The Summer of '64: A Pennant Lost

Rating:
Summary: summer of 64 disappoints
Review: The book was a major disappointment. Not only was the cost way out of touch, the author did little more than pour over volumes of box scores and tell the read what happened. His use of the words "subsequently" and "however" is very distracting in that he must use the words to start nearly every paragraph. This was a great season for the National League and the author had an opportunity to really recapture the suspense and nose dive involved with Philadelphia or the charge of St.Louis - he did neither - opting to follow the script from box scores without ever interviewing any of the players or fans involved in the classic pennant race. As a 60's baseball fan I had high hopes for the book when I purchased it - but it hardly held my interest other than name dropping players like Vada Pinson, Wes Covington and Willie Mays throughout the book. Don't waste your money - you won't be satisfied with reading the game accounts.