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Author name: Tim Kurkjian

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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.092
EAN num: 9780312362232
ISBN number: 0312362234
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: May 01, 2007
Publishing house: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 72853
Studio: St. Martin's Press




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ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian has spent over twenty-five years covering almost 3,000 Major League Baseball games and interviewing about that many players, coaches, managers and executives.
In Is 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 players, or taking us into the locker room to see what transpires in the clubhouse of a Major League team, Kurkjian’s tales are at times hilarious, other times horrifying, yet always entertaining.
Kurkjian has spoken to some of the greatest ballplayers ever over the years and they have revealed details about themselves and the game they love with a candor that readers won't find anywhere else. Filled with anecdotes and fascinating insight, this is an essential book for baseball fans or anyone curious about America’s pastime.




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Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Baseball made fun
This is a great book. For those fans of Tim Kurkijan, you can't go wrong on this read. Bought it for my husband, not only did he enjoy it, but I did too. great wit and a real fun book.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A great reminder of why you love baseball

Long-time baseball writer and commentator Tim Kurkjian shares a great collection of off-beat and insightful baseball stories in his book. Kurkjian's love for the game and what he does comes through loud and clear.

Kurkjian covers a wide range of topics, including scouts, coaches, managers, spring training, being hit by the pitch, humorous incidents and much more. His stories are fresh, tightly written and entertaining.

This book focuses on all the reasons why you love baseball and why you know it's the best sport.




Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - One of BEST Baseball Books
Tim K. found the essence of the game of baseball. His passion and love of the game come thru in this book. If you are any kind of a fan of baseball you will really enjoy "Is This a Great Game or What."



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A funny and insightful look at baseball!
I am a baseball enthusiast and have read a lot of books on the subject. But this book had to be one of the best. Tim Kurkjian gives us a behind the scenes look not just at the sport of baseball, but the characters behind the scenes that make it the great sport it is.

There are a lot of funny stories not just about the players, but also the managers, agents, GM's, owners and scouts. You name it, and there is a story about it.

What makes baseball to me such a great sport are the athletes that are involved. And baseball players have to be the goofiest and funniest there are out there. And Tim Kurkjian captured that perfectly in this book.

Writing about baseball and being around the game his whole life, I can't wait for the subsequent book to come out and I will be the very first in line to buy it.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - It's that good. By a mile.
This is the best baseball book I've read in a long, long time.

With this slim volume (it could have been twice as long and I still wouldn't have had enough...) Tim Kurkjian vaults ahead of his peers to become one of the pre-eminent baseball writers alive today.

His elegant yet conversational style comes across beautifully on the printed page. It is so easy to read, yet many of his descriptions or turns-of-phrase are nicely constructed, poetic and hilarious.

His arguments...baseball fans LIVE for arguments...are so concise yet clear-cut, that I will tell you there is no question who's a better baseball player, Ruth or Bonds. It may be obvious to you, yet Kurkjian's theorem is iron-clad, and funny as all get out.

The theoretical question as to how many baseballs would an average person hit off the average professional pitcher...the answer, unequivocally, is zero...is answered SO unequivocally that it's brilliant in its' brevity and wit.

There are great lines and great stories on each and every page of this book. I was actually sad when it was done.

I will buy every single baseball book Mr. Kurkjian writes, for the rest of his career, based on this one book.

It's that good. By a mile.

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