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Summary: A good book -well worth5.00 $
Review: A good read if you remember the 1970s thru 2000 Yankees. Maury Allen is a bit full of himself (he refused to vote for Thurman Munson for the Hall of Fame because HE did not like him as a person) and repeats some lines thought the book. It's well worth the basement price of 5.00 (new) you find around town.
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Summary: A good book -well worth5.00 $
Review: A good read if you remember the 1970s thru 2000 Yankees. Maury Allen is a bit full of himself (he refused to vote for Thurman Munson for the Hall of Fame because HE did not like him as a person) and repeats some lines thought the book. It's well worth the basement price of 5.00 (new) you find around town.
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Summary: Where's the quality control?
Review: As a Yankee fan who's followed the team during the Steinbrenner era, this book appealed to me as soon as I heard about it. I looked forward to reading behind-the-scenes anecdotes about my favorite players. Unfortunately, this book was so sloppily put together that it was impossible to fully enjoy the stories and experiences that Maury Allen shares. The biggest problem with this book is that it wasn't carefully edited. The writing is wordy, and the book seems to have been pulled together from various sources without any attention given to transition or flow. The author has a habit of going off on tangents and repeating information; sometimes these repeated passages are located within pages of each other. I found the content to be strongest when it focused on the Yankee teams of the mid-to-late 1970s, especially the championship teams of 1977 and 1978. Anecdotes about Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, and Thurmon Munson, among others, offer some insight into the atmosphere that surrounded the Yankees during that period. The end of the book seems rushed, however, and less attention was played to the team's more recent history. The book also fails to deliver on its promise of providing a "definitive look" at George Steinbrenner-very little new ground is covered in describing Steinbrenner's personality. Surely a good editor could have helped the author tighten up his writing and expand the weaker sections. Instead, the reader who actually paid for this book is left feeling cheated. We expect more from a major publisher and a sportswriter who has so many years of experience. Too many corners were cut in producing this book, and although I had some fun reading it, I wouldn't recommend it to even the most avid Yankee fan.
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Summary: A Good Book
Review: I enjoy reading baseball books that contain stories and anecdotes that don't usually appear in the papers. Allen has amassed a wealth of these stories, and as a baseball fan who is not privy to the "inside story," I found the book extremely interesting and fascinating. Allen rambles through Steinbrenner's 25 years as owner of the Yankees, and, in the process, he relates many wonderful stories about baseball and the people in it. Some of his tales aren't complimentary, but he's never nasty or spiteful, and I find that refreshing. I recommend the book to anyone who likes baseball and likes to read the stuff that isn't covered by the print and broadcast media. The book was written as an anecdotal anthology, and it succeeds.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: I was shocked. This book is the most boring piece of "literature" that i have ever read. I only finished it because i kept thinking that something interesting was going to come along eventually. But it never did. There is absolutely no interesting content at all. Luckily i bought it on sale for 4.95 but it is still the worst investment i have ever made. Just don't buy it. And if its given to you kindly ask for the receipt so that you can exchange it. Or use it to start a fire or to wipe yourself. This read was a total waste of time.
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Summary: Horrible
Review: I was shocked. This book is the most boring piece of "literature" that i have ever read. I only finished it because i kept thinking that something interesting was going to come along eventually. But it never did. There is absolutely no interesting content at all. Luckily i bought it on sale for 4.95 but it is still the worst investment i have ever made. Just don't buy it. And if its given to you kindly ask for the receipt so that you can exchange it. Or use it to start a fire or to wipe yourself. This read was a total waste of time.
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Summary: A Must-NOT read
Review: I went in to this tome with the understanding that it was written by a Yankees' beat writer, thus I expected favoritism, but this went beyond my expectations. It is written with syrupy teenage admiration. I can deal with that, but what I cannot stand is the lack of attention to detail. The author will mention the same tired story ad nauseum. If you value reading, stay way from this book.
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Summary: Sportswriters revenge
Review: Maury Allen's book mentions, numerous times, that Thurman Munson was not a nice man. He was rude to fans, waitresses, and Heaven Forbid-sportswriters. Allen happily mentions that he has never wasted one vote on Munson in Hall of Fame votes. In fact, not voting for him appears to be revenge for Munson not giving quotes and quips for Allen's stories in the New York Post. This is precisely the reason sportswriters should not vote for Hall of Fame inductions; as Allen states, the writers vote on what they thought of the ballplayer as a "man", not as a clutch ballplayer, who always came through when his team really needed him to. And we all know, if you don't show respect to sportswriters, you don't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Sportswriters believe, that since they know how to put two sentences together, they are more important than the players they write about. Gotcha, Maury. And go to Hell.
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Summary: All Roads Lead to Nowhere
Review: Maury Allen's first-hand "account" of George Steinbrenner's 25 year reign over the Yankees completely lacks insight and anything remotely interesting on the Yankee dynasty. Reading this book will leave even the casual fan feeling empty. Not only does Allen's book lack insight, it is loaded with inaccuracies and flat out mistakes. For example, did you know that "Bobby Thomas hit the shot heard round the world?" Allen's book completely misses the mark and often overlooks critical periods in Yankee history. Jim Leyritz's homerun in 1996 does not even warrant a remark by Allen, nor does Joe Torre's infamous story about sweeping the Braves in Atlanta in 1996. The current streak of three out of four world series championships is barely mentioned or quickly covered. Allen seems to have comprised content and substance in an effort to not upset anyone mentioned in the book. Unfortunately, he fails to portray Yankee life during the 25 year circus at the hands of the Boss. A swing and a miss!
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