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4435260Pennant Racehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/pennant-race-9780062454898/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1229139/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=638424330064200000188229MXNHarperCollinsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a cynical, tough professional athlete and his book makes wonderful reading.<em>New Yorker</em></strong></p><p>From the author of <em>The Long Season</em>considered by many to be the greatest baseball book of all timecomes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the 1961 National League pennant.</p><p>In <em>Pennant Race</em>, Brosnanwith his trademark wise-guy wit and plain-spoken practicalityonce again offers a refreshingly candid alternative to hackneyed baseball mythologizing. Day by day, game by game, Brosnan reveals the real lives of professional ballplayers: their exhilaration and frustration, hope and despair, chronic worry over job security, playful camaraderie, world-weary cynicism, and boyishif cautiousoptimism. Although the Reds would ultimately lose the World Series to the Yankees, for Brosnan and his teammates, this was a winning season.</p><p><em>Pennant Race</em> vividly captures a remarkable year in the life of a ball club and the golden age of one of Major League Baseballs most memorable eras.</p>...671757Pennant Race188229https://www.gandhi.com.mx/pennant-race-9780062454898/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1229139/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=638424330064200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169780062454898_W3siaWQiOiIzZmE5Y2UwMy04ZDcyLTRjMmUtYmVhNi02NjE4MjEzNTU2Y2MiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDQtMTdUMTI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780062454898_<p><strong>Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a cynical, tough professional athlete and his book makes wonderful reading.<em>New Yorker</em></strong></p><p>From the author of <em>The Long Season</em>considered by many to be the greatest baseball book of all timecomes another classic sports memoir by legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan, which chronicles how his team, the Cincinnati Reds, went on to win the 1961 National League pennant.</p><p>In <em>Pennant Race</em>, Brosnanwith his trademark wise-guy wit and plain-spoken practicalityonce again offers a refreshingly candid alternative to hackneyed baseball mythologizing. Day by day, game by game, Brosnan reveals the real lives of professional ballplayers: their exhilaration and frustration, hope and despair, chronic worry over job security, playful camaraderie, world-weary cynicism, and boyishif cautiousoptimism. Although the Reds would ultimately lose the World Series to the Yankees, for Brosnan and his teammates, this was a winning season.</p><p><em>Pennant Race</em> vividly captures a remarkable year in the life of a ball club and the golden age of one of Major League Baseballs most memorable eras.</p>...9780062454898_HarperCollinslibro_electonico_9780062454898_9780062454898Jim BrosnanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-a607e862-97a3-4aac-9ed3-85c1491d29fe.epub2016-03-15T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins