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 baseball and the histories of each member of the Reds and Red Sox, and a pitch-by-pitch accounting of Game Six. And while doing this, he accomplishes the ideal of every good nonfiction sports writer: he makes the sports parts incredibly exciting, and makes the personal history parts incredibly engaging. Every at-bat comes off as epic, and every player bio comes off as real and unique. Frost is especially successful in framing the book through the eyes and words of two primary protagonists: Reds Manager Sparky Anderson and Red Sox starting pitcher Luis Tiant. Through both men's lives and perspectives we see the beauty of human drama reflected through the lens of sports. If you don't shed tears as Frost recounts Tiant's reunion with his father and the moment they share at the World Series, you aren't human. A friend of mine who is a huge baseball fan told me that Game Six was the most exciting baseball game he has ever watched. I haven't seen a replay of the game, but after reading this book, game six is the most exciting baseball game I've ever experienced; Frost's book is that successful. If I had the power to determine the writing future of every living author, I would have Frost write accounts of every epic and defining moment in sports, from the Miracle on Ice to the Rumble in the Jungle. (I would also end the careers of John Grisham and Stephanie Meyers, but I digress). Simply put, Game Six is my second favorite non-fiction book ever, and one of my favorite books ever period. An exceptional read.