The Game from Where I Stand: From Batting Practice to the Clubhouse to the Best Breakfast on the Road, an Inside View of a Ballplayer's Life

"An entertainingly clear-eyed look at big league life" from the former professional baseball outfielder and Ivy League graduate (Sports Illustrated). In The Game from Where I Stand, Glanville shows us how players prepare for games, deal with race and family issues, cope with streaks and slumps, respond to trades and injuries, and learn the joyful and painful lessons the game imparts. We see the flashpoints that cause misunderstandings and friction between players, and the imaginative ways they work to find common ground. And Glanville tells us with insight and humor what he learned from Jimmy Rollins, Alex Rodriguez, Randy Johnson, Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling, and other legendary and controversial stars. In his professional career, Glanville experienced every aspect of being a player—the first-round pick, the prospect, the disappointment, the can't-miss, the cornerstone, the veteran, the traded, the injured, the comeback kid. His eye-opening book gives fans a new level of understanding of day-to-day life in the big leagues. "Filled with sharp insights, keen observations, and great stories, his book is championship caliber." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "[Glanville] is as adept at thinking and writing about baseball as he was at playing it." —Men's Journal "An engaging and thoughtful detailing of the way a smart, feeling player processed and parried with the realities of megabyte-era Major League Baseball." ―Jim O'Donnell, Chicago Sun-Times "Like a player peering from dugout steps, surveying the field and the game, Glanville has a wonderful vantage." ―Cleveland Plain-Dealer

© 2010 Times Books (E-bog): 9781429947206

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E-bog: 6. maj 2010