Baseball's Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball's 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe

by Paul Kocak

Overview

Experience a unique fan's-eye view of a night that many have called the most exciting night in the history of Major League Baseball. Going beyond a standard retelling of the balls and strikes and homers and webgems, the book hears from 20 fans in their own words. Loyal fans of the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays provide exciting and deeply personal eyewitness accounts -- either from the stadiums or their living rooms. This critically acclaimed book is for casual and serious fans alike."This is a magical book about a magical night. This beautifully told story captures baseball at its very best." - Doris Kearns Goodwin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615737836
Publisher:	Kocak Wordsmiths Ink
Publication date:	03/26/2012
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Paul Kocak (@kocakwords) is a professional writer with more than 20 years' experience. A poet, blogger, humorist, and consummate baseball fan, his humor writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Toronto Globe & Mail, New York magazine, and the New Statesman (U.K.). He is a frequent contributor to the baseball blog Oneflapdown77.com. A Le Moyne College graduate, Kocak lives with his family in Syracuse, New York. He has attended games at 21 Major League ballparks. The first game featured Billy Pierce against Whitey Ford at Yankee Stadium.