Slightly Better than Replacement Level
When it comes to my allegiances within Major League Baseball, it’s no secret that I’m a Chicago Cubs fan. That’s never stopped me from respecting the ability of the St. Louis Cardinals to be a contender year after year. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I don’t loathe the Cardinals, I do. But one […]
As Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series came to a close, I struggled with what I had just read. Mainly, I struggled with the idea that anyone could read David Pietrusza’s book and not find it terminally boring. When I finally turned to the last […]
The other day, I was rummaging around my closet for something, and I came across my batpack. In that moment, I realized I hadn’t been to the batting cages in a couple of months. Standing there holding my batpack with my bat sticking out and staring at me, I knew something important: I missed being […]
I sat and stewed over this review for a few days. It’s not that I didn’t know what to say about Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball’s Best Neighborhood, it’s that I didn’t know how negative I wanted to be. There have been books I have disliked; those reading along know I have read a fair […]
Like Ballparks: Yesterday & Today, this is going to be a short and sweet review. That’s not a knock on Phil Trexler and Marty Strasen’s book. Rather, it’s an acknowledgement that their book gets straight to the point and never quite aims to be anything other than what it purports to be: a collection of […]