Showing posts with label Wilfrid Binette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilfrid Binette. Show all posts

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Knuckler: The Phil Niekro Story – Wilfrid Binette, 1970 ½★

A Pitch that Roared, a Book that Bored

Some sports books are like this one: Written on the fly to cash in on an athlete’s brief moment in the sun, certain in the knowledge no one will be reading it in a few years when said athlete’s time is long over.

I mean, this particular pitcher had just enjoyed his first big season, leading the Atlanta Braves to their first-ever postseason appearance, and he’s already 30 years old. How much longer would you think he had?