The Summer Game
by Roger Angell | 
The Bronx Zoo
by Sparky Lyle | 
Why Time Begins on Opening Day
by Thomas Boswell |
The Era
by Roger Kahn | 
Living on the Black
by John Feinstein | 
Good Enough to Dream
by Roger Kahn |
How Life Imitates the World Series
by Thomas Boswell | 
The Long Season
by Jim Brosnan | 
Five Seasons
by Roger Angell |
The Heart of the Order
by Thomas Boswell | 
The Glory of Their Times
by Lawrence S. Ritter |
Baseball Dynasties
by Rob Neyer | 
The Lords of the Realm
by John Helyar | 
Men at Work
by George F. Will |
The Old Ball Game
by Frank Deford | 
The Miracle of St. Anthony
by Adrian Wojnarowski | 
Outcasts United
by Warren St. John | 
Assault on Lake Casitas
by Brad Alan Lewis |
The Art of Smart Football
by Chris B. Brown |
Big Data Baseball
by Travis Sawchik |
You'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 -- inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, a seasoned writer and lifelong fan, chose as his subject a Milwaukee BrewersBaltimore Orioles matchup, though it could have been any game, because, as Okrent reveals, the essence of baseball, no matter where or when it's played, has been and will always be the same. In this particular moment of baseball history you will discover myriad aspects of the sport that are crucial to its nature but so often invisible to the fans -- the hidden language of catchers' signals, the physiology of pitching, the balance sheet of a club owner, the gait of a player stepping up to the plate. With the purity of heart and unwavering attention to detail that characterize our national pastime, Okrent goes straight to the core of the world's greatest game. You'll never watch baseball the same way again.