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Miracle Man: Nolan Ryan : The Autobiography
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Nolan Ryan
Whether you're a sports enthusiast or not, you've heard his name, you've seen is face...Nolan Ryan...the miracle man of baseball with an incredible forty-eight major league pitching records. Now, for the first time, meet the man behind that 95-mile-per-hour fastball that has propelled him to legend status.
Hardcover
,
272 pages
Published
January 1st 1992
by Word Publishing Group
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Jun 02, 2008
Eric Bjerke
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Angels fans
Shelves:
autobiography
My favorite athlete of all time. If you are a Ryan fan, you HAVE to read this. If you are not, you may not like it as much.
I learned a lot of Ryan's character, faith and family life. He is really a great man and role model.
I learned a lot of Ryan's character, faith and family life. He is really a great man and role model.
To me Nolan Ryan was the poster boy for hard work and humility. A class act, as they say in the media. I picked this book up hoping to find out something about Nolan that I never knew about him or had somehow missed. What I took from this book was that Nolan expected a certain amount of respect for being an elder statesman of Major League Baseball. Even more so, he couldn't understand how gifted athletes wouldn't work to keep themselves in shape to survive more than five years in the league.
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Let me just start with the fact that i love baseball. I read this book because I wanted to learn more about this living legend who played the game better than anyone else. Nolan Ryan holds a record for most pitching records, thats how many records he has set and broken.
Anyway, Nolan wrote this book before he retired witch I thought was interesting. The many chapters he writes are all meaningful in the spirit of life. He has so many opinions and he throws out what he believes in. He criticizes hi ...more
Anyway, Nolan wrote this book before he retired witch I thought was interesting. The many chapters he writes are all meaningful in the spirit of life. He has so many opinions and he throws out what he believes in. He criticizes hi ...more
Nov 21, 2008
Kay
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Nolan Ryan fans
Shelves:
sports
This book is all about Ryan and I mean ALL about him. I know that successful athletes have big egos and it's not what he said but that his book rarely mentioned other players [until the end] and never his relationship with them. You could believe he went thru his long career without making a teammate friend or spoke to anyone in the locker room.
But you learn a lot about him, his beliefs, family, goals, and accomplishments. But I really wanted to know how he got along with others.
Since I am a b ...more
But you learn a lot about him, his beliefs, family, goals, and accomplishments. But I really wanted to know how he got along with others.
Since I am a b ...more
Read this as a kid and loved it! If you're a baseball fan you owe it to yourself to know this man's whole story.
Interesting book, VERY easy read. Nolan doesn't take anything off his pitches, and he says at the beginning he's not going to apologize but lets you know he'll be brutally honest.
It is listed as an autobiography, but there is almost as much non-biographical information about Nolan as there is biographical.
Nonetheless, there is enough interesting and it's interesting enough to read to make it worth the time, especially since it doesn't take much time. You definitely get a feeling for the person ...more
It is listed as an autobiography, but there is almost as much non-biographical information about Nolan as there is biographical.
Nonetheless, there is enough interesting and it's interesting enough to read to make it worth the time, especially since it doesn't take much time. You definitely get a feeling for the person ...more
The book got off to a rocky start and I am fairly certain that impacted (negatively) my impressions of the rest of the text. In the first chapter Nolan Ryan shares his opinions on a wide variety of issues. I appreciate Ryan's willingness to take and share his thoughts, but the variety of issues tackled made the transitions between topics - rough. I found the behind the scenes baseball information fascinating and praise Ryan for keeping a level head and his family values in spite of all the fame,
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Oct 29, 2010
Dave Jones
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
biography
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popular-culture
Great look into one of the great pitchers of all time. The reader not only gets an insight into his life but also how the game of baseball has changed over his career. For example when he was starting out in his career, he would often work in the off-season in order to make ends meet. There's great insight into the work ethic that lengthened his career.
I wish I still had this book. A kid I know is a big baseball fan and loves to read biographies.
I liked it, but agree with most of the reviews that his personal beliefs kind of got in the way of the story of his career. That being said, his personal beliefs and level head seem to be part of the reason he was so consistent as a ball player.
Overall, it's good.
I liked it, but agree with most of the reviews that his personal beliefs kind of got in the way of the story of his career. That being said, his personal beliefs and level head seem to be part of the reason he was so consistent as a ball player.
Overall, it's good.
Not one of the better sports books I've read. The appendix stuff is interesting; box scores of all his no-hitters, a list or each of his 5,000+ strikeouts. It's odd that he wrote this when he did considering he played two more years in the majors. Why not just wait until the end of his career?
Great autobiography from one of my favorite players of all time. This was a nice piece in his own words about his career. If you are a fan of Nolan and want to continue to be amazed by this man who is more than a baseball player, then this is a great read.
Nolan Ryan gives thoughts and views on baseball, business, and living. Many of the thoughts are conservative in nature. Enjoy the parts of the book that dealt with this baseball. Career.
There is a reason he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with the second highest percent vote ever. He was a great pitcher and even a better person and family man.
Oct 01, 2007
Rick Wong
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
all professional athletes
He's my sports hero and wish all professional athletes acted this way. Humble and yet recognizes the talent that was given him.
Fuck yeah. I loved Nolan. After he retired, I decided to hate baseball.
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