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Cy Young: A Baseball Life
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by Reed Browning
Sales Rank: 778210
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$9.76
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on 6-19-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: University of Massachusetts Press May 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1558493980
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1558493988
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Cy Young, baseball's greatest pitcher, owns one record that will never be broken: 511 career victories. Unfortunately, Young didn't also possess the larger-than-life personality of a Babe Ruth or a Ty Cobb (whose signature records have both been surpassed). Consequently, his life has largely been forgotten. History professor Browning hopes to revive Young with this chronicle of a career that straddled the centuries and saw the birth of the modern game. The problem is that his subject will not cooperate. What few pieces of correspondence the semiliterate pitcher left behind "are almost silent about his thoughts." In addition, "Young was a quiet man" with an "aversion to interviews" and a reluctance to talk about himself. That's why, from a baseball writer's point of view, "[he] was not good copy"; from a reader's point of view, the same holds true. Young's private life must remain undecipherableAthe simple life of a humble man. As for his career, Browning tries his spirited best to bring countless games to life, but with little incisive commentary from Young himself, Browning's efforts are frustrated, and the book eventually grows wearisome. Nonetheless, the author has also packed in many colorful anecdotes: for example, on the evolution of the pitcher's mound, the origins of the American League (especially the Red Sox), the history of baseball in Cleveland and the first World Series. Ultimately, even if the book doesn't post a W, it isn't a terrible game to watch. 24 illustrations. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
SABR Book Reviews
"An very readable book. . . . This biography is exemplary."
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Cy Young: A Baseball Life (Hardcover)
Imagine a major league pitcher winning twenty games for twenty years. That would still put him 111 wins behind Cy Young. It's about time we had an authorative book on baseball's winningist pitcher. The author did a lot of research on this book, and it's true that the casual fan will find he is being told more than he wants to know about Cy Young. Young says the secret to his longevity as a pitcher lies in taking care of his body and not throwing more pitches than necessary to get a batter out. Hence, he never set any strikeout records. If you consider yourself interested in the history of baseball, add this book to your library with biographies of other great players. If you are a casual fan you might want to try something that is lighter reading.
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