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SIGNED The Complete Game - Ron Darling Autograph Book [Alfred A. Knopf, 2009]
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780307269843
- Book Title
- Complete Game : Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Baseball / General
- Item Width
- 5.8in
- Item Weight
- 15.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Ron Darling has been beloved by Mets fans since he helped his team win the 1986 World Series. Today he is considered one of the most articulate and insightful broadcasters in baseball, bringing the game to life in ways that few can match. Now he gives us an engaging, sophisticated, practical, and philosophical exploration of the art, strategy, and psychology of pitching. Darling takes us inside the pitcher's mind, illuminating the subtler aspects of the game and providing a deeper appreciation of what happens on the field. He explains why the position of pitcher is uniquely strategic and complex and explores the various tactics a pitcher uses in different scenarios, including the countless factors in deciding what to throw and how he bounces back from a tough inning. Throughout, we get a glimpse of what it feels like to stand alone on the mound, the center of attention for tens of thousands of fans. While there are technical books on pitching, there is no other book that examines the position in such compelling depth as The Complete Game. Filled with captivating, real-life anecdotes, it will do for pitching what Ted Williams's The Science of Hitting did for batting-and it will be an essential book for every fan and aspiring player.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307269841
ISBN-13
9780307269843
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70917221
Product Key Features
Book Title
Complete Game : Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
15.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv865.D37a3 2009
Reviews
"My kind of guy . . . [Darling] writes soulfully about coming into and leaving the game . . . When most former major leaguers write memoirs, you wonder why they bothered; with Ron Darling . . . You wonder why it took him so long." Allen Barra,Newsday "Incisive, in-depth . . . Fascinating . . . [Darling] seems to have an almost photographic memory of every game he pitched . . . His pitch-by-pitch descriptions . . . illustrate the complexity of baseball . . . The antithesis of the sordid baseball tell-all." Rege Behe,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "An unconventional baseball book . . . [And] a very good one, too . . . [Darling] can explain all the cerebral stuff while also answering some questions fans always wonder about . . . It's a snapshot inside a pitcher's head, and for a baseball fan, it's worth framing." David Hinckley,New York Daily News "Baseball generates dozens of books every year . . . This is easily the best of the year so far . . . It's hard to recall a baseball book that offers as much information about the gamefrom a player's perspectiveas this one." Booklist "Darling serves up his keen recollections in a finely shaped memoir with the gameand the task of pitchingat its core." Library Journal "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams'The Science of Hitting." Jonathan Mahler, author ofLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongsideBall FourandMoneyballas a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author ofAmerican Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author ofSometimes You See it ComingandParadise Alley, "[Darling] has written a thoughtful and lively new book about the art, craft and business of his trade. It's a nuts-and-bolts kind of baseball booka pitcher's answer to Ted Williams's classic, The Science of Hitting . . . [Darling is] an affable, frank and witty guide . . . [He] has a sense of humor about the game's ups and downs . . . He also sees its elegiac potential." Bruce Handy, The New York Times Book Review "My kind of guy . . . [Darling] writes soulfully about coming into and leaving the game . . . When most former major leaguers write memoirs, you wonder why they bothered; with Ron Darling . . . You wonder why it took him so long." Allen Barra, Newsday "Incisive, in-depth . . . Fascinating . . . [Darling] seems to have an almost photographic memory of every game he pitched . . . His pitch-by-pitch descriptions . . . illustrate the complexity of baseball . . . The antithesis of the sordid baseball tell-all." Rege Behe, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "An insightful story for anyone who loves the game." Maureen McCarthy, Minneapolis Star Tribune "An unconventional baseball book . . . [And] a very good one, too . . . [Darling] can explain all the cerebral stuff while also answering some questions fans always wonder about . . . It's a snapshot inside a pitcher's head, and for a baseball fan, it's worth framing." David Hinckley, New York Daily News "Enough oddities and thrilling turns of baseball to make a reader glad to be here andwell, not out there." The New Yorker "This is a book about pitching and life, and about how a man of intelligence looks at baseball from the field level, not from the stands." David M. Shribman, Bloomberg "Baseball generates dozens of books every year . . . This is easily the best of the year so far . . . It's hard to recall a baseball book that offers as much information about the gamefrom a player's perspectiveas this one." Booklist "Darling serves up his keen recollections in a finely shaped memoir with the gameand the task of pitchingat its core." Library Journal "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams' The Science of Hitting ." Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongside Ball Four and Moneyball as a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author of American Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author of Sometimes You See it Coming and Paradise Alley, "Baseball generates dozens of books every year . . . This is easily the best of the year so far . . . It's hard to recall a baseball book that offers as much information about the gamefrom a player's perspectiveas this one."Booklist "Darling serves up his keen recollections in a finely shaped memoir with the gameand the task of pitchingat its core."Library Journal "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams'The Science of Hitting." Jonathan Mahler, author ofLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongsideBall FourandMoneyballas a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author ofAmerican Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author ofSometimes You See it ComingandParadise Alley, The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound Ron Darling ISBN 978-0-307-26984-3 Alfred A. Knopf Summer 2009 "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams'The Science of Hitting." Jonathan Mahler, author ofLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongsideBall FourandMoneyballas a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author ofAmerican Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author ofSometimes You See it ComingandParadise Alley, "[Darling] has written a thoughtful and lively new book about the art, craft and business of his trade. It's a nuts-and-bolts kind of baseball booka pitcher's answer to Ted Williams's classic,The Science of Hitting. . . [Darling is] an affable, frank and witty guide . . . [He] has a sense of humor about the game's ups and downs . . . He also sees its elegiac potential." Bruce Handy,The New York Times Book Review "My kind of guy . . . [Darling] writes soulfully about coming into and leaving the game . . . When most former major leaguers write memoirs, you wonder why they bothered; with Ron Darling . . . You wonder why it took him so long." Allen Barra,Newsday "Incisive, in-depth . . . Fascinating . . . [Darling] seems to have an almost photographic memory of every game he pitched . . . His pitch-by-pitch descriptions . . . illustrate the complexity of baseball . . . The antithesis of the sordid baseball tell-all." Rege Behe,Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "An insightful story for anyone who loves the game." Maureen McCarthy,Minneapolis Star Tribune "An unconventional baseball book . . . [And] a very good one, too . . . [Darling] can explain all the cerebral stuff while also answering some questions fans always wonder about . . . It's a snapshot inside a pitcher's head, and for a baseball fan, it's worth framing." David Hinckley,New York Daily News "Baseball generates dozens of books every year . . . This is easily the best of the year so far . . . It's hard to recall a baseball book that offers as much information about the gamefrom a player's perspectiveas this one." Booklist "Darling serves up his keen recollections in a finely shaped memoir with the gameand the task of pitchingat its core." Library Journal "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams'The Science of Hitting." Jonathan Mahler, author ofLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongsideBall FourandMoneyballas a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author ofAmerican Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author ofSometimes You See it ComingandParadise Alley, "An unconventional baseball book . . . [And] a very good one, too . . . [Darling] can explain all the cerebral stuff while also answering some questions fans always wonder about . . . It's a snapshot inside a pitcher's head, and for a baseball fan, it's worth framing." David Hinckley,New York Daily News "Baseball generates dozens of books every year . . . This is easily the best of the year so far . . . It's hard to recall a baseball book that offers as much information about the gamefrom a player's perspectiveas this one." Booklist "Darling serves up his keen recollections in a finely shaped memoir with the gameand the task of pitchingat its core." Library Journal "Mets fans already know Ron Darling as one of the game's most insightful commentators, but this is a book for all of Baseball Nation to cherish. Just as artfully as he once changed speeds, Darling moves adeptly between his own experience on the mound and his probing analysis of the art and psychology of pitching to offer us a rare glimpse inside the world of the loneliest man on the field. The result is the pitching equivalent of Ted Williams'The Science of Hitting." Jonathan Mahler, author ofLadies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning "Darling's little gem of a book immediately takes its place alongsideBall FourandMoneyballas a classic, and the best account ever of the way pitchers think." Joseph J. Ellis, author ofAmerican Creation "Totally absorbing. Ron Darling takes us inside the mind of a pitcher, and a funny, thoughtful, and observant one at that." Kevin Baker, author ofSometimes You See it ComingandParadise Alley
Copyright Date
2009
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2008-055706
Dewey Decimal
796.357092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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