The Gamer : An 11-Time All-Star's Inside Story of the Pain, Grit, Guts, and Glory of Life in the Majors

Rating:
Summary: Decent Story but Too Heavy on Jesus
Review: Being a baseball fan, a Mets fan, and a Gary Carter fan, I thought I would like this book and learning more about the man. The closer I got, the less I liked.

There was a lot to like in the book. The parts about his family, especially his brother, mother and father are wonderful. I also felt he was given a bum rap in Montreal, he was roundly criticized for NOT being a baseball mercenary. He was scorned by his druggie teammates for his love of the French-Canadian fans.

But I started to dislike Carter after he talked about his love for Jesus for the 60000th time in the book. While I admire and respect his religious sincerity, he forces it down the reader's throats way too often. And it is quite clear that he is scornful, hostile and intolerant of those who do not give their lives to Jesus as he does.

Beyond that, there is little humility to the man that is not surrendered to Jesus. He comes across as a religious fanatic. Maybe he did not mean to come across this strongly, but he does. If I wanted to read a religious biography, I would look at Billy Graham. This is definitely not what I wanted.