BOOKS THREAD

"Unfinished Life" is chock full o'info, but it's a pretty boring read.

 

Dick Shaap's Flashing Before My Eyes is my all time favorite book, I've probably read it four times.

Currently reading girly book Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger - great so far

 

I started reading this on the plane & will likely finish before falling asleep. I'm anticipating the water works, especially since I've teared up at all the sweet/crazy things Marley has done in his wonderful life.

I miss my dog. :'(

 

I just finished 'Eagle in the Snow' by Wallace Breem. It's a historical novel about the defeat of the 20th legion along the German border in 406 AD.
Wow, what a read.
First half: So-so.
Second half: I couldn't put it down.

 

I wept like a child when I finished this book. You will too. Very cathartic, I found.

Sorry about your dog. What kind was he/she? As you can see, mine is a lab/retriever mix named Murphy. Love him to pieces.

 

I just finished Wayne Coffey's wonderful "The Boys of Winter." Coffey juxtaposed the lives of the 1980 USA Men's Olympic Hockey Team with the game against Russia.

Now, I'm reading Simon Reeve's "One Day In September."

 

I'm Bob Sikes, one of the former athletic trainers for the 1986 Mets. I've a complted first person narrative which tells the story of this team. My vantage point is unique and it allows me the good fortune to tell this wonderful baseball story in a way it never has before. Most NY people want the Canseco option. I'm not going there, the story itself is good enough on its own. Any input here would be greatly appreciated.

 

I would be interested in what you'd have to say and I would think others would also.
But the majority of the population (or at least enough to sell a book) is more interested
in reading how much blow Darryl snorted and how many hot chicks Elster nailed.

 

I love seeing Murphy's pictures!!

My dog Trapper was a Golden Retriever. I miss him dearly.

I finished the book that night & I'm glad I waited. It was pathetic how much I cried.

Aside from Marley, I was also moved by the stories of his family & that set me off pretty good too, four months after my divorce.

Excellent book.

Here's Trapper:

 

Have been slogging my way through The Historian and The March. About 150 pages into each, but neither is catching my fancy. I keep bouncing back and forth and actually read another novel, Hidden Camera, in between.

So this new arrival goes at the top of my list:



The cover blurb says, "A walk is NOT as good as a hit", "The worst team name in baseball", and "Why a baseball team does not need a manager." It's presented in alphabetical order with entries such as "Fosse, Ray: Ray Fosse's Career Was Not Ruined By Pete Rose", "Life, Metaphor: Baseball is Not a Metaphor For Life." Looks like a lot of humor mixed in with the debates. I don't really know anything about the authors, Michael Kun and Howard Bloom, but I might be looking them up after this.

 

My dad gave me How You Played the Game: The Life of Grantland Rice for Christmas. I'm about 300 pages through, it's reallly inspiring for someone like me who just started his first job out of college.

My new EIC loaned me his copy of Ball Four. I can't wait to get started on that one.

 

Here's a bigger one of Murph!