Living on the Black

Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember
Jonathan Feinstein - 2008 Hachette Book Group

True to Feinstein's writing, Living on the Black meets the two basic tenants of good books; (1) it's easy to read and (2) it's informative.

The book follows the seasons of Tom Glavine, in the year he was chasing his 300th win with the Mets, and Mike Mussina, when he hit lucky number 250 with the Yankees.  Aside from the interesting parallels writing about pitchers on these two teams creates, the very subject matter of these great pitchers is plenty interesting by itself.

I like that the book really focuses on the pitchers and, while it does follow the teams and mention bits about other teammates and the managers, the focus does not waver far for long.

The information about a season of pitching and the insight about what it means to be a pitcher based on the personal accounts of these two pitchers makes this a book worth the read.