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One Day at Fenway : A Day in the Life of Baseball in America by Steve Kettmann (2005, Trade Paperback)

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One Day At Fenway : A Day In The Life Of Baseball In America, Paperback by Kettmann, Steve, ISBN 0743483669, ISBN-13 9780743483667, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A collage-format portrait of the August 30, 2003 game between the Red Sox and the Yankees shares the perspectives of such individuals as John Henry, Joe Torre, Dominican Republic scout Rafael Avila, and Boston slugger Manny Ramirez.

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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-100743483669

ISBN-139780743483667

eBay Product ID (ePID)44477613

Product Key Features

Book TitleOne Day at Fenway : a Day in the Life of Baseball in America

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBaseball / History, Baseball / General, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT)

Publication Year2005

GenreSports & Recreation, History

AuthorSteve Kettmann

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-280638

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsBruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle It's good to know that the Yankees' tiny general manager played some serious hardball in his day. It's priceless to learn that the Red Sox' GM plays a mean guitar after midnight. And it's refreshing to discover that a single ballgame can be so gloriously revived. Perhaps it could only be at Fenway Park, with the terrified exhilaration of its patrons. But in bringing a year-old game to life, Steve Kettmann creates the kind of energy and suspense reserved for the here and now., "I was blown away...Steve not only captured the intensity on the field but also the layers of interest that surround the greatest rivalry in sports."-- Billy Beane, general manager, Oakland A's, Billy Beane, General Manager, Oakland AthleticsI was blown away. Baseball books usually bore me, but Steve grabbed my attention with every page. When the Yankees and the Red Sox play, even as an opposing general manager I become a fan. Steve not only captured the intensity on the field but also the layers of interest that surround the greatest rivalry in sports., "Fierce...Fun...and often riveting. A rare inning-to-inning insight into the sport."-- John McMurtrie,San Francisco Chronicle, Madison Smartt Bell Steve Kettmann's kaleidoscopic rendering of a single Yankees-Red Sox game makes a fascinating narrative even for those who know little about the sport. With its cast of dozens of acutely interested characters, One Day at Fenway is the Black Hawk Down of baseball., Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero For less than what you normally would pay to park, you get to sit in the good seats, the bad seats, the dugout itself....You squint and watch the action for a couple of innings through a hole in the scoreboard. All this and it's the Yankees and it's a hell of a game and...just start reading. You won't be disappointed. This is the ultimate Fenway experience., "Fierce...Fun...and often riveting. A rare inning-to-inning insight into the sport." -- John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle, Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor, The New Republic No rivalry in sports is as intense as the Red Sox and Yankees, and no year in that rivalry was as intense as 2003. In One Day at Fenway, Steve Kettman has picked out the season's quintessential game and reconstructed it so vividly that you feel like you're right in the dugout with the players, hanging on every pitch. Whether you're a fan of good baseball or just good storytelling, this is a book you'll want to read., Dan Shaughnessy, author of The Curse of the Bambino A fascinating dissection of a Red Sox-Yankees game. Steve Kettmann needs only nine innings to explain 100 years of a baseball rivalry., "I was blown away...Steve not only captured the intensity on the field but also the layers of interest that surround the greatest rivalry in sports." -- Billy Beane, general manager, Oakland A's

Dewey Decimal796.357/64/0974461

SynopsisNow in paperback--a cross between A Day in the Life and Moneyball --comes the inside, intertwining stories of famous, and not-so-famous people as their lives are affected by one day of baseball: August 30, 2003, Red Sox-Yankees at Fenway, during their most famous season ever. Fenway Park, Saturday, 8/30/03: Yankees versus Red Sox. Not just a special day in a historic rivalry but a unique one in the long tradition of baseball writing. For on this day award-winning sportswriter Steve Kettmann worked with a team of top reporters to chronicle everything that happened, from the point of view of everyone involved. With One Day at Fenway, Kettmann goes beyond the ballpark to bring you interviews and anecdotes involving all the major players--from Red Sox owner John Henry and CEO Larry Lucchino, privately second-guessing Grady Little's managing moves during the game; to Yankee skipper Joe Torre, worrying on the bench about Mariano Rivera, who can't find home plate; to Sox slugger Manny Ramirez, who missed the game with a throat infection. And there's more: the famous and infamous players in the field and in the boardrooms, rabid fans on both sides, the not-so-innocent bystanders--all here in this brilliant re-creation of a day in the life of America's favorite pastime.

LC Classification NumberGV875.B2K48 2005

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