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The story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season. “Seldom does an era, and do sports personalities, come alive so vividly, and so unforgettably.” —The Boston Globe   In 1968, two remarkable pitchers would dominate the game as well as the broadsheets. One was black, the other white. Bob Gibson, together with the St. Louis Cardinals, embodied an entire generation’s hope for integration at a heated moment in American history. Denny McLain, his adversary, was a crass self-promoter who eschewed the team charter and his Detroit Tigers teammates to zip cross-country in his own plane. For one season, the nation watched as these two men and their teams swept their respective league championships to meet at the World Series. Gibson set a major league record that year with a 1.12 ERA. McLain won more than 30 games in 1968, a feat not achieved since 1934 and untouched since. Together, the two have come to stand as iconic symbols, giving the fans “The Year of the Pitcher” and changing the game. Evoking a nostalgic season and its incredible characters, this is the story of one of the great rivalries in sports and an indelible portrait of the national pastime during a turbulent year—and the two men who electrified fans from all walks of life.   “Explores so much more than the battle between two pitchers and their teams . . . A fine history of a vital period in the history of not only baseball, but America.” —Kirkus Reviews    “A compelling tale of all that America was in the turbulent year of 1968, told through a (mostly) baseball prism.” —New York Post

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I'd like to give this book four and half stars as I can't quite go to five. As a whole, The Year of the Pitcher is well researched, fun to read and places the baseball season of 1968 in historical context with what else was going in America that year. One or two other reviewers noted the author's liberal bias. which didn't particularly bother me personally, but might be a caveat for certain readers who would prefer a more baseball-centric approach. McLain and Gibson were the stars of that season, and it makes sense to focus on these two in the "Year of the Pitcher," but that's not the entire story of that baseball season. For readers seeking a slightly broader picture and maybe a little less judgemental tone, I'd recommend The Summer of '68 by Tim Wendel. Tiger fans who want to relive that magical season might want to pick up The Tigers of '68 by George Cantor. (I also see at least one more book coming down the pike later this year to commemorate that season 50 years ago.) The Year of the Pitcher might well be the most essential of these books, but it's not quite the perfect picture of that season (though coming very close).

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