Selling id: desktopmusicbooks,
Rated by buyers 4.9
State: new
How soon does it ship: Usually ships in 1-2 business days;
From: CT, United States
Remarks: New/New; Item is brand new from publisher overstock. Hardcover with dust jacket. May have Publishing houses remainder mark on the edge just to assure it is not returned to the store. From Publishing houses Weekly: Major league baseball was vastly different 30 years ago when free agency and the designated hitter were relatively new concepts, and most games were not televised. But one thing was the same: the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox were fierce rivals. In the 1978 season, it all came down to a roller-coaster ride of a pennant race that culminated in one Tuesday afternoon playoff game to decide the winner of the American League East. Bradley (American Son: Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr.) scores a solid hit with his very first baseball book, recounting the sudden-death game and the season leading up to it. He deftly staggers chapters, alternating a pitch-by-pitch account of the playoff innings with the backstory of the season and most of the players and coaches. Two of the many compelling plo
