{"product_id":"out-of-left-field-stan-isaacs-9780252087882","title":"Out of Left Field: A Sportswriter's Last Word","description":"\"My idol growing up, all I wanted to be, was Stan Isaacs.\" --Tony Kornheiser \u003cp\u003e \"Stan Isaacs is directly responsible for my television career--and much of how I approached what I've said and whom I've said it about.\" --Keith Olbermann \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Iconoclastic and irreverent, Stan Isaacs was part of a generation that bucked the sports establishment with a skepticism for authority, an appreciation for absurdity, and a gift for placing athletes and events within the context of their tumultuous times. Isaacs draws on his trademark wink-and-a-grin approach to tell the story of the long-ago Brooklyn that formed him and a career that placed him amidst the major sporting events of his era. Mixing reminiscences with column excerpts, Isaacs recalls antics like stealing a Brooklyn Dodgers pennant after the team moved to Los Angeles and his many writings on Paul Revere's horse. But Isaacs also reveals the crusading and humanist instincts that gave Black athletes like Muhammad Ali a rare forum to express their views and celebrated the oddball, unsung Mets over the straitlaced Yankees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Insightful and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eOut of Left Field\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited memoir of the influential sportswriter and his adventures in the era of Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, and the Amazin' Mets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stan Isaacs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252087887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252087882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Stan Isaacs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790444720383,"sku":"9780252087882","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9349f730-3df6-4acf-9c69-8409504033d6.jpg?v=1707288959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-left-field-stan-isaacs-9780252087882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}