George K
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I picked up this book some time ago but haven't read it. The fact that Don Baylor got Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson to write the intro and forward for it was good enough for me to pick up an unsigned copy.
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deaconblues63
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I didn’t know Grilli had a book out…I’m gunna have to pick that one up, met him once, good dude!
deaconblues63
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It should be easy to find and not very expensive. Good luck.
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I just found out last night that Baylor was a Seattle Mariners hitting coach for a season (under Mike Hargrove - 2005). I don't really follow the team closely and had no clue.
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The Long Season by Jim Brosnan
If you are a fan of baseball autobiographies and do not know about this one, you need to. It's not the best I have ever read, but it is important. It is the first honest and candid look at the life of a major league player.
Prior to this, autobiographies were either ghostwritten by or co-written with sportswriters. The books focus on the mythical aspects and majestic achievements of the players. The players aren't people; they are gods among men. You get to read about the victories and the homers and the awards, but you never get to know the player, at least not in any three dimensional and realistic fashion.
Brosnan wrote this himself. He shares the difficulties of being a player including the loneliness, the hardships on the families and the struggles with failures.
It isn't like Bouton's Ball Four. He doesn't share the private stories of others. It's not scandalous at all. It's just honest in a way that nothing before it ever was.
If you are a fan of baseball autobiographies and do not know about this one, you need to. It's not the best I have ever read, but it is important. It is the first honest and candid look at the life of a major league player.
Prior to this, autobiographies were either ghostwritten by or co-written with sportswriters. The books focus on the mythical aspects and majestic achievements of the players. The players aren't people; they are gods among men. You get to read about the victories and the homers and the awards, but you never get to know the player, at least not in any three dimensional and realistic fashion.
Brosnan wrote this himself. He shares the difficulties of being a player including the loneliness, the hardships on the families and the struggles with failures.
It isn't like Bouton's Ball Four. He doesn't share the private stories of others. It's not scandalous at all. It's just honest in a way that nothing before it ever was.
