ISBN: 9780385184090 - why time begins on opening day (9 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. Stated First Edition. 300 pages; moderate foxing on the exterior edges of textblock and on front and rear endpapers. Light fading and shelf wear on DJ. Minor tears on DJ edges. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. *Signed & inscribed by the author* The stated 1st Edition, Fine in Very Good Plus in a new Brodart cover. Book is fresh. Dustjacket attractive and price-clipped with uniform color; has very light edgewear with some tiny chips. "To A, This looks like the year for your Tigers! Good luck and Best Wishes, Tom Boswell" to the ffep. Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Very Good +. Very Good +. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 300pp. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in green and red cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine ends; spine, flaps, and verso lightly toned. Boards bumped at spine ends; some fading. Binding sound. Top edge of textblock foxed; small stain at first free endsheet; interior pages clean. Overall Very Good or better. Signed and inscribed by the author at first free endsheet. Inscription reads, "To Joy, I hope you enjoy these pieces despite the consistent sarcasm toward your Phillies. Good luck and best wishes, Tom Boswell.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. viii, [2], 300, [2] pages. DJ has some wearm tears, chips and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Nancy, I hope you enjoy these pieces, especially since I understand that you've been surrounded by serious fans since your days of following the Hollywood Stars. Good luck and best wishes, Tom Boswell. A collection of essays on the sport of baseball, its myths, superstars, pennant races, strategies, ballparks, and other facets of the national pastime. Thomas M. Boswell (born October 11, 1947, in Washington, D.C.) is an American sports columnist. Boswell has spent his entire career at the Washington Post, joining it shortly after graduating from Amherst College in 1969. He became a Post columnist in 1984. Writing primarily about baseball, he is credited with inventing the total average statistic. In 1994 he appeared several times in the Ken Burns series Baseball, sharing insightful commentary into the history of America's national pastime; he appeared again in "The Tenth Inning," Burns' 2010 extension of the series. In addition to the Post, he has written for Esquire, GQ, Playboy and Inside Sports. He also makes frequent television appearances. Derived from a Kirkus review: Most of the pieces in this second collection are purposeful studies of the game. Take entry on the '82 Orioles: "Bred to a Harder Thing Than Triumph." gives us an inside look at a tough pennant race Pieces on ballparks (how baseball differs in each), on types of manager ("Little Napoleons, Peeless Leaders"), on umpires ("Lives of Noisy Desperation"), on pitching rotations ("How to Control the Arms Race"), on catchers ("Half Gurus, Half Beasts of Burden")--have interesting content. "The Importance of Being Third," contrasts how Brooks Robinson and Graig Nettles play the position. "Nine Against One," is a dandy appreciation of the niceties of defense. Along with other myths (like the notions that an 0-2 pitch should always be a ball, a 2-0 pitch a strike), Boswell reviews the revolution in swings started by Hank Aaron, "codified" by Charlie Lau. There are a couple of nice feature pieces: on the coming-of-age of college baseball; on the ever-present past--old-timers' gatherings and games. Boswell says in the closing, title piece: "Baseball offers us pleasure and insight at so many levels and in so many forms." First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Lawrence Ratzkin (Jacket photograph) (illustrator).…