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Jocks and Socks : Inside Stories from a Major-League Locker Room

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I like baseball, but am no one's idea of a major fan. I can't quote batting averages, I'm not sure which expansion team is in which league-I did like this book however.Jim Ksicnski had a fascinating career as the manager of the visitor's clubhouse of the Milwaukee Brewers.This is as much a piece of social history as it is a baseball memoir. How baseball players have changed over the years, how American men have changed over the years.This is an interesting, friendly book. Tom Flaherty's contributions are seamless, "Big Jim's" voice remains true.The book closes with several lists of fantasy ball teams.The raunchiest thing about the book is the title. It has nothing in it that a 12-14 year old baseball fan could not handle or comprehend.

If you're looking for entertaining baseball books, then this is the one for you. The author gives you and inside look at what baseball players do and say when they're in the clubhouse. There are several hilarious stories in here. Although the book's not as raunchy as some people might expect, it has its share of dirty moments. The male anatomy is mentioned more than a few times, and the best stories in the book deal with that part of the body. I won't go into specifics, but the Brewers had one heck of a kangaroo court one time when Big Jim was lucky enough to overhear the proceedings. There were a few mistakes in the book-for example, he says that George Brett retired after the '92 season when it was actually the '93 season, but overall it was a very entertaining book.

I've had this book sitting on my shelf for a couple of years and just recently got around to reading it. I'm glad that I finally read it, but wish I would have gotten to it sooner.

Jocks and Socks is a great book. The behind the scenes look at the world of baseball was very interesting. It was a great look into life inside the locker room and what really goes on before, during and after a game. Reading about the players of days gone by brought back some great memories.

Given the fact that Ksicinski was a clubhouse manager at County Stadium, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, was especially interesting to me since I'm from Wisconsin. I strongly recommend this book to any and all baseball fans or sports fans in general for that matter.

It was a nice read, pretty well exaggerated and the author, Mr. kscinski was not a very nice guy. I was one of the clubhouse kids that worked for "Big Jim" back in the 70's and I can tell you alot of stories not in the book about old Big Jim. This was a very greedy man and it seems like he still is. Those were some of the best years of my life, but this man was a very bad example for kids that worked for him. I look back at how you treated us and you should be ashamed of yourself. I'll tell you what, if I ever see you again I'll tell it to your face. You were a real Jerk and you can take that book of lies about your clubhouse and stick it buddy!

If you love baseball as much as I do, then this is the book for you. Big Jim takes you to the visitor's clubhouse in old Milwaukee County Stadium. Go behind the scenes and read about the pranksters, the good guys, the bad guys and the big tippers that Big Jim baby-sat in his 35 year career as the clubhouse manager. The stories are pretty much G-rated, except for a few forays into the PG-13 arena. It's a great way to gear up for the baseball season!

This is a good, PG-13 account of what went on in a major league locker room from the 1960's to the late 1990's. The author tells many interesting stories including giving personal insight into many of the game's greatest stars and other assorted chararacters. It's a fun, quick read and paints of a good story of what goes on off the field in major league ballparks across the country.

If you're a fan of the game, you will enjoy reading this book. Big Jim lets us into his clubhouse and read about the pranksters, the good guys, the bad guys and the big tippers. Cal Ripken Jr, Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin and Bert Blyleven are some of the major leaguers you'll find in the clubhouse. It's a fun book to read. It's mostly G-rated stories, with a few that fall into the PG-13 area.

The book I read was called Jocks and Socks by Jim Ksicinski and Tom Flaherty. It is about what goes on in baseball lockerooms told by former players like Hank Aaron and other former baseball players.
The book had some interesting things in it like how black player's back in the 60s 70s even the 80s were discriminated by teammates and coaches. Other things that happened in the lockerooms were that teammates sometimes beat up another teammate for costing them the game and what some coaches said to the players after they lost a game. The rest of the things that went on in this book you will just have to read and find out yourself.
The book was very interesting I learned a lot of information about what goes on in lockerooms of baseball players. The players were treated horrible when discriminated, it was horrible about some of the things that happened to them and the world would definitely be better without it.