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Tom Matte's Tales from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline

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If you are a die hard Baltimore Ravens fan...you'll love this book and want it to be part of your collection.

This book spans the entire history of the Ravens from the move to Baltimore from Cleveland...all the way up to the 2004 off season. So, yes, this is very current stuff. Nice to have all of this information and history in one place to refer back to from time to time.

Not much in the way of "New" or Previously unknown material for the Raven fan whose been through it all, but their are some lesser known tidbits of information, and all from Tom Matte who played for the Baltimore Colts and has done the Ravens radio gameday broadcasts since the inception of the team.

Some excellent photos are included, although I'd rather they were placed in the center of the book instead of being interspersed throughout.

All in all, I'd recommend this book highly for football and especially Raven fans.

I am not sure what book the other reviewer was reading but it could not have been this book. This is a very light look at the Ravens. Nothing new is presented and the stories are oddly devoid of interest for one of the most colorful teams in the NFL. Very little research or effort was taken to come up with the so called tales. The musing from Tom Matte are just that, musing from off the top of his head. He probably jotted them down one afernoon, at least thats how it seems. The book although written for a middle schooler would not interest one. If you want a good Baltimore football book buy an old paperback copy of Fatso by Artie Donovan. Now he is someone who knows how to spin a tale.