Slightly Better than Replacement Level
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that I have a deep-rooted passion for Cuban baseball. Since my deep dive into the world of unaffiliated baseball began in earnest around 2016 Cuban baseball has been one of my favorite areas to explore. Serie Nacional de Béisbol, Cuba’s top league, is probably my favorite baseball […]
It has been some time since I have stumbled across a baseball book that made me question its existence. There have been some books that were bad, some that were misguided or without focus. There have been books that lacked purpose or were written poorly. Not until Bart: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti did […]
Tim Kurkjian’s career is that of a likable individual. I’ve long thought he is exactly that and this book does absolutely nothing to change my opinion of the man, for the first 200 or so pages. During that span, the former Baseball Tonight mainstay comes across as one of the most likable blokes to ever […]
If ever there was a topic that is geared specifically for me, it’s the topic that this book purports to be about. I have written extensively about the major league status of the leagues I have come to refer to as the Negro major leagues. Any exploration of this topic is welcome by me as […]
Early on in Kostya Kennedy’s book, it becomes clear that he has no desire to provide any sort of deep introspection into Pete Rose. All he has to offer is a surface-level analysis of, well, nothing. That meant something needed to be added to make the book flash in some way. A book without substance […]