{"product_id":"is-this-a-great-game-or-what-from-a-rods-heart-to-zims-head-my-25-years-in-baseball-9780312362249","title":"Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head---My 25 Years in Baseball","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Kurkjian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Griffin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Griffin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sports\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eESPN's Tim Kurkjian has spent more than twenty-five years covering almost three thousand major league baseball games and interviewing about that many players, coaches, managers, and executives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIs This a Great Game, or What?, \u003c\/i\u003e Kurkjian combines his years of experience, uncanny knowledge, and deep love of the game, to create a book filled with some of the most fascinating insight into Major League Baseball this side of Jim Bouton's bestseller, \u003ci\u003eBall Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether he's explaining what goes through a ballplayer's mind when he faces a fastball in the chapter \"My Face Was Crushed by a Bowling Ball Going 90 MPH,\" detailing bizarre rituals and superstitions performed by baseball's greatest players, or taking us into the locker room to see what transpires in the clubhouse of a major league team, Kurkjian's tales are at times hilarious, other times horrifying, yet always entertaining. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKurkjian has spoken to some of the greatest ballplayers ever over the years, and they have revealed details about themselves and the game they love with a candor that readers won't find anywhere else. Filled with anecdotes and fascinating insights, this is an essential book for baseball fans or anyone curious about America's pastime.","brand":"Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115044561047,"sku":"9780312362249","price":1596.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780312362249.webp?v=1767270351","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/is-this-a-great-game-or-what-from-a-rods-heart-to-zims-head-my-25-years-in-baseball-9780312362249","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}