This is one book that will give you a LOT to think about!
First is an examination of what’s wrong with the sport of Baseball, and just as importantly, how it can be fixed.
Once you’re done reading that, you flip the book over and there’s a complete second book! This second part is a walk through Baseball history, featuring a countdown of the biggest, most-dramatic finishes in the history of the game … Carlton Fisk’s home run in the 1975 World Series … Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard ’round the world” … David Freese’s heroics in the 2011 Fall Classic (this one still galls me as a Rangers fan) … and the immortal 1988 home run by Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the World Series.
Lots of great reading in this “flip book!” Plus, it’s autographed by author Howard Peretz, known far and wide as the Old School Sports Junkie. Just $14.95 plus shipping, it makes a great gift, but you’ll love reading it yourself!
Its network of 11 Urban Youth Academies does indeed do a lot of good for young people in inner cities.
Every year since 2003, we’ve provided a lighthearted comparison of the two ballparks in that year’s World Series. We’d do that this year, too, except for the fact that only one ballpark is being used … and it’s not the home park of either of this year’s WS contestants.