's greatest game. You'll never watch baseball the same way again.

About this title

Review:

"Interesting and meaningful." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Informative and amusing . . . we get a little bit of everything and a lot of entertainment." - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times

"An astounding piece of sports journalism . . . the best book about the best game there is." - ST LOUIS DISPATCH

Synopsis:

Explores the many-faceted world of professional baseball, using the June 10, 1982 game between the Brewers and Orioles as a framework for discussing the catchers' signals, the physiology of pitching, and owners' balance sheets.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618056696
• ISBN 13: 9780618056699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288