108 Stitches (Signed/First Edition)

Darling, Ron

ISBN 10: 125018438X / ISBN 13: 9781250184382

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2019

About this Item

Signed & inscribed "WSC 1986". First Edition. Full number line 1-10. Mylar protective cover. Unread, unclipped, and unmarked. Additional images available upon request. (see attached photos).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1782073845950

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 108 Stitches (Signed/First Edition)
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 125018438X
• ISBN 13: 9781250184382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 16.28W x 24.28H x 2.69D centimeters 16.28 centimeters width by 24.28 centimeters height by 2.69 centimeters depth
• Weight: 454 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it.

In 108 Stitches, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Ron Darling offers his own take on the "six degrees of separation" game and knits together wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime.

Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Through relationships with baseball legends on and off the field, like Yale coach Smoky Joe Wood, Willie Mays, Bart Giamatti, Tom Seaver and Mickey Mantle, Darling's reminiscences reach all the way back to Babe Ruth and other early twentieth-century greats.

Like the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager who ever sat in a dugout, and every fan who ever played hooky from work or school to sit in the bleachers for a day game.

Darling's anecdotes come together to tell the story of his time in the game, and the story of the game itself.

About the Author

Ron Darling is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst for TBS, the MLB Network, SNY, and WPIX-TV, and author of The Complete Game. He was a starting pitcher for the New York Mets from 1983 to 1991 and the first Mets pitcher to be awarded a Gold Glove.