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Big League, Big Time: The Birth Of The Arizona Diamonback, The Billion Daollar Business Of Sports

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The subject is indeed fascinating, but the book is sloppily put together. Spelling errors run throughout the text, and a key player in the Phoenix sports scene is misidentified at one point. Those editing mistakes are really inexcusable, and the occasionally holier-than-thou tone of the narrative turned me off at times. If you insist on buying it, wait until it comes out in paperback...it'll be cheaper, and hopefully someone will proofread it in the meantime.

This was the first time I ever ordered from Amazon, according to my Amazon account, anyway. I ordered it in 1999 and read it soon after I received it. I've reread it since then, I think. Anyway, I remember it being a good, in-depth discussion of the background of Phoenix finally getting a Major League Baseball franchise and the behind-the-scenes about securing financing for the retractable roof ballpark in downtown Phoenix. When I read it, the book didn't have anything about the D-Backs winning the World Series - mostly because they hadn't done so yet. If it had been in there, I'd really have increased my kudos for the book.

Anyway, it's not exactly pro-public financing of sports facilities, so if you're overly biased for that sort of thing, this book will not reassure you and tuck you into bed late at night. But, from my memory anyway, it seemed like a good, indepth view of how the D-Backs came to be.

A very enjoyable book which offers a behind the scenes look at the making of a new baseball team. I highly recommend it to all baseball fans.

A fascinating multi-layered look at everything that went into the Diamondbacks - from the politics, the baseball, the business and even the construction and completion of BOB. It was thorough and detailed.