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Tom Browning's Tales from the Reds Dugout Paperback – April 1, 2007
After growing up a devoted Reds fan in Casper, Wyoming, Browning was drafted by the team in 1982. Two years later, he was in the majors and sharing a clubhouse with his childhood heroes, including Pete Rose, Davey Concepcion, and Tony Perez. And in no time, he was raising hell with other Reds legends such as Eric Davis, Barry Larkin, Dave Parker, Jose Rijo, Chris Sabo, Ronnie Oester, and Lou Piniella.
He devotes an entire chapter to the crazy events surrounding his 1988 perfect game, considered one of the greatest moments in Reds history. Browning explains how Kirk Gibson stole his celebration move and used it in the 1988 World Series, why Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall nearly knocked himself unconscious to get the postgame interview, and how Browning's kids shocked memorabilia dealers everywhere by eventually losing the ball from the last out of the perfect game.
Browning also recounts why he went AWOL during Game 2 of the 1990 World Series, the reasoning behind Marge slapping him while on their way to the White House, and how breaking his arm--while delivering a pitch--ultimately ended his career.
The former All-Star and newest member of the Reds Hall of Fame shares these gems and many more in the much-anticipated Tom Browning's Tales from the Reds Dugout.
- Print length215 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSports Publishing LLC
- Publication dateApril 1, 2007
- Dimensions5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-101596702214
- ISBN-13978-1596702219
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Dann Stupp, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, is currently consumer marketing manager for the Cincinnati Reds. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism with honors, and in 2003, published his first book, Opening Day at Great American Ball Park. He previously covered baseball for the San Francisco Chronicle's "Giants Today" section and has been providing play-by-play for MLB.com's Gameday coverage since 2002.
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- Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC; Updated ed. edition (April 1, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 215 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1596702214
- ISBN-13 : 978-1596702219
- Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,762,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,947 in Baseball (Books)
- #344,986 in Biographies (Books)
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Browning uses clean language to relate anecdotes from his baseball life, and manages to tell quite a few entertaining tales from behind the scenes. He came up with the Reds when Pete Rose was managing, and was there for the short-lived Tony Perez regime, and the Lou Piniella led Reds teams from the early 1990s. This is a good quick read, and perfect for young baseball fans as well as older ones.
Both of those personality traits come through in his book, which is broken down into small "tales" usually no longer than a page or two. Tom, who was a life long Reds fan, comes across as someone very thankful for being associated with the team. It provided a great dynamic to all of his funny stories. It made his humor that much more sincere because you knew deep down how much he really loved being a cincinnati Red.
He talks about all of the events he was a part of during the Reds' very interesting reign in the 1980's and early 90's. Like his perfect game in 1988, a World series championship in 1990 and sweeping the Oaklnad A's, Pete Rose getting banned from baseball and how the players reacted, winning 20 games as a rookie and still almost getting traded because he pissed off Marge, Tony Perez getting fired as manager after only 44 games, going on the roof during the game one time in Chicago, playing with rising stars like Eric Davis and Barry Larkin, getting in a fight with Marty Brenemman, breakinh his arm while pitching and even some stuff after his retirement.
This isn't really a "tell-all" book like Jose Canseco's and David Well's books. He does mention getting arrested for pot after he retired and his obvious resentment toward the team when Tony Perez got fired, but more than anything, you just get a new look at some great Reds moments. He does build up a lot of his team mates and managers almost to the point of worshipping them, and his writing style can be pretty choppy at times, but it was a fun book. Id recommend it to anyone whose a Reds fan.
(I should mention that I bought this book during a Reds game when Tom Browning was signing the books. He was in a rush with a lot of people waiting but he was very nice to me and my family. He's a great guy in real life.)
The perfect game, the Ol' Left-Hander Joe Nuxhall nearly knocking himself out after that game, the wire-to-wire 1990 World Series championship team, his 20 wins as a rookie, the rooftop incident in Chicago, and the battle with Marge Schott over the new Chevrolet are the stuff of legend here.
Then there's the not-so great moments like his broken arm and the marijuana bust, and, of course, the fallout over Pete Rose's admission that he had indeed bet on baseball after years of denying it.
What you've got here are funny, brutally honest stories. It's been said that you can often judge a culture by how that culture portrays its heroes and a person by how that person portrays himself or herself.
For his brutal honesty off the field and competitiveness on it, Brownie is one of my favorite Reds of all time, and if I sound a little biased, I happily plead guilty.
Even if you're not a Reds fan, I think you'd enjoy it. He talks about a lot of people he ran into during his career and shares a lot of moments with teammates, opponents, and some larger-than-life personalities. Highly recommended!