The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, A Love Affair with Baseball

The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, A Love Affair with Baseball
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Good, but not great, baseball book

A good baseball book

awesome...

While we're at it...

Thoughtful book marred by factual errors

The Game: One Man, Nine Innings, A Love Affair with Baseball
Robert Benson
Manufacturer: Tarcher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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In the spirit of Field of Dreams, a remarkable book about baseball and the meaning of life from the author of Living Prayer.

A game between the Iowa Cubs and the Nashville Sounds at an AAA park in Nashville, Tennessee, provides a lens through which Robert Benson explores the game of baseball and the meaning of life in The Game. It is "an ordinary week night game in the early part of the season between two teams that will finish far out of first place in the Pacific League." But Benson shows us how in this average game of baseball, just as in our everyday lives, the routine plays-the seemingly minor yet vital moves, empty of bravado-eventually win the game.

In beautifully measured prose, Benson links events in his life to the innings in this baseball game. Married to a woman who can quote baseball stats with the best of them and with two children who share his love for the game (his teenage daughter made the decision early on that she would be the first woman to play for the Yankees), Benson explores the ways in which baseball has always somehow shaped and defined his life. The Game is an extraordinary testament to the everlasting wonder and magic of the great American pastime.

Customer Reviews:

Good, but not great, baseball book.......2006-04-08

I love baseball, and I am very sentimental about the roll baseball has played in my close relationship with my father. For this reason, I was excited about this book.

While the book was generally well-written and, at times, the story-telling was captivating, I expected more. The attempt to intertwine the game and the life story didn't always work for me. I was also shocked by the obvious factual errors. There was a page devoted to Vin Scully and his famous "I don't believe what I just saw" call of Kirk Gibson's classic home run. Of course, it was the late Jack Buck--not Vin Scully--who made this famous call. As a lifelong Jack Buck fan, I was upset by this factual mistake.

Overall, this is a quick and enjoyable read. I recommend it for baseball fans who enjoy good literature. It isn't for everyone.

A good baseball book.......2004-10-26

Robert Benson has always loved baseball. He loves going to all the different ballparks and writing about all of them. He writes about when he was a kid in little leagues, and his dream of playing in the major leagues. He talks about his home town minor league team, the Nashville Sounds. And about his favorite major league team, the New York Yankees. Benson says that one of his favorite things to do is keep score on a scorecard, because it gets you more involved in the game.

I really like "The Game". Like Benson, I am a huge baseball fan. It's not a story with characters, Its a story of his life and baseball. I would reccommend this book to anyone who loves the game of baseball.

awesome..........2003-06-16

the human drama plays on, even with the world's greatest baseball player and his friends....

While we're at it..........2002-01-26

Let's point out a couple other factual errors about Mr. Benson's book. First of all he claims Harry Caray's signature home run call is, "It could be, it might be, it is!"
Actually, Harry used to say, "It might be, it could be, it is!"
I'm sure this is pretty trivial, but I've heard Harry call it this way hundreds of times and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to point this out. Benson makes this mistake a few times in this book, and it's annoying.
Benson also claims to be at Wrigley Field one day in May to see a young phenom by the name of Kerry Wood face the author's favorite team the Braves. At that game, Benson and his wife and the rest of the crowd are led in a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" by none other than Harry Caray.
Well, Harry died in February of 1998, and Kerry Wood didn't make his major league debut until 4/12/1998 (Easter Sunday) against the Expos.
The reason why I bring this up is because I often wondered what Harry would have said had he been alive during Wood's 20 strikeout performance against the Astros and the remarkable 1998 season that we all enjoyed as Cubs fans.
These are just a couple of annoying factual errors that I encounter in Benson's book. Other than that, I love the book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys baseball and doesn't view it as just a sport, but as a way of life.
Despite the errors mentioned above, Mr. Benson, I would love to play catch or have you hit fungoes to me anytime.

Thoughtful book marred by factual errors.......2001-09-28

Although I enjoyed this book's leisurely stroll through one man's relationship with baseball, I was disturbed by some serious screwups.

First, Benson gets wrong the year Roger Maris' single season record for home runs was broken. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa pursued and passed Maris in 1998, not 1999. This is an almost unbelievable error. Only three seasons after the fact, a baseball author making this mistake is like an American historian writing about the original twelve colonies.

Six pages later we read about the famous home run hit by
"a light hitting infielder named Bobby Thomson" in 1951. Thomson was an outfielder and finished tied for fourth (with Stan Musial) in the National League in home runs that year with 32.

Since Benson's book is built on his lifelong love of the game, mistakes like this diminish our trust even if they don't make us doubt the depth of his feeling. His sincerity seems very real, and his writing is smooth, personal and appealing.

Mistakes aside, it's nice to read a baseball book by a fan who is a writer first.

The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See
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A Good Read, Some Serious Flaws

My favorite book of the year [...]

In the tradition of great narrative nonfiction writers

Good for baseball fans as well as fanatics

Review: "The Last Nine Innings"

The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See
Charles Euchner
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks, Inc
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Great American Pastime has changed. For the first time in the history of the game, the three major forces that drive the evolution of modern pro baseball-The Triple Revolution-is revealed:

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Charles Euchner uses a dramatic moment-by-moment narrative of the seventh game of the 2001 World Series between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks to display the Triple Revolution; and to reveal the hidden dimensions of the "game within the game": From pitching motions to batting styles, from fielding and base-running, to training and strategy.

Euchner uses extensive interviews with all the players from this modern classic to produce a comprehensive view of the game that will fascinate casual fans, and stimulate baseball experts. The insider narrative includes Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, Luis Gonzalez and Curt Schilling, along with the game's coaches, managers, support staff, even medical researchers and top game stats experts.

Among the questions answered: What is the ideal pitching motion? How can we judge defensive performance? What makes managers succeed and fail? What changes the odds over the course of the game? And much more. Whether a recreational fans, or serious student of the game, The Last Nine Innings enlightens; as baseball author Andrew Zimbalist writes, "You'll never watch a baseball game the same way."

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A Good Read, Some Serious Flaws.......2007-04-04

In a book that details one game nearly pitch-by-pitch, there were some GLARING ERRORS that someone should've caught before this went to print:

-Danny Bautista is NOT a switch-hitter as stated in the book
-Danny Bautista does not play left field, he plays right. Luis Gonzalez played right field for the D'backs from 1999-2006.
-as I saw in a post below, Tony Womack's game-tying hit went to right field, not left
-as they also pointed out, Paul O'Neill plays right field, not left

I am sure there are others that we missed. That lack of attention to detail undermines much of the credibility of the book.

While I enjoyed the biographical information on Finley, Randy Johnson, etc., this book lacks continuity: some chapters are about the science of hitting, one is about Latino ballplayers struggling to adapt to America, one part relates to which parts of the brain relate to various-baseball functions.

I was at Game 7... so it was neat to re-live one of the most amazing nights of my life... but as far as sports books I give this one a solid "C-".... I would definitely say it's a library rental or borrow-from-a-friend book... not one you'll cherish.

My favorite book of the year [...].......2006-11-26

Every so often, a book comes along that is really special -- it contributes to the way people think about a topic, and possibly encourages them to look at something in a completely different way. The Last Nine Innings is one of those books.

Rewind to Game 7 of the 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks. The Yankees were looking for a fourth straight ring, while the Diamondbacks, only in their fourth year of existence, were staking their claim on the game's greatest prize with a collection of top-notch veterans and role players. One team was going home with the hardware that night - while the other would be going home with a lot of what if's and a long wait until the next season.

Charles Euchner takes this amazing setting and breaks down nine innings of baseball - mixing physics, storytelling, play-by-play, history, medicine and statistics to literally rip every thread out of the seams of a ballgame and examine the makings of a championship game. It analyzes the amazing amount of stress and almost torture that the human body endures playing the game. It takes you inside the impact that the Diamondbacks had on baseball in the greater Phoenix area, and how they have transformed the Valley of the Sun into one of the hotbeds of youth and amateur baseball.

Euchner takes you on the field, into the clubhouse, the front office, and the heads of some of the games biggest stars, while never taking the game over your head.

This is one book that will both engage and challenge the serious fan, while entertaining and enlightening the casual one. As a serious follower of baseball, I would love to be able to put this book into the hands of anyone who has ever or will ever watch a baseball game so that they might better understand the inner workings of what happens on and off the field -- and not frivolous details such as a player's favorite food. From the moment I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Especially during this final week of the postseason, it is a timely read that will help you appreciate just what is going on between the final two teams left.

Enjoyable? Absolutely. Worth adding to your bookshelf? Definitely. In fact, I'd suggest adding it to a friend's bookshelf as well - it is that good, and you'll benefit from it as much as your friend will.

--Pat Lagreid
[...]

In the tradition of great narrative nonfiction writers.......2006-04-26

Some of my favorite books are narrative nonfiction, such
as Tracy Kidder's "Soul of a New Machine" and "House", or
Michael Ruhlman's great books about cooking and building
wooden boats. When done well, these sorts of books are
interesting whether or not you know about or care about
the underlying topic. The reader is entertained, and
learns a topic in great depth.

Charles Euchner's book is in the same league (no pun intended)
as these gold standards of narrative nonfiction. The dust
jacket reviews are true... I will never watch a baseball game...
even my son's Little League game...in the same way again.

The book covers topics such as the physics of the game, the
international supply chain of talent, and the physical
punishment that the game brings to players.

Definitely a cool read whether you know alot about baseball
or just want to learn something new in an entertaining way.

Good for baseball fans as well as fanatics.......2006-04-05

I love all kinds of sports, but am only "technically knowledgeable" in football. While I had some notion of the science behind athletes training, I had no idea that baseball involved so many intricacies, with every pitch, hit, and fielding play. That's the great surprise I had with Last Nine Innings.

I thought I'd like it because I really enjoyed the 2001 World Series between the Yankees and Diamondbacks, but I found discovering the "inside world" of baseball even more enjoyable; the author wrote about it in an easy to understand way. What I'm trying to say is: As an Average Joe fan, this book helped me appreciate intricacies of the game which I would have never known about, and never would have bothered to study about in an almanac or reference book. A very good read!

Review: "The Last Nine Innings" .......2006-03-28

In his book, "The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See," Charles Euchner uses the final game of the 2001 World Series as an operating platform - where he takes the events of the game, by inning, and by each plate appearance (and sometimes by each pitch) and then uses those particular events to segue into narrative examination on the details behind copious key elements of Major League Baseball today.

These topics include sports training and conditioning - both for the mind and body, defensive technique and skill throughout the diamond, pitch selection, pitching and batting mechanics, manager decisions, the impact of the baseball statistical revolution, and the globalization of the baseball talent pool.

To be candid, as I started reading "The Last Nine Innings," being someone who has listened to professional commentary from parts of over 3,000 big league baseball games and who has read nearly 150 books on baseball, my impression (about roughly 10% into the book) was "I'm not seeing much that I don't already know." However, that reaction quickly changed - within minutes - as I began to continue reading. In fact, the further that I went into this book, I became increasingly (at what seemed like an exponential rate) more impressed with Euchner's storytelling and the amount of detail provided therein.

I especially enjoyed the passages concerning Steve Finley's work with chiropractor Edythe Heus, the role of the brain's rostromedical prefrontal cortex in body movement, the elements of a batting swing, the research performed at the American Sports Medicine Institute on pitching motions, the impact of particular game events on the change of win probability, the advantages of veteran players, the development of the Athletic Desire Index, and how Chuck Knoblauch taking Randy Johnson deep in the count during an 8th inning At Bat actually helped the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Having read "The Last Nine Innings," in its entirety, I can submit that this book is one of the best available encapsulations of everything inside and behind the scenes of modern baseball. This is not to imply that it is just a cold collection of facts. It is quite the opposite. In addition to being a robust collection of "everything you need to know," Euchner's book is very entertaining. (And, this is coming from a Yankees fan who always imagined that nothing but pain would come from ever revisiting Game Seven of the 2001 World Series.) When you consider all the interesting players and personalities involved in this particular game, just the numerous and insightful interviews (alone) that Euchner provides with several of these participants make this book worth the price of admission. When you tack on the plethora of other information that "The Last Nine Innings" provides, it's a great experience obtained at a bargain.

To summarize the benefit from reading "The Last Nine Innings," I would offer that this book is the perfect primer for the neophyte baseball fan who wants to expeditiously learn everything that is essential to the game today while also serving as an effective multipurpose reference tome for the more experienced baseball enthusiast.

To be fair, I did notice two small faux pas in the edition that I read. When describing the fan salute that Paul O'Neill received during Game Five of the 2001 World Series, it refers to him as the "Yankees' left fielder." And, when mentioning Tony Womack's hit during the 9th inning of Game Seven of the Series, Euchner states "Womack hits the ball hard to left field." When, in reality, O'Neill was a right fielder in Game Five and Womack's hit in Game Seven was to right field. But, in the grand scheme of things here, these are just two minor nitpicks and do not change my recommendation on "The Last Nine Innings."

"The Last Nine Innings: Inside the Real Game Fans Never See" should be considered as an essential element of any worthwhile baseball library and is highly recommended.

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25 years later, still doesn't feel dated
Great! Make Another One!
solid read, but too verbose.
Nine Innings-
Too verbose and too one-sided

Nine Innings
Daniel Okrent
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Binding: Paperback

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Daniel Okrent, the author of The Ultimate Baseball Book, has written not just another windy paean to the national pastime, full of labored metaphors and recollections of demolished stadiums, but a detailed, digressive breakdown of a single early-season game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles on June 10, 1982. Along the way the reader learns about the history of the slider, the building of the Orioles by their famed manager, Earl Weaver, how batters' swings reveal their personality, and even which brand of vitamin C can be found in a certain player's locker. It's a labor of love, but an enthralling one that reveals the complexities at the heart of this most complex and maddening game.

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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.

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25 years later, still doesn't feel dated.......2007-03-06

The events in this book will reach their 25th anniversary a few months from my writing this review, and the only things that feel stale are the salary figures. The book has a deceptively simple concept: nine chapters, one for each inning, but with descriptions of the game events and extended reflections on why they happened, mostly from the perspective of his hosts, the Milwaukee Brewers. For example, when Milwaukee's Ted Simmons comes to bat, Orkent discusses the machinations behind the trade that brought Simmons to the Brewers in the first place. Orkent, one of the godfathers of fantasy baseball, and now the Public Editor of the New York Times, is a truly gifted writer. This is fine baseball writing, suitable even for fans who have yet to celebrate their 25th anniversaries on Earth. It's so good that if I pulled it out in another 25 years, it would still be relevant and beautiful.

Great! Make Another One!.......2006-01-27

This book is about the last game in a four-game series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Milwaukee Brewers. It is an old book (I was four years old when this baseball game was played), but I still found it VERY interesting. I do not know a lot of the players, coaches and other baseball personalities in the book, but I still loved it. Especially interesting was tracing the life and career of Bud Selig. Who would have known that this owner would turn out to be one of the most controversial baseball commissioners in baseball history? Also interesting in the book was chapter six's discussion of the history of the baseball commissioner and how it had evolved since its inception after the Black Sox scandal. I consider myself a big baseball fan, but there were a lot of baseball things I had no clue about.

I really enjoyed the writing style of the author. He did not dramatize the baseball game, but told it very matter of factly as most radio announcers and followers of the game see it. With almost 3,000 games a season, it is hard to be too dramatic about any of them. The book does a great job of reflecting the different baseball personalities, and not only their careers but also a bit of their personal lives. Almost always included was the business aspect of their careers.

My only complaint about the book is that at times I was lost in the onslaught of names. Several times throughout the book, there were so many names being used, I couldn't keep track of them all. This was frustrating, but did not cancel out the value of the book. I wish they would make another one (make it a Braves game please).

solid read, but too verbose........2006-01-25

Daniel Okrent is no doubt a talented writer. This book is a good read but it makes you wonder if he wrote it with a thesaurus in toe. I liked the player stories, but it is more than one-sided in favor of Milwaukee Brewers coverage. Being a die-hard baseball fan, this didn't bother me all that much. If you are a casual though, you may want to skip this one. Not as essential as others will have you believe.

Nine Innings-.......2005-12-22

I read this book back in 1998, when I was getting back into baseball. To read it is to enjoy a baseball game, just the same as if you are in the stands, pitch by pitch. It gave me all the background that I was interested in ( 40 man vs 25 man roster, free agency rules though those need to be updated with every collective bargaining agreement). The stars of this game are gone, but it calls back there names, just as a good conversation with the guy in the seat next to you might. I agree it could be updated, and to do a new game would be a beautiful picture of how the game has changed.

Too verbose and too one-sided.......2005-11-17

I had heard about this book so I was interested in getting it. When I saw it at a bookstore I quickly snatched it up. Once I started reading, I became annoyed as seemingly every sixth word had me scrambling for the dictionary. Don't get me wrong I have a good vocabulary, but when was the last time you used the word "hemidemisemiquaver"? That's what I thought.

Along with trying way too hard to sound smart, Okrent spends far too much time talking about the Brewers. Hey Dan, two teams played this game not one. By the end of the book I knew almost everything there was to know about the Brewers' players, but little about the Orioles' players. Had Okrent spent more time discussing the O's players too, I would have found this book more enjoyable. I wouldn't bother with this one unless you are a Brewers fan.

Girl Wonder : A Baseball Story in Nine Innings

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A wonderful book for kids!
Inspiration for girls
My third-grader picked this one out herself!
Parents Choice Award Winner
A Wonderful Book for Girls and Boys

Girl Wonder : A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
Deborah Hopkinson
Manufacturer: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
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Did you ever hear

the story

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Girl Wonder?

Alta Weiss was born to play baseball, simple as that. From the age of two, when she hurls a corncob at a pesky tomcat, folks in her small Ohio town know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she's got some arm.

When she's seventeen, Alta hears about a semipro team, the Independents. Here's her big chance! But one look at Alta's long skirts tells Coach all he needs to know -- girls can't play baseball!

Faster than you can say "strike out!," Alta's convinced him to give her a chance. And so with the crowd buzzing and the big game up to her, Alta steps up to the pitcher's mound, determined to prove everybody wrong.

Inspired by the life of pioneering female baseball player Alta Weiss, and dramatized by Terry Widener's bold illustrations, Girl Wonder tells the unforgettable story of a true American original.

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A wonderful book for kids!.......2007-01-27

"Whoosh!" ."Bonk!" . . "Meow!!" When Alta Weiss was two she threw a corncob at a cat that was bothering her favorite hen. When Alta grew older, she used her strong arm to play baseball. She hoped to become a baseball champion. Some people doubted her because she was a girl, and wouldn't let her play on the men's baseball team. But that didn't stop her from dreaming. Then Alta had a sneaky idea to get on a baseball team. This picture book tells the true story of Alta Weiss, the girl wonder. We recommend this book for readers of all ages, and especially for baseball lovers!

Inspiration for girls.......2005-07-07

Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings is a fictional story based on the life of Alta Weiss. Alta played baseball from the time she was a little girl, and in 1907, at the age of 17, she proved that girls could play baseball when she became the pitcher of the semipro all-male team, the Vermillion Independents. The author's note tells readers some details about Alta's life and the final page of the book outlines highlights of women in baseball from 1866 to 2001.

This book would be appropriate for children ages 8 and 9. Children in this age group are beginning to develop an interest in history and biographies, as well as an interest in sports books, and they will enjoy hearing a story about this element of the history of baseball. I would read this book to children in a school setting as part of a section either on women's history, the history of women in baseball, or general baseball history. The illustrations, rendered in acrylic paint, are simple but enjoyable. They show children the types of outfits people would wear to play baseball almost a century ago. Each stage of the story is marked with a bat and ball image displaying innings one through nine. The endpapers feature drawings of the entire Vermillion Independents team. The back cover of the book has an original photo of Alta Weiss playing baseball. Children will enjoy being able to see this real image of the hero they are reading about.

My third-grader picked this one out herself!.......2003-10-25

My daughter was attracted to the cover and title of this book. She immediately read it to herself, then asked to read it aloud to me. She loved the story (as well as the adorable pictures) of how a girl was born to play baseball...even though she was the only female on the team. I would highly recommend this book to any girl or boy who would enjoy reading about one smart and determined young lady.

Parents Choice Award Winner.......2003-05-18

Girl Wonder is the winner of a 2003 Parents Choice Gold Award. As a teacher and parent, I rely on the Parents Choice award books. This is a great book to read aloud. If your daughter plays ball, read her this book. The photograph of the real Alta Weiss on the back cover is awesome.

A Wonderful Book for Girls and Boys.......2003-03-03

My daughter began playing ball in third grade. She loves this book. The illustrations are fun yet convey a sense of the time period. And the story is great for reading aloud. The best part is seeing a photograph of the real Alta Weiss, the Girl Wonder, on the back cover. That seems to make it real for kids. I am a teacher and I do a unit on women's history every March and will definitely include Girl Wonder on my list of books to read to my students.

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Life Happens in Nine Innings
Karen Fayeth
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1430318910

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As any fan of the game will tell you, baseball tells a story. No, not the crusty dugout stories about the outrageous antics of the players; the game itself tells a tale every time nine men take the field between the chalk lines. It has all the tragedy of a Greek play, laughs of a stand up comedian and the drama of the best action hero movie you've ever seen. Life Happens in Nine Innings tells the tale of a baseball game with a view from the seats. There are plenty of books out there weaving tales about the drama that happens on the field. Life Happens in Nine Innings tells the tale from the perspective of the fans. Watch the game with the people in this book. See the game through their eyes. If you want to, score the game as it is told in the story. You can. Every hit, every out, every run is accounted for. Join the folks at the ballpark. There are plenty of seats still available! The sun is out, the dogs are cooking and the beer is ice cold.

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Nine Innings
DANIEL and STEVE WULF OKRENT
Manufacturer: McGraw Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000T7QSLY

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Nine Innings
Daniel Okrent
Manufacturer: TICKNOR & FIELDS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OK4Z9I

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Nine Innings: Baseball and Spirituality

Manufacturer: Classic Day Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 159404032X

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"...a Bible study in a baseball cap. Former Oakland A's star Derek Bryant merges the very physical world of baseball with the spiritual world of Christianity. An exhilarating trip to the ballgame, Nine Innings: Baseball and Spirituality grouns faith in something familiar and beloved: the great American pastime of baseball."

Nine Innings: The Anatomy of Baseball As Seen Through the Playing of a Single Game

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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of Baseball As Seen Through the Playing of a Single Game
Daniel Okrent
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Ems get nine innings of relief.(Sports)(With Eugene's scheduled starter scratched for his All-Star duties, the bullpen steps up for a 6-2 victory over ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Ems get nine innings of relief.(Sports)(With Eugene's scheduled starter scratched for his All-Star duties, the bullpen steps up for a 6-2 victory over ... from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
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Release Date: 2005-08-01

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