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9 Innings With Cal Ripken Jr.

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If you have never heard of the baseball player Ironman Cal Ripken Jr. you have to read the book 9 Innings with Cal Ripken, Jr. The story of cal Ripken istold by the people who know him the best,Cal Ripken Sr, Jonny oats, Harold Reynolds, Vi Ripken,Theo Chen, Eal Weaver, Alex Rodriguez, Jon Miller, and Brady Anderson. To some he is a home townhero. To others he is an idol. Then to some people he is a fantstic baseball player. Just imagine not missing a day of work for one year. You think that is hard? Try doing it for 15 years. Now that would be an accomplishment! Well, this is what Cal did. He holds the record for most consecutive games played. This is a good book. It takes you all through his life and gives you an idea of what it is like to be a professional athlete. He is a good athlete and an excellent baseball player.

I bought this book for my son and he seemed to enjoy it--there are plenty of great photos and some interesting, if wordy, stories--but what is the obsession with sports writers to divide all baseball books into nine "innings"? Football writers don't feel any need to split their books into four "quarters," golf writers don't limit themselves to 18 "holes." In this book, as in so many others, it is a clumsy cliche.