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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In the tradition of Bill Simmons's <i>Now I Can Die in Peace </i>and Nick Hornby's <i>Fever Pitch</i>, sports commentator, online columnist, and blogger Lang Whitaker combines memoir and baseball as he follows extraordinary manager Bobby Cox and the Atlanta Braves for the past two decades. </b> <p/>For many people, sports are an escape from reality. For Lang Whitaker, sports is reality. He reads and writes about sports all day, and then he goes home at night and watches sports. And he loves this. As often as Lang writes about sports--in daily blog posts, Internet columns, and monthly magazine features--he finds himself thinking about sports even more often. Mostly about the Atlanta Braves; specifically, about Bobby Cox. Now, just as Warren St. John achieved unexpected national bestselling success with his book about Alabama football, <i>Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer</i>, Lang Whitaker tells the fascinating story of being a Braves fan during Bobby Cox's incredible winning reign since 1990. <p/><i>In the Time of Bobby Cox </i>is Lang Whitaker's heartfelt exploration of the lessons he's learned from Bobby Cox--who is set to retire at the end of the 2010 season--during Cox's unparalleled tenure as the manager of the Atlanta Braves. Frederick Exley's 1968 classic <i>A Fan's Notes </i>established the genre, and here, Lang weaves memoir with his obsessive super-fandom, providing the perfect blend of sports, humor, and insight for fans of America's favorite pastime.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A strangely compelling mash-up of memoir and obsession. . . . You don't have to love baseball to be a fan."--"Atlanta Magazine"<br><br>"Atlanta Braves fans will read Lang Whitaker's book to the final page."--"Atlanta Journal-Constitution"<br><br>"That fond couch potato planted yonder on your sofa, watching sports day after night... it turns out there's a sensitive man inside. With "In the Time of Bobby Cox", Lang Whitaker shows eloquently how baseball is so much more than just a game to its devoted fans."--Mike Sager, "Esquire", author of "Wounded Warriors"<br>

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