{"product_id":"tom-seaver-and-me","title":"Tom Seaver and Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of a forty-year friendship between two strong-willed, talented men—one a great success as a baseball pitcher, the other an abject failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI tell him what Hemingway said about writing talent, “It’s like a knife blade. If you save it it gets dull and rusty. Better to use it constantly to keep it sharp even if it wears down.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom tilts his head like dogs do when confused by their master. He says, with a small smile, “You just keep thinking, Butch. That’s what you’re good at.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI say, “I got vision, Sundance, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom throws again. Fastball, low outside corner to a right handed batter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI shake my head and say, “If I could have thrown my fastball to that spot, Big Guy, you’d be interviewing me now.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Jordan, a $50,000 bonus pitcher with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, first met Tom Seaver, himself a $50,000 bonus pitcher with the New York Mets—and the greatest pitcher of his generation—in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombustible, combative, hilarious, and even touching at times, Tom Seaver and Me tells the story of the forty-year friendship that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Outpost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45967884517423,"sku":"9781642934618","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bcafitnessshop.com\/products\/tom-seaver-and-me","provider":"BCA Fitness shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}