A Damn Near Perfect Game by Joe Kelly

A Damn Near Perfect Game by Joe Kelly

Baseball's most outspoken fireballer brings the high heat--calling out
the hacks, cheats, and ridiculous rules that have tarnished the>
game--and pitches a-plus stuff on how to make baseball pure, fun, and>
damn near perfect.

Baseball has an image problem. The>
chorus of nonbelievers gets louder every year, and the Major Leagues>
have made an art of tuning them out. Enter Joe Kelly: a walking,
talking, fast-ball-throwing embodiment of why baseball matters. He and>
his All-Star team of athletes and celebrities have some things to say>
about what's gone wrong with our once great game and how to fix it.

A Damn Near Perfect Game is the loudest insider's expos of the laws and culture of Major League Baseball since Jim Bouton's classic>Ball Four.
From Kelly's perspective as a two-time World Series champion and>
baseball's most memeable player according to ESPN, he takes readers on a
house-cleaning tour of the clubhouse, the field of play, the bullpen,
the front office, the commissioner's office, and a ballplayer's>
restricted life off the field. Kelly has something to say about>
baseball's rule changes (pitch clocks, limiting defensive shifts, the>
designated hitter); hacks (overused analytics, sign-stealing); stale>
promotion to new fans; and encouraging players' emotions (let them>
fight, bat-flip, and talk sh*t ). Plus, he details how he aired his>
complaints in an illuminating meeting with commissioner Rob Manfred.

And
to show what happens when baseball has some piss and vinegar, Kelly>
gives the inside scoop on his legendary exploits--starting a>
bench-clearing brawl with the Yankees' Tyler Austin, his famous pouty>
face scene when calling out the notorious sign-stealing Houston Astros,
and wearing a mariachi jacket to visit the White House with his World>
Series champion LA Dodgers.

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ISBN 13	9781635768893
ISBN 10	1635768896
Title	A Damn Near Perfect Game
Author	Joe Kelly
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Diversion Books
Year published	2023-03-14
Number of pages	288
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