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A middle-aged man tries to return to baseball-and become a better husband and father-in this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring. One of baseball’s original ‘bonus babies,’ Pat Jordan signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959-and then proceeded to struggle mightily in the minor leagues over the next three years. Depressed and frustrated, he gave up on baseball and eventually discovered his true calling as one of American’s greatest sportswriters. But the unfulfilled promise of his youth continued to haunt Jordan, until, at the ripe old age of fifty-six, he resolved to get back into shape and rediscover his fastball. Come hell or high water, he would pitch again, this time for the Waterbury (Connecticut) Saints, an independent minor league team made up of players half his age. Eloquent, honest, and delightfully bawdy, A Nice Tuesday is the sequel to Jordan’s acclaimed memoir, A False Spring, and the unforgettable chronicle of a sports comeback unlike any other. Read more…
Abstract: A middle-aged man tries to return to baseball-and become a better husband and father-in this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring. One of baseball’s original ‘bonus babies,’ Pat Jordan signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959-and then proceeded to struggle mightily in the minor leagues over the next three years. Depressed and frustrated, he gave up on baseball and eventually discovered his true calling as one of American’s greatest sportswriters. But the unfulfilled promise of his youth continued to haunt Jordan, until, at the ripe old age of fifty-six, he resolved to get back into shape and rediscover his fastball. Come hell or high water, he would pitch again, this time for the Waterbury (Connecticut) Saints, an independent minor league team made up of players half his age. Eloquent, honest, and delightfully bawdy, A Nice Tuesday is the sequel to Jordan’s acclaimed memoir, A False Spring, and the unforgettable chronicle of a sports comeback unlike any other
در این خاطرات خنده دار و صمیمانه نویسنده کتاب بهار دروغین، مردی میانسال تلاش می کند به بیسبال بازگردد و شوهر و پدر بهتری شود. پت جردن که یکی از “بچه های پاداش” اصلی بیسبال بود، در سال 1959 با میلواکی بریوز قرارداد بست و سپس در سه سال آینده به شدت در لیگ های کوچک مبارزه کرد. افسرده و ناامید، بیسبال را رها کرد و در نهایت متوجه شد او به عنوان یکی از بزرگترین ورزش نویسان آمریکایی نامیده می شود. اما وعده محقق نشده دوران جوانی او همچنان جردن را تحت الشعاع قرار می داد، تا اینکه در سن پنجاه و شش سالگی، تصمیم گرفت به شکل خود بازگردد و توپ سریع خود را دوباره کشف کند. بیا جهنم یا آب بالا، او دوباره زمین بازی می کرد، این بار برای واتربری (کانکتیکات) Saints، یک تیم مستقل لیگ کوچک که از بازیکنانی با نیمی از سن او تشکیل شده بود. یک سهشنبه خوب، شیوا، صادق، و به طرز لذتبخشی بداخلاق، دنبالهای بر خاطرات تحسینشده جردن، بهار کاذب، و وقایع فراموشنشدنی یک بازگشت ورزشی است که شبیه سایرین نیست. ادامه مطلب…
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