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Summary: A Wonderful Look-Back
Review: Cantor does an admirable job of recapturing the spirit and excitement of the '68 Tigers. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who spent any amount of time at Michigan and Trumbull in 1968. What a season! What a team! What a wealth of memories!
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Summary: A Wonderful Look-Back
Review: Cantor does an admirable job of recapturing the spirit and excitement of the '68 Tigers. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who spent any amount of time at Michigan and Trumbull in 1968. What a season! What a team! What a wealth of memories!
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Summary: good read
Review: For someone who grew up in Detroit, and was totally immersed in the '68 season, this was a worthy read. The author talks a bit about the season, from start to finish, and mixes in the interviews he has had with the players recently. It works, but I, personally, would have liked a bit more about the '68 season. As an example, Chapter 5, "A Matter of Race" talks about the racial things going on in Detroit, in baseball, and on the Tigers in 1968. Chapter 6, "The Duke of Earl" is the result of the interview the author had with Earl Wilson recently, discussing certain things about that season. The whole book is like that. I would have liked more input from the players about points in the season--what was going on, what they were going through at pre- and postgame, etc. As one reviewer noted, it's hard for the book to really take you back to that season, when it's broken up in this manner. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, and I forced myself to only read a few pages at a time so I could savor it. (We don't win that many championships in Detroit!) Unless you were there and remember that season, it might be hard to fully appreciate the book.
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Summary: A Must for Tiger Fans
Review: George Cantor visits the Tigers of '68 and tells the story of the '68 season, and the Series, through their recollections. It is a very well written book and a quick read that tells a lot about the personalities of the players then and now. This book put me back into 1968 and let me relive one of the most exciting years in my life.
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Summary: Good attempt, but something is missing
Review: I am a life-long Tiger fan that was born in 1969 so (obviously) I don't remember 1968, so I was excited when I bought this book. And while it had some merit, I didn't think the book really brought me back to 1968 like other great historical books have done so. Of course it talks about the riots going on during a DH, but I hardly felt like I was put there and experiencing it. That's what a great historical book does, and this one falls a little short. Secondly, there are many chapters discussing individual heroes of the 1968 team, but in most cases the chapters don't make me feel like I really "know" these players. Cantor attempts to do this, but falls short in most accounts once again. I read the book cover to cover in less than a week and left expecting more. There are many books out concerning the history of the Tigers and Tiger Stadium and I'd say this book doesn't come close to cracking the top five, but maybe (just maybe) the top 10.
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Summary: good read
Review: I am a Tiger fan but not old enough to know the stories of the '68 Tigers. I remember growing up and hearing my Dad's stories so before I read this book I was familar with the players and the team. Reading this book was fun and exciting. At times I could not put it down. Being a newspaper writer Mr. Cantor delivers this book as if you are reading a very long article in the newspaper. You will Enjoy.
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Summary: Go Tigers
Review: I am a Tiger fan but not old enough to know the stories of the '68 Tigers. I remember growing up and hearing my Dad's stories so before I read this book I was familar with the players and the team. Reading this book was fun and exciting. At times I could not put it down. Being a newspaper writer Mr. Cantor delivers this book as if you are reading a very long article in the newspaper. You will Enjoy.
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Summary: Brings back a lot of memories
Review: I remember fondly the summer of 68. I used to lie on my bed in the afternoons (cause thats when they played baseball back then), looking at my Tiger baseball cards, and listing to Ernie Harwell give the play to play on my short wave. I remember many of the events in this book - Tommy Matchick's home run, Daryl Patterson striking out the side (nasty Orioles), the triple-play in number 27, Rocky Colevito beating the Tigers, and of course, #30, the "clinch", the world series. This book is great for reliving old memories.
But I do wish it had more storeies. I was a big Coyote (Don Wert) fan, and it hardly mentions him. Same for some of the other players.
In spite of that, its a great book, even if you arn't a Tiger fan, cause thats the way baseball used to be played.
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Summary: A good way to remember the "Year of the Tiger!"
Review: I was there in 1968. I remember that summer between 3rd and 4th grade and it made me the big baseball fan I am today. This book rekindles the happy feelings of growing up and being at the ballpark- watching these titans claim the World Championship in 1968. They literally glued the city back together after the riots. The author was able to weave together all the points that both socially and emotionally re-shaped Detroit. The baseball stats and trivia so faithfully presented and recorded in the book are accurate and the personal interviews of the players almost 30 years later gives an inside perspective to the greatness and importance of that Championship season so long ago. Reading this book took me all the way back to listening to the great Ernie Harwell with my dad so many years ago- it was wonderful then and I loved reliving those memories again while reading the book. For any REAL Tigers fan this is required reading. Sock it to 'em Tigers!
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Summary: Tigers, Tigers, In The Night
Review: In a well-written book, the author takes us back to 1968, before baseball went nuts with playoffs--to the last of the old-time champions--the 68 Tigers. 31-game winner Denny McLain (before he went to prison), Mickey Lolich, Earl Wilson, Al Kaline, Eddie Matthews, Willie Horton, manager Mayo Smith and announcer Ernie Harwell--they are all here once again. What a time!--when baseball still had charm and legitimate heroes (who didn't use drugs). One is only left to wonder, why isn't Lolich in the Hall of Fame?
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