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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Foul Ball【電子書籍】[ Jim Bouton ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A rollicking and "compelling" true story of baseball, big money, and small-town politics by the author of the classic ＜em＞Ball Four＜/em＞ ( ＜em＞Publishers Weekly＜/em＞).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Host to organized baseball since 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts's Wahconah Park was soon to be abandoned by the owner of the Pittsfield Mets, who would move his team to a new stadium in another townーan all too familiar story. Enter former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton and his partner with the best deal ever offered to a community: a locally owned professional baseball team and a privately restored city-owned ballpark at no cost to the taxpayers.＜br /＞ The only people who didn't like Bouton's plan were the mayor, the mayor's hand-picked Parks Commissioners, a majority of the City Council, the only daily newspaper, the city's largest bank, its most powerful law firm, and a guy from General Electric. Everyone elseーor approximately 98% of the citizens of Pittsfieldーloved it. But the "good old boys" hated Bouton's plan because it would put a stake in the heart of a proposed $18.5 million baseball stadiumーa new stadium that the citizens of Pittsfield had voted against three different times. In this riveting account, Bouton unmasks a mayor who brags that "the fix is in," a newspaper that lies to its readers, and a government that operates out of a bar.＜br /＞ But maybe the most incredible story is what happened after ＜em＞Foul Ball＜/em＞ was publishedーa story in itself. Invited back by a new mayor, Bouton and his partner raise $1.2 million, help discover a document dating Pittsfield's baseball origins to 1791, and stage a vintage game that's broadcast live by ESPN-TV.＜br /＞ Who could have guessed what would happen next? And that this time it would involve the Massachusetts Attorney General?＜/p＞ ＜p＞"An irresistible story whose outcome remains in doubt until the very end. Not just a funny book, but a patriotic one."ー ＜em＞San Francisco Chronicle＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Bouton proves that a badly run city government can be just as dangerousーand just as hilariousーas a badly run baseball team."ーKeith Olbermann＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。