Pennant Race: The Classic Game-By-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961, (Paperback)

from ghr4

"Pennant Race," Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Jim Brosnan's first-hand account of the team's 1961 National League Championship season, contains a handful of interesting anecdotes and insights into baseball in that era, but I could never quite get into the rhythm of the diary: observations on the life ...

from DAVID

Worth reading, since I'm a fan of baseball history, but not nearly as good as its predecessor, The Long Season. I was disappointed that Brosnan threw in his anti-religious feelings. I have the impression that he wrote it mainly to make some more money, since The Long Season had been profitable fo...

from writemoves

Jim Brosnan was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in 1961. He describes the National League race where the underdog Reds win the pennant. It is a bit of a dated baseball book. Since I am 65, I still remember Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, Don Drysdale ...

from rocketjk

In 1961, Jim Brosnan was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, who surprised the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. This book is his diary of that season. In fact, this was Brosnan's second book. His first, The Long Season, was a first person account of the 1959 season, du...