15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Funny and heart warming, May 12, 2010
Just like the title says, this is a love letter to baseball. Using his 50 favorite batting stances as a framing device, Gar tells sweet stories from games, players, and parks he's encountered in his 30+ years of fandom. If you're looking for wonky data on players for your fantasy team, this isn't your book. If you love the game or more importantly, you love hearing someone explain why they love the game, this is for you. I guarantee you'll laugh. I'm pretty sure you'll tear up a time or two. I promise you won't want to put this down and will end up recommending for your baseball loving friends.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Hilarious and sincere., May 24, 2010
You know when you are at a ho hum gathering and you end up sitting next to someone who loves the same thing you do? And that moment you discover you both love that thing the party instantly becomes awesome and memorable? Even more so when that person turns out to be insightful, funny, self deprecating and enthusiastic and not a machismo, one upper story teller. For the baseball fan- this is that awesome conversation at that party. "A Love Letter To Baseball" is full of inside jokes that will make you laugh out loud and stories that will make you remember why you fell in love with the game. It's the kind of book that will make you lose time- you'll start with the intention of reading for 5 minutes and be surprised when two hours have passed. Get it and thank yourself for it.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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for all-around LAUGHTER: read this book!, June 2, 2010
(first off, let me say: this is not greg, this is his wife, hijacking his account.) we've watched the clips of BSG on youtube, and my husband laughed til he cried, because he loves baseball more than anyone i know. i knew he loved baseball when i married him; our road-trip honeymoon included visiting the ballparks in every city that we were in from the west coast to the east, but i didn't fully realize what "baseball-widowdom" would mean, (haha!) and 13 years later, i can confess i still don't get it, but i try to understand.
here's how it went: i saw this book at the bookstore, i walked over and read him the introduction... didn't even get past the 2nd paragraph with Gar name dropping his childhood pete rose and gary carter halloween costumes, and my husband is giggling incredulously, saying "Come'on, you're kiddin' me, NO ONE dressed up like gary carter" and i said "no. look, there's even pictures", so i show him. and i read on to the third paragraph, (where Gar talks about his baseball card drafts and line-up games as a kid,) and he is now laughing uncontrollably. in the bookstore. doubled over, with tears. because he knows all those names. NO ONE he knows knows all those names. by the time we get to the last paragraph, with ALL the names of the guys who didn't make the book, he's beside himself. needless to say, of course we bought the book. we've only gotten through the first few chapters, and they have not disappointed! but what i wanted to say was:
THANK YOU, Batting Stance Guy, for the laughter! and i look forward to more of it! :)
sincerely,
rachel, the nodding and smiling wife of one serious baseball fan.
(p.s. to the non-knowledgeable baseball folk--
i've actually begun reading this book myself, and in-between all the name references that i don't get, is a ton of funny writing and childhood stories that also makes me laugh. and my 12 year old son. really. this is one fun book!!)
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