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The Long Season: the Classic Inside Account of a Baseball Year, 1959 by Jim Brosnan; with a new foreword by the author is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"One of the best baseball books ever written. It is probably one of the best American diaries as well." — New York Times A timeless classic from baseball's golden era, legendary pitcher Jim Brosnan's witty and candid chronicle of the 1959 Major League Baseball season, which set the standard for all sports memoirs to follow. The Long Season was a revelation when it was first published in 1960. Here is an insider's perspective on America's national pastime that is funny, honest, and above all, real. The man behind this fascinating account of baseball and its players was not a sportswriter but a self-proclaimed "average ballplayer"—a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Called "Professor" by his teammates and "Meat" by his wife, Jim Brosnan turned out to be the ideal guide to the behind-the-scenes world of professional baseball with his keen observations, sharp wit, and clear-eyed candor. His player's diary takes readers on the mound and on the road; inside the clubhouse and most enjoyably inside his own head. While solving age-old questions like "Why can't pitchers hit?" and what makes for the best chewing tobacco, Brosnan captures the game-to-game daily experiences of an ord

Who reads The Long Season: the Classic Inside Account of a Baseball Year, 1959?

Author

Jim Brosnan; with a new foreword by the author

Publisher

Harper Collins Publishers

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504694810

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Anthropology, Sports

Rating

3.91 / 5 (254 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14