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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: whitehse
I just came back from Barnes and Noble and found what looks to be a great book about the 1908 baseball season titled "Crazy 08" written by Cait Murphy. I have read the 1st chapter and so far its is pretty interesting and contains alot of baseball content and I know its going to be a great read. The best part is this hardcover book that is normally 24.95 was on the clearance rack for 5.95. You all might want to stop at Barnes and Noble and pick up a copy. I know the store I went to had about 10 copies. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: BOB
I read Crazy 08 this summer I thought it was great A real quick read filled with fun bits about baseball life back in the day. I think all will enjoy this book. thanks BOB |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Jantz
I got a few gift cards for Borders and this is one of the baseball books that I picked up. It looks to be a good read. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Donny Muth
I'm ready Crazy '08 right now. I asked for it for Christmas. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Jantz
I have to concur with Donny's opinions on this. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Greg Ecklund
Crazy 08 is a decent book, definitely worth a look at the bargain book price. I wasn't a great fan of Murphy's writing style, and thought the book could have done with a bit more polish, but there are moments in the book that make it worth keeping on the shelf. It is possible that I have simply read too many baseball books, but I found the "timeouts" a bit tiresome, and I have found that too many writers of baseball books always try to write thinly disguised social commentaries of America at the same time as they write a story about baseball. While there is no doubt that the stories are intertwined, the more skilled writers find ways to weave the stories together without distracting from that narrative at hand. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Bob Manning
A better Cobb biography is "Cobb," by Al Stump. (Algonquin Books, 1996) "Better," not in the sense of "more balanced," but in the way that fierce, sometimes overbearing and offensive, determination is assesssed. Ernest Hemingway, in the preface to the book's first segment: "Ty Cobb, greatest of all ballplayers. And an absolute s--t." In the same vein, in the recommendations that precede the book itself, one stands out ... From "The [Portland] Oregonian" "An excellently horrible book, as though 'Field of Dreams' had been ghostwritten by Stephen King." The work also includes about 20 b/w photos of Cobb and others throughout his life. Including "spikes flying," and the original Hughie "Ee-yah"Jemmings. |
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"Crazy 08" a great price on a potentially good book
Posted By: Tim Sanders
Crazy '08 was OK but I feel that The Unforgetable Season by Fleming was a much better read. It details the same season with Newspaper accounts of the season from the papers that covered that amazing pennant race. I loved the accounts of Sam Crane so much it got me to pick up my First Old Judge in guite some time- even though he doesn't play for Chicago! |
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