The Greatest Game in the Globe In the Globe, Red Sox historian Bill Nowlin gives "The Greatest Game" a nice review.

Bradley's book tells the story of the game, of course, but tells it with rare flavor, alternating chapters on each inning with others offering rich perspective. Even during his chapter on the "Top of the First," he devotes some pages to the birth of free agency in ways that enables even those of us who lived through the era to better appreciate the context of the times. He demonstrates a solid grasp of the hitters and the pitchers and their tendencies during the season, as well as the unfolding "game within the game" strategizing and how adjustments are made batter-by-batter, depending on circumstances. The detail gets down to the level of describing New York catcher Thurman Munson's batter's box rituals. Bradley's profiles of key players are rewarding.

Here's a line that makes me particularly happy, since it's something I was striving for—and it may come as a surprise to some regular readers:

If he favored one team or another, it's not evident.

The Greatest Game is probably not in physical bookstores yet, but it is available on Amazon, etc.

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