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Pat Jordan

Biography

Pat Jordan

Pat Jordan is an accomplished sports writer and former minor league baseball player. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, among other periodicals, and his work has been included in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Essays and Norton Anthology of World Literature. He is also the author of numerous books, including the memoirs, A FALSE SPRING and A NICE TUESDAY.

Pat Jordan

Books by Pat Jordan

by Pat Jordan - Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports

Pat Jordan, a $50,000 bonus pitcher with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, first met Tom Seaver, himself a $50,000 bonus pitcher with the New York Mets --- and the greatest pitcher of his generation --- in 1971. Combustible, combative, hilarious and even touching at times, TOM SEAVER AND ME tells the story of the 40-year friendship that followed.