One of my all-time favorite baseball books and books in general. I sincerely hope Cait is working on a new title?? Excellent writer.

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From: DavidM <malonedave@...>
To: crazy08@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 3:29:02 PM
Subject: [crazy08] Excellent read!

 

I'm about 80 pages into the book myself, and this is a great read. I love history and work as an interpreter for the National Park Service (Women's Rights NHP in Seneca Falls, NY). Coming from my perspective, I understand how hard it can be to bring history alive for your audience. I'm astonished at how well Ms Murphy accomplishes this. I will say that winning over someone like me isn't that hard though... ;-) I've love history since grade school, and I fell in love with baseball at the late age of 32. OK... blame it on John Sayles and his film "Eight Men Out" and then take it to the New Britain Red Sox who played their home games down the street from where I lived at the time (BTW... Go BoSox!). It wasn't very long before I became a regular fixture in the stands there.

History and baseball complement each other very nicely, and Cait does an excellent job of weaving the two together. I love the way that she describes the games and rivalries, shenanigans. .. what have you, and world it existed in. I've read a good number of books on the history of the game over the last 20 odd years, and I'd put this one right at the top of the list.

BTW, my History Book club which meets in Skaneateles, NY read this a couple of months ago. I missed that meeting, so I'm playing catch up. Thanks to my coworker and meeting member John (Pirates fan) who recommended the book to the group and for turning me on to it.

Way to go, Cait!