Is This a Great Game, or What? From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball

Name: Is This a Great Game, or What? From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball
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ISBN: 9780312362232

ISBN-10: 0312362234

ISBN-13: 9780312362232

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tim Kurkjian

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ESPN’s Tim Kurkjiannbsp;has spent over twenty-five years coveringnbsp;almost 3,000 Major League Baseball games andnbsp;interviewing about that many players, coaches, managers and executives.nbsp; InIs This a Great Game, or What?,Kurkjian combines his years of experience, uncanny knowledge and deep love of the game, to create a book filled with some of the most fascinating insight into Major League Baseball this side of Jim Bouton's bestseller,Ball Four.Whether he’s explaining what goes through a ballplayer’s mind when he faces a fastball in the chapter "My Face Was Crushed by a Bowling Ball Going 90mph", detailing bizarre rituals and superstitions performed by some of baseball's greatest…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction



My Mom Was My Catcher



Business...But It's a Pleasure



I'll Beat You Playing from My Knees



Phil Niekro's Teeth



I'm Old, I'm Fat, I'm Bald, Cm Ugly, I Have a Plate in My Head



My Face Was Crushed by a Bowling Ball Going 90 MPH



I Need It Now-Stat!



Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign



I'm Whacked



There Was a Blimp in Left Field



The Sun Will Rise, the Sun Will Set, and I'll Have Lunch



It's Ambidextrous, Not Amphibious



Angel, My Man



Why Can't There Be a Left-handed Catcher?



Just Grab That Bat as Tight as You Can, Son



I Love Ketchup


Acknowledgments