Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant – An Empathetic Narrative of Coaches, Parents, and the Pressure of Youth Baseball - Softcover

Kreidler, Mark

 
9780061473586: Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant – An Empathetic Narrative of Coaches, Parents, and the Pressure of Youth Baseball
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0061473588 ISBN 13: 9780061473586
Verlag: It Books, 2009

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Summertime in Toms River, New Jersey, means two things: Tourists and Little League champions.

The Toms River dynasty began in the 1990s, when its team made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, three times in five years, finally bringing home a historic world championship victory in 1998. But with each passing summer in Toms River comes renewed pressure, as the latest collection of twelve-year-old All-Stars strives to leave its mark on the town's imposing baseball legacy.

In Six Good Innings, acclaimed sportswriter Mark Kreidler deftly illuminates the sometimes tense relationship between the town and the team that carries its hopes and dreams. With empathy, incisive reporting, and intimate access, Kreidler follows the most recent juggernaut through one tumultuous All-Star season, weaving the stories of the coaches, the parents, the fans, and the true "boys of summer" into an unforgettable tableau.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Kreidler is an award-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland. A regular contributor to ESPN television, ESPN.com, and ESPN: The Magazine, he lives in northern California.

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Summertime in Toms River, New Jersey, means two things: Tourists and Little League champions.

The Toms River dynasty began in the 1990s, when its team made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, three times in five years, finally bringing home a historic world championship victory in 1998. But with each passing summer in Toms River comes renewed pressure, as the latest collection of twelve-year-old All-Stars strives to leave its mark on the town's imposing baseball legacy.

In Six Good Innings, acclaimed sportswriter Mark Kreidler deftly illuminates the sometimes tense relationship between the town and the team that carries its hopes and dreams. With empathy, incisive reporting, and intimate access, Kreidler follows the most recent juggernaut through one tumultuous All-Star season, weaving the stories of the coaches, the parents, the fans, and the true "boys of summer" into an unforgettable tableau.

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Verlag
It Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0061473588
ISBN 13 
9780061473586
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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