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Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime
by
Mark Frost (Goodreads Author)
Frost recreates what many consider to be the most exciting baseball game ever played--the match-up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 World Series.
Hardcover, 416 pages
Published
September 22nd 2009
by Hyperion
(first published January 1st 2009)
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A great read about possibly the greatest game ever played in the greatest sport I know. It's weird, but after I read "Game Six's" author Mark Frost's "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about a year ago, I wondered if he could describe a baseball game the same way he wrote about the 1913 U.S. Open in that book. The answer--a definite yes.
On the first page, Frost dedicates the book to Vin Scully, the Hall-of-Fame announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Reading this boo...more
On the first page, Frost dedicates the book to Vin Scully, the Hall-of-Fame announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Reading this boo...more
i read a couple of Mark Frost's fiction novels in the past and really enjoyed them...they were excellent thrillers...but then i did not hear of anything new from him for a long time. it turns out that he transitioned to writing mostly non-fiction, but since he focused on golf, of all things, his works never hit my radar (he wrote "The Legend of Bagger Vance" by the way). with "Game Six", Frost ventured back into my kind of thing...the book is about a legendary game in baseb...more
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This book focuses on game six of the 1975 World Series, considered by many to be the greatest game in baseball history. The book alternates between a chapter detailing every play in an inning with a section on a player in the game or a past game or history that relates to the game. A non baseball fan might find some of the detail of each pitch to be a bit tedious, but I found it riveting
The thing that surprised me was the suspense of the book even though I knew who won the game(and ...more
The thing that surprised me was the suspense of the book even though I knew who won the game(and ...more
A diehard baseball fan could tell you how Game 6 of the 1975 World Series ended with Boston catcher Carlton Fisk dramatically waving his extra-inning home run toward fair territory, and chaos that soon followed. As for the other details, Frost mentions them all in a wonderful story about one of the sport's seminal events. Describing pitch by pitch and inning by inning, Frost breaks down the excitement on the field, but also how each participant came to play in the October thriller. Each player h...more
In many ways this was similar to other "baseball of seasons past" books, interweaving the history of the time (1975) with that of the 6th game of the World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox. But in other ways it was different, especially in that almost every single pitch was described, between which the story of the 1975 season, the teams, the players, the media, etc. were portrayed, sometimes in painstaking detail, and sometimes with just the right amount. I ...more
A bit Boston-centric for my Cincinnatian self, but an excellent reconstruction of the game and its pivotal place, not just in that series, but in baseball history at the dawn of the free-agent era. I especially appreciated the insight on Sparky Anderson, who recently passed away. It was hard to ignore his role on that team, but just how much he meant to the players I think is underappreciated. Reds fans, especially ones of recent vintage, may think back on the Big Red Machine as a monolithic for...more
This is a very exciting, perceptive, crisply-narrated look back at what many people consider the greatest baseball game ever played, the sixth game of the 1975 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox.
That World Series was remarkable in many ways. It featured seven future Hall of Famers. Five of the seven games were decided by one run, and five had come-from-behind wins. Statistically, it was very evenly matched. It had high drama, both from the plays and fro...more
That World Series was remarkable in many ways. It featured seven future Hall of Famers. Five of the seven games were decided by one run, and five had come-from-behind wins. Statistically, it was very evenly matched. It had high drama, both from the plays and fro...more
Frost's formula (build suspense by weaving game time narrative with social commentary and participant biographies - climax - finish with a "where are they now") let's him down a bit here, especially when compared to The Match. This story just isn't as dramatic (even the most exciting baseball game can drag when given a pitch by pitch recounting for 9 whole innings). And while there are some nice snippets of insight into Pete Rose's personality and both Sparky Anderson's and Louis Tia...more
This book is a great example of the craft of writing.
In addition to a riveting pitch-by-pitch description of perhaps the greatest baseball game ever played, Mark Frost takes us into the politics of the broadcast booth, the racial tensions of Boston, Luis Tiant's reunification with his father, useful not paper-wasting bio's of many of the players on the Red Sox and Reds, the quirkyness of Fenway Park and many other tangential but interesting issues that surrounded that game.
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In addition to a riveting pitch-by-pitch description of perhaps the greatest baseball game ever played, Mark Frost takes us into the politics of the broadcast booth, the racial tensions of Boston, Luis Tiant's reunification with his father, useful not paper-wasting bio's of many of the players on the Red Sox and Reds, the quirkyness of Fenway Park and many other tangential but interesting issues that surrounded that game.
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With this book, Frost joins Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Updike, and Robert Olen Butler as my favorite authors of all time. In Game Six, Frost recounts the sixth game of the 1975 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds (led by a Hall of Fame line-up of Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Johnny Bench) and the Boston Red Sox (and their Hall of Fame roster of Yaz and Carlton Fisk) -- universally considered one of if not the greatest World Series game(s) of all time. Frost jumps between telling the history of b...more
Another winner from Mark Frost, particularly if you love baseball. He writes about baseball with the same engaging and vivid prose that we have come to expect from his earlier portraits of golfing icons Francis Ouimet and Bobby Jones. In addition to going into fantastic detail on the famed Game Six of the 1975 series, he also dives into the history of both the Reds and the Red Sox, the history of the World Series, and the history of baseball itself. He also tackles such contemporary issues as fr...more
Especially good reading for one that watched the 1975 World Series between Boston and Cincinnati and who has vivid memories of Carlton Fisk's extra inning game-winning home run. So many Hall of Famers in the game - Fisk, Jim Rice, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez. And the inimitable former Indian Luis Tiant, El Tiante. The game takes place as baseball is on the precipice of free agency which changes the game forever and leads to the relatively quick demise of the '75 Red Sox and Reds. Great story-tel...more
Perhaps it's the law of diminishing returns: this is the third account of the 1975 Series I've read in the past eighteen months, behind BOYS OF OCTOBER, by Doug Hornig, and THE LONG BALL, by Tom Adelman, and to my mind this is by far the least engaging of the three; it lacks the partisan fire that Hornig brought to his retelling of the Series, and it lacks the breadth of Adelman's panorama of the watershed '75 season.
While there is little insight in this retelling (I didn't know that Lesli...more
While there is little insight in this retelling (I didn't know that Lesli...more
One of the better books on baseball that I've read. A great overview of what was easily one of the Best World Series ever, and how the players involved came to be there. Also a great snapshot of what baseball was before 1975 and free agency turned it into what we know today. The author is nostalgic without implying that today's game is somehow inferior.
Baseball book really fall into either really good or extremely boring in my opinion. This one told the story well and had some neat "oh wow" moments for people and moments that you never knew about. The portions regarding Luis Tiants family are amazing and def. made it a little dusty in the room while reading them.
A whole book about one baseball game. And it works. Frost does a great job of walking us through the game while mixing in all the inside stories and background on players and league at that time. Great insight and research getting quotes and such from many involved. If you are a baseball fan this is a def recommended read.
Filling out a book that focuses solely on one game is difficult. Frost does an excellent job of giving us the back story on all the major players in Game Six. In doing so, however, he loses the drama of the game itself. Too often Frost goes on for pages and pages describing a players career or events from earlier in the season that brought the teams to this point, then, seemingly as an afterthought, throws in a bit of game action. The epilogue also seems like a reach. Frost focuses too much...more
Can you imagine writing a book about one baseball game? All right, it's probably the best baseball game ever played. Even though the author details every pitch of the game, the book never drags. A must for baseball fans who love to read.
I wanted more of the story after reading the the book about the 1975
Big Red Machine so I followed up with what is considered to be the best game of baseball ever played: Game Six of the 1975 World Series. Amazingingly, yes, you can write an entire book about one baseball game AND hold one's attention the entire time.
Big Red Machine so I followed up with what is considered to be the best game of baseball ever played: Game Six of the 1975 World Series. Amazingingly, yes, you can write an entire book about one baseball game AND hold one's attention the entire time.
Though two other books have been written on the '75 series, this covered new ground. Other than the author's skewed perspective on court-ordered busing in Boston, this is spot on.
What an amazing story. If you are fan of baseball, and of these two team in particular, you will love this book. It gives not only a great account of the game but also gives you the back story of of the key players involved and reminds you of US/world events that were happening at the time.
The first book of sports writing I read cover to cover will be hard to top. Will start a bio on Satchel Paige next.
Some tidbits on Bernie Carbo and the history of the Red Sox that the avid fan might not have been aware of.
Pat Blinn
marked it as to-read
for Mark
Excellent book, a lot of good history!
This is a fantastic book for red sox fanatics. It's amazing how well the writer, Mark Frost, weaves together background stories with the action of the game. Totally enjoyable. Masterfully done!
Very good in-depth story about the events and the participants.
A well researched, well written account of Game Six of the 1975 World Series.
Excellent read for the fan of the 1975 World Series and the players that played on both teams. The stories of the players were worked into the game almost pitch by pitch. Kind of like a play by play guy alongside a color announcer who has almost unlimited time to tell stories about the batters and fielders. You don't have to hold over the story for a commercial or a big play. It worked for me.
You MUST read this book if you're Red Sox fan. You HAVE to read this book if you are a baseball fan. You MIGHT pick this up if you're a sports fan. Basically, a really well written account of a single game that was etched in fans memories by Fisk's arm waving and the events leading up to it.
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