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Synopsis
This reexamination of some of baseball's most enduring barroom debates reconceives and what-ifs a number of baseball legends, asking if Babe Ruth was truly as great as his legacy, resurrecting the argument as to who was the better player in the 1950s, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle, and making the case for Mike Schmidt as a candidate for "Player of the Century." Supported with volumes of statistics and analysis, Barra's opinionated look at major league dogma reveals the passions of a true fan.
| Size | | Length: | 288 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"...Barra is in top form here, and his obvious passion for his material makes him unfailingly fun to read....[S]ports fans and bleacher bums will delight in Barra's unconventional essays."
Kirkus Reviews (02/15/2002)
"Written with what can only be called gusto, CLEARING THE BASES has the feel of a long, loquacious night at the bar, settling the problems of the world--in this case, baseball."
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) (03/31/2002)
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