{"product_id":"the-lineup-9781476688305","title":"The Lineup","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Focusing on the ten most influential baseball books of all time, this volume explores how these landmark works changed the game itself and made waves in American society at large. Satchel Paige''s \u003ci\u003ePitchin'' Man\u003c\/i\u003e informed the dialog surrounding integration. Ring Lardner''s \u003ci\u003eYou Know Me Al\u003c\/i\u003e changed the way Americans viewed their baseball heroes and influenced the work of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Bill James''s \u003ci\u003eBaseball Abstract\u003c\/i\u003e transformed the way managers--including those in fields other than baseball--analyzed numbers. Pete Rose''s \u003ci\u003eMy Story and My Prison Without Bars\u003c\/i\u003e exposed and deepened a cultural divide that paved the way for Donald Trump. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No one has read the literature of baseball with as much insight as Paul Aron has. Even better, his narratives about the creation and the impact of his selected books are as engaging as many of the books themselves. I approached this book expecting cogent literary analysis; I didn’t expect to be charmed and delighted as well. This is a marvelous book.” —Daniel Okrent, author of \u003cem\u003eNine Innings\u003c\/em\u003e and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Ultimate Baseball Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Aron’s delightful account of the most influential books on baseball is, at once, informative, insightful, entertaining, and historically penetrating. The reader is introduced not only to the great baseball narratives, but also to the historical circumstances surrounding them.” \u0026amp;8212;Andrew Zimbalist, author of \u003cem\u003eBaseball and Billions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richly entertaining and insightful, \u003cem\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles baseball’s long love affair with the written word, from biographies and memoirs of such immortals as Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson to Jim Bouton’s controversial \u003cem\u003eBall Four\u003c\/em\u003e to Roger Kahn’s elegiac \u003cem\u003eThe Boys of Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, to Bill James’ revolutionary \u003cem\u003eBaseball Abstract\u003c\/em\u003e. Anyone who has a love of baseball and a passion for books will want to read this remarkable book.” —James Mote, author of \u003cem\u003eEverything Baseball\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. America's National Game by A.G. Spalding, 1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters by Ring Lardner, 1916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Pitchin' Man: Satchel Paige's Own Story by Satchel Paige, 1948\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. The Natural by Bernard Malamud, 1952\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues by Jim Bouton, 1970\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. The Bill James Baseball Abstract by Bill James, 1982\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Rotisserie League Baseball by Glen Waggoner, 1984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Pete Rose: My Story by Pete Rose and Roger Kahn, 1989, and My Prison Without Bars by Pete Rose with Rick Hill, 2004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Other Influential Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographic Essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040506216791,"sku":"9781476688305","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476688305.jpg?v=1750946958","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lineup-9781476688305","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}