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Cargando... Houston Astros: Armed and Dangerouspor Jose De Jesus Ortiz
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This was an enjoyable story except, of course, in regards to the dark, tragic conclusion. The author’s writing style oscillated between interesting anecdotes and rather dry newspaper-like accounts of specific games. Obviously when you quote ballplayers, there’s going to be awkward grammatical issues, but why, for instance, would he write “…the Astros stranded runners in scoring position in each of the first six innings except the third and fourth.”? It seems as if he assembled this rather quickly without much editing as, I suppose, a newspaper reporter would be accustomed to. Nonetheless, if you’re an Astros fan you should enjoy this book. Living far from Houston in hostile American League territory, I was reduced to experiencing these regular season games through the low resolution provided by mlb.com, so it was great to be able to revisit these crazy seasons (all Astros’ seasons are insane it turns out, but at least in 2004 and 2005 they actually got somewhere!) ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Aces in Orbit chronicles the excitement and energy Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens brought to the Astros, pushing the organization to its first World Series and the first World Series in the state of Texas. It chronicles the last two historic seasons, beginning with the sensitive negotiations that led Pettitte and then Clemens to Houston before the 2004 season. It details the overwhelming expectations that almost buried the 2004 Astros, prompting the firing of manager Jimy Williams before a 36-10 finish put the Astros in the World Series with the best finish in baseball in over 50 years. The book also chronicles the disappointing departures of 2004 postseason and regular-season stars Jeff Kent and Carlos Beltran, who bolted via free agency and left the 2005 Astros seemingly with no hope. Many experts and even several of the players assumed the Astros would finish near the bottom of the standings, especially after All-Star Lance Berkman missed the first month of the season No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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