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My Greatest Day in Baseball, 1946-1997 |
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If you doubt that there's more to the National Pastime these days than dollar signs and contract disputes, My Greatest Day in Baseball will strike out that notion faster than a trio of Randy Johnson heaters. Bob McCullough's modernization of John P. Carmichael's 1945 classic does just what its title implies: it asks dugouts full of past and present stars to replay their best day in the game. The lineup is awesome. Among the 90 who step up are Hank Aaron, Roger Clemens, Whitey Ford, the Griffeys, Al Kaline, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ozzie Smith, Joe Torre, and Bernie Williams. Some of the days are obvious: Jackson crows about his trio of Game-6 dingers against the Dodgers in the 1977 World Series; the Griffeys each recall the first day they played together in Seattle; and Ripken resurrects the evening he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak. Other gems, such as David Cone rhapsodizing on his first trip to the ballpark with his father, are delightfully surprising. The Big Unit, Randy Johnson, offers several--not including his unforgettably hilarious whiff of John Kruk in the 1993 All-Star Game; then again, this is a book about greatest days, not funniest.
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