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Summary: quite simply the best base ball book i have ever read.
Review: A very compelling and informative book. Mr. Mansch has written a masterpiece. He has captured the life and times of early America and base ball. A must read for all base ball historians.
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Summary: A grand slam for Rube, baseball.
Review: An excellent look at time when America was beginning its love affair with baseball. Larry Mansch did a wonderful job of bringing Rube Marquard to life, as well as providing an up-close look at baseball and America. I really enjoyed re-living the different pennant races Rube was involved in; particularly the unforgetable 1908 season. The author's exhaustive research, numerous quotes from Rube's peers and attention to detail made the book a real treat. If you love the early days of baseball, colorful characters and bygone America, you'll love this book.
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Summary: This is baseball. The way it was. The way it is.
Review: Rube Marquard, The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer - An emotional read for anyone who grew up with the names Babe Ruth, Casey Stengel, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, or John McGraw. A must read for anyone who wants to better understand the world in which their parents and grandparents grew up. Makes you want to tear down every domed stadium ever built and replace it with a sandlot field.Rube provides an interesting comparison to today's professional baseball players. Surprisingly, there are many more similarities than there are differences. The players are more than players; they're stage, TV and movie personalities; they're national hero's and role models; and they represent America to the rest of the world. Contract disputes, holdouts and trades are an important part of the game. Salaries are unbelievable. And, of course, scandals erupt on a regular basis. Rube illustrates that baseball is a grand mixture of what goes on between the white lines and what goes on outside the white lines. This is baseball.
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