ISBN: 9781402208966 - the entitled: a tale of modern baseball (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The Entitled is a baseball masterpiece, like The Natural and Field of Dreams. --Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of FameFrom legendary six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America's game.Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was cursed with that worst of professional maladies, the ill fortune of almost. Now after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howie's finally been given his shot as manager of the Cleveland Indians. But whether Howie can spot a small flaw in a batter's swing won't matter if he can't manage his superstar outfielder Jay Alcazar, a slugger with enormous talent (and an ego to match).No crisis on the field fazes Jay and no woman off the field rejects him. But one night at a hotel Howie sees something at Jay's door he wishes he hadn't.and it leaves Howie with an impossible choice.Praise for THE ENTITLED: I loved The Entitled.reminded me of the many people I've known and played with-pure baseball. --Lou Piniella, Manager, Chicago CubsFrank Deford is not just an immensely talented sportswriter, he's an immensely talented American writer. --David HalberstamIn men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball. --Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday MoneyEngrossing.Readers are exposed to a richly textured understanding of baseball and, no less, of estrangement, ambition, mendacity and the search for one's destiny-notwithstanding the cost in human or financial terms. --Library Journal.proves once again that Deford can play at the highest level in any league. --Michael Mewshaw, author of Year of the GunDeford scores another hit with this novel of athletes behaving badly.tackles timely and provocative issues without flinching. --Publishers Weekly.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 318 pp. Fiction. Howie Traveler never made it as a player---one major league hit and a lifetime .091 batting average. Now, after years of struggling up the coaching ladder, Howir gets his big shot---as manager of the Cleveland indians. His biggest problem? managing his superstar outfielder Jay Alcazar.…

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Second printing. Hardcover. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Deford on the title page: June 9th, 2007, For Lois & Wayne- all good wishes, Frank Deford." A nice copy as one of the recipients was Lois Wille, a two time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Third printing [stated]. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8 inches. [12], 318, [4] pages. Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 - May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program. Deford wrote for Sports Illustrated magazine from 1962 until his death in 2017, and was a correspondent for the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel television program on HBO. He wrote 18 books, nine of them novels. A member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, Deford was six times voted National Sportswriter of the Year by the members of that organization, and was twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review. In 2012, Deford became the first magazine recipient of the Red Smith Award. In 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal, was presented with the William Allen White Citation for "excellence in journalism" by the University of Kansas, and became the first sports journalist ever to receive the National Press Foundation's highest honor, the W. M. Kiplinger Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism. His 1981 novel Everybody's All-American was named one of Sports Illustrated's Top 25 Sports Books of All Time and was later made into a film of the same title. Sporting News describes Deford as "the most influential sports voice among members of the print media" and GQ simply calls him "the World's Greatest Sportswriter." Of this book Hall Of Fame Mike Schmidt states "The Entitled is a baseball masterpiece, like The Natural and Field of Dreams; the difference is the plot and the characters depict the true inside world of baseball. Frank Deford writes like he played in the majors for ten years. If you have a passion for baseball, this is a must read." Derived from a Kirkus review: Sportswriter and NPR commentator Deford tells an intriguing tale about a baseball-team manager, his moody superstar and their moral dilemma. After decades of good, hard, largely unrecognized work in the trenches, Howie Traveler has finally gotten what he deserves: He's managing the Cleveland Indians. And he's doing the pretty good job he always knew he could do. But his golden opportunity is about to evaporate after two years of laying the foundation for a league championship. Jay Alcazar, the Indians' superstar, the muscle in the team's lineup, has gone off the tracks. The gorgeous, gifted Cuban is about to get hit with a rape charge, and straight-shooting Howie, who genuinely likes the slugger and has worked hard to earn his trust, holds Jay's fate in his hands. Howie saw Jay's accuser trying to leave the ballplayer's room and saw Jay pull her back and slam the door, but rape doesn't make much sense to Howie or to anyone. Jay is such a star and so handsome that he never wants for voluntary companionship or sexual satisfaction. He has only to lift an eyebrow, even in a year like this one, when he's off his stride. The manager, a very canny and very honest guy, is stumped. He knows he was hired to keep Alcazar happy and motivated, he knows that he's about to be replaced by someone who can motivate the outfielder to resume his winning ways, and he knows that he's never going to get a chance to manage a team if he gets fired. But rape? How can you wink at that? What he needs to know is why Jay spent a year distracted from his championship form. It all has to do with the circumstances surrounding the player's birth and subsequent removal from the Socialist Paradise, but Jay seems unwilling to save his own skin. Or Howie's. A compelling story enhanced by Deford's great, conversational writing style.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.