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Sixty Feet, Six Inches (Abridged): A Hall of Fame Pitcher & A Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played Audiobook
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Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in fascinating detail about the game they love and how it was, is, and should be played. Their one-of-a-kind insider stories recall a who's who of baseball nobility, including Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, Billy Martin, and Joe Torre. This is an unforgettable baseball history by two of its most influential superstars.
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"So ya wanna know what the pitcher's thinkin? Or how nervous the batter is This is a good start. Two powerhouses of personality/one sport. Just like they were sitting in your living room. Very fun read."
— John (5 out of 5 stars)
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" Standard old timer banter. Good stuff but gets old and repetitive after a while "
— Brian, 12/2/2013 -
" A delightful read. Made me feel these two "greats" were in the living room with me. Very warm, companionable tone to the book. Wish I had seen both gentlemen play in their era. "
— Elizabeth, 7/17/2013 -
" Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson shooting the shit about playing baseball. What's not to love? "
— Joe, 5/28/2013 -
" This is a book for all baseball fans. Informative and amusing. "
— Angela, 4/12/2013 -
" Inside baseball with a pitcher (Bob Gibson) and a hitter (Reggie Jackson). "
— Ted, 12/4/2012 -
" A fun, light read. Two of the best ever share stories from their playing days. A little bit of "old fogeyism", but that's to be expected. Worth your time, if you're a baseball fan. "
— Michael, 5/10/2012 -
" Not my favorite format, (it's written as a conversation), but if you like baseball at all it's really really interesting! "
— Sarah, 9/7/2010 -
" Great back-and-forth between one of the best hitters and one of the best pitchers from baseball history. "
— John, 5/19/2010 -
" Why does this site ask me what I thought when I add a book to my "CURRENTLY reading" shelf? Yeesh. "
— Scooter, 2/11/2010 -
" I miss the good ol' days in baseball. Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson do a great job filling us in on what it was really like. "
— Brayden, 10/1/2009
About the Authors
Reggie Jackson hit 563 home runs and drove in 1,702 runs over the course of his twenty-one-year career; he played three World Series–winning seasons with the Oakland Athletics and two with the New York Yankees. He is a special adviser to the Yankees.
Lonnie Wheeler (1952–2020) was the author or co-author of many books on baseball, including Intangiball, which won the 2016 SABR Baseball Research Award. Long Shot and I Had a Hammer were New York Times bestsellers. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri, he was a sportswriter for the Anderson Independent in South Carolina, a general-interest columnist at the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, a sports and features reporter for the Enquirer, and a sportswriter and columnist for the Cincinnati Post.
About the Narrators
Mirron Willis—actor of film, stage, and television—is the winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2012 and a finalist for the Audie in 2015, as well as the winner of four AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook recordings. He has worked extensively in film and television and on stage with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and the Ensemble Theatre, among others. He has recorded some 150 audiobooks, including the Smokey Dalton series by Kris Nelscott and My Song by Harry Belafonte. He resides and records audiobooks on his family’s historic ranch in East Texas.
Dominic Hoffman, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice. He is a Los Angeles–based actor of stage, screen, and television. He has appeared in such television shows as The Shield, NYPD Blue, and The Jamie Foxx Show. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as the American Conservatory Theater.