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  • The Long Ball

  • The Summer of '75 and the Greatest World Series Ever Played
  • By: Tom Adelman
  • Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins

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The Long Ball

By: Tom Adelman
Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
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Publisher's Summary

Critically acclaimed writer Tom Adelman is hailed as a renegade by the Village Voice Literary Supplement for his aggressive, no-holds-barred style. The Long Ball is his dynamic re-telling of baseball's thrilling 1975 season.

The year began with the dawning of free agency and ended with the greatest World Series of all time, featuring a legendary home run by Boston catcher Carlton Fisk. It was a season of such larger-than-life ballplayers as Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, Catfish Hunter, Carl Yastrzemski, and Johnny Bench. From the preseason through the World Series, Adelman shares the fascinating back stories and recounts the classic games in such striking details that you'll swear you hear bats cracking.

A behind-the-scenes account that is blunt, funny, and sometimes shocking, The Long Ball is an engrossing story whether you love baseball or not. Richard M. Davidson narrates with all the panache of a play-by-play radio announcer.

©2003 Tom Adelman (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC
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Critic Reviews

"Vivid writing...lovely metaphors...ambitious." (The Washington Post)
"A spectacularly energetic writer." (Publishers Weekly)

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