Shadows of Glory

Playing in three World Series in the 1980s was a great honor. Shadows of Glory captures the excitement and intensity of what the Fall Classic is all about in a behind-the-scenes look at the games. A great read for any baseball fan!

Beating the Houston Astros in the National League playoffs and the Kansas City Royals in the World Series in 1980 was the high point of my major league career. If you’re an avid baseball fan, this is a must-read book – you will like reading this collection of interesting and unusual World Series stories.

There are a million ways to consume baseball these days. The real baseball fan, however, knows the medium is subordinate to the story – the human interaction that makes the sport so rich. That’s where Shadows of Glory excels. It delves deeper than the pixels and new-age numbers to explore baseball’s World Series history as never told before. Thanks to their old-school reporting and research, authors Dave Brown and Jeff Rodimer have created a must-read account of what really happened on and off the field, weaving through generations of anecdotes. It’s a celebration of baseball but most importantly, an education. You’ll have trouble putting this book down.

I once played a game for the Texas Rangers while I was still on the roster of the New York Yankees so I know all about crazy and unusual baseball stories. Shadows of Glory is full of these kinds of stories from the World Series like the time the owner of the A’s tried to throw one of his own players off the team in the middle of the ’73 Series after he made a couple of errors. I don’t think even George Steinbrenner would have tried that!

The World Series has been baseball’s greatest event for more than 100 years. I was fortunate enough to play for three straight World Series winners with the Swingin’ Oakland A’s. This entertaining book recounts some of the fascinating but lesser well-known World Series stories, which baseball fans of all ages should find enjoyable.

The best baseball stories are tales that draw back the curtain of history and take you places you never expected to go. That’s the inspiration behind this fun, creative book by Dave Brown and Jeff Rodimer, and I’m all in on this project. From Cliff Lee’s emergency subway ride to a Game 1 World Series start to a pitcher who got arrested hours before he took the mound in a World Series, these are amazing stories that need to be told. I’m so glad that Dave and Jeff agree!

Shadows of Glory was an incredibly enjoyable and well-written collection of 18 stories that span across multiple World Series. I am a big baseball history fan, but they were almost all brand new to me, and the writers did an excellent job of providing context to each story with amazing detail. As someone who enjoys recounting obscure baseball knowledge, this book will add a few stories to my own repertoire. I would gladly pick up another volume of great, absorbing baseball tales from the authors.

Shadows of Glory is one of this year’s additions to the baseball library. It is a collection of 18 essays on the same number of World Series, chosen for their remarkable or unusual circumstances…Each essay has considerable context, tracing the road of the teams or individuals to the October spotlight…It is worthy of the attention of any baseball fan.