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Indlæser... The Baseball 100 (udgave 2021)af Joe Posnanski (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Baseball 100 af Joe Posnanski (Author)
   Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   ) nmele | Jul 19, 2022 |   ) jimifenway | Jan 27, 2022 | The Baseball 100 isn't a history, in the usual sense, though it is Posnanski's story of the sport. It's a list, obviously, purportedly ranking players from all eras against one another (though that's admittedly subjective, almost intended to start arguments). What's it about? The players -- each essay is a short biography and discussion of the career, a little bit of amazing. Yet each is so much more: the book is a discussion of greatness: what is it, what does it require? It's about relationships, fathers and sons, players and fans, social roles. It's about memory and myth, too, because too many of the best players were excluded from competition, so we have no way to really know how Negro Leaguers compared except what comes down as legend, and the very real loss this unjustified exclusion caused for us all. And it is, before I've even finished, one of my favorite books. EverettWiggins | Oct 23, 2021 | This is no mere list however. Each entry is a mini biography of sorts, highlighting the player and his accomplishments. These are fascinating little sketches and that makes the reader understand, if not appreciate, each player that much more. Like any lifelong baseball fan I have a lot of opinions about who is here and who isn't, where the ones here are ranked, and what constitutes greatness. Yet even when I disagree with something Posnanski asserts I also acknowledge that his rationale does. indeed, make sense for what he is doing. This is his list and I appreciate the opportunity to see the list and I truly enjoyed reading about the characters that populated baseball over the years. I would highly recommend this to any baseball fan. Some chapters will bring back memories, some will be little history lessons, but all of them will be a fun and informative trip into a player's life and career. Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( ) pomo58 | Jul 8, 2021 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Biography & Autobiography.
Sports & Recreations.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year "An instant sports classic." â??New York Post * "Stellar." â??The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." â??BookPage (starred review) * "This is a remarkable achievement." â??Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will. Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,â??The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book's introduction, Pulitzer Prizeâ??winning commentator George F. Will marvels, "Posnanski must already have lived more than 200 years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?" Baseball's legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game's all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn't rely just on records and statisticsâ??he lovingly retraces players' origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball's past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the twenty-first- century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth's? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history? No compendium of baseball's legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor, and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O'Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more. The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Chapter by chapter, Posnanski invites readers to examine common lore with brand-new eyes and learn stories that have long gone unheard. The epic and often emotional reading experience mirrors Posnanski's personal odyssey to capture the history and glory of baseball like no one else, fueled by his boundless love for the sport. Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, The Baseball 100 is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the star No library descriptions found. |
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