Slightly Better than Replacement Level
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 […]
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 […]
There are parts to John Feinstein’s work that are dripping with humanity. Whether it’s the snippets he shows us of Scott Elarton’s journey or the travails of John Lindsey, they come across as decidedly human beings swept up in something much greater than themselves. Feinstein’s ability to showcase the humanity of his subjects is, undoubtedly, […]
There’s a nuanced story about arm injuries in baseball. One that is full of depth and hard questions. The sort of story that a journalist can make a career out of as they plow forward and seek to uncover the truth and provide answers. Perhaps one day such a story will find its way into […]