Peter Gammons
Bernie Williams and I played with Buddy Guy
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Recommended by Peter Gammons
“via @NYTimes Time to re-read Richard Ben Cramer’s “What it Takes,” best political book ever, given to me by Jim Caple…Thanks forever https://t.co/6yByluxNqh” (from X)
by Richard Ben Cramer·You?
by Richard Ben Cramer·You?
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Recommended by Peter Gammons
“Minor league supervisors are worried about a drastic shortage in young umpires. The pandemic necessessitated getting jobs, but minor league presidents treated young umpires worse than Burger King slingers. Read Bruce Weber's great 2010 book "As We See 'Em," all you need to know” (from X)
by Bruce Weber·You?
by Bruce Weber·You?
A New York Times reporter describes the perspectives he gained into the game of baseball while attending umpire training school and umpiring games firsthand, in an insider fan's account that also draws on the experiences of dozens of professional umpires. 40,000 first printing.