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  • One Fan. One Game. A Half-Century of Baseball Stories
  • By: Michael Ortman
  • Narrated by: Michael Ortman
  • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary

Opening Day is the biggest regular season baseball game of the year. Michael Ortman never missed it, not once, for 50 years.

Opening Day: 50-for-50 is a baseball tribute like no other—a well-researched work of love representing a half-century of great stories and historical context linked to each of those 50 days. This emotional journey connects three cities, six stadiums, five home teams, and four generations while overcoming life events, baseball’s labor unrest, and the 33-year absence of a hometown team. Along the way, Ortman encountered five U.S. Presidents and more than 50 future Hall of Fame players, coaches, and broadcasters: from Reagan to Obama, Robinson to Scherzer, Weaver to Torre, Caray to Kalas and hundreds more.
©2022 Michael Ortman (P)2022 Michael Ortman
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The Narration was Superb

this kind of book was well suited to the author narrating the book as it made this personal story much more personal

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