THE Review: “Mookie”
Mookie Wilson is a modest man. So modest, in fact, that his entertaining autobiography “Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the...
Category: Book Reviews
THE Review: “The Mendoza Line”
Every baseball fan knows what the Mendoza Line is — a .200 batting average, the line between being bad...
THE Review: “Man versus Ball”
Jon Hart is the George Plimpton for the 21st century. In his new book “Man versus Ball,” Hart shares...
THE Review: “The Fight of Their Lives”
History is something that has to be learned. It is not innate. We all learned about events such as...
THE Review: “Induction Day at Cooperstown”
In the wake of the recent disputed Hall of Fame vote, it is nice to know that such controversy...
THE Review: “Doc,” by Dwight Gooden
While his teammates were parading down the Canyon of Heroes celebrating their 1986 World Series victory, Dwight Gooden was...
THE Review: Mike Piazza’s “Long Shot”
Much like Michael Jordan’s bitter, angry Hall of Fame induction speech in which the second greatest basketball player of...
THE Review: “Steinbrenner”
You don’t have to be a Yankees fan to read “Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball.” Any baseball fan,...
THE Review: “Gil Hodges”
I have written previously about how Gil Hodges has been an idol of mine since I was a boy...
THE Review: “Forever Blue”
I just finished reading Michael D’Antonio’s love letter to Walter O’Malley called “Forever Blue.” He all but nominates O’Malley...
THE Review: “The Baseball Talmud”
Jews have a certain obsession with finding out if other people are Jewish. I once read a good explanation...
THE Review: “Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend”
Willie Mays is a towering figure in baseball — arguably the best player ever. Yet up until recently there...
THE Review: “Bottom of the Ninth”
I just read a book with the unfortunately long title of “Bottom of the Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel,...