Comments on: I Was Right On Time http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/ Your Daily Source for Half-Baked Crap Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-155799 Rhubarb_Runner Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:45:28 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-155799 Whoa, you're absolutely right - my apologies! It was so long ago, I'd forgotten. ;) I'm just finishing reading a baseball-related piece of fiction myself, so hopefully I can post it while in Omaha next week. Whoa, you're absolutely right - my apologies! It was so long ago, I'd forgotten. Wink

I'm just finishing reading a baseball-related piece of fiction myself, so hopefully I can post it while in Omaha next week.

]]> By: E-6 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-155785 E-6 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:32:31 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-155785 You better check your index cards, pally. That's two for E-6: <em>Summer of '49</em> by David Halberstrom and <em>The Big Bam </em>by Leigh Montville. I don't know if they were adult reading, but they were both more than 32 pages. :) I have a review of <em>Loose Balls</em>--an oral history of the ABA in the can, but I'm waiting until basketball season to submit that one. I also snagged a copy of Bouton's <em>Ball Four</em> from my brother's library. I'll get around to re-reading that one (for the third time) as soon as I've tackled the Willem de Kooning bio I'm reading. (That one's more than 32 pages, too. Just shy of 800, I believe.) And we all know Andrew rules. You better check your index cards, pally. That's two for E-6: Summer of '49 by David Halberstrom and The Big Bam by Leigh Montville. I don't know if they were adult reading, but they were both more than 32 pages. Smile

I have a review of Loose Balls--an oral history of the ABA in the can, but I'm waiting until basketball season to submit that one. I also snagged a copy of Bouton's Ball Four from my brother's library. I'll get around to re-reading that one (for the third time) as soon as I've tackled the Willem de Kooning bio I'm reading. (That one's more than 32 pages, too. Just shy of 800, I believe.)

And we all know Andrew rules.

]]> By: Rhubarb_Runner http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-155741 Rhubarb_Runner Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:35:40 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-155741 grown-up book reviews by Andrew: 2 ANY book reviews by E-6: 1 Andrew <em>rules</em>. grown-up book reviews by Andrew: 2
ANY book reviews by E-6: 1

Andrew rules.

]]> By: Algonad http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-155739 Algonad Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:53:40 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-155739 I'm about halfway through the Soul of Baseball (the one by Joe Pos) right now. It's a good book but a little more melancholy than I expected. I should have been able to expect it with a book about a 93-year old that was never allowed to play or manage in the major leagues but O'Neil was always so positive that I wasn't real prepared for it. I'm about halfway through the Soul of Baseball (the one by Joe Pos) right now. It's a good book but a little more melancholy than I expected. I should have been able to expect it with a book about a 93-year old that was never allowed to play or manage in the major leagues but O'Neil was always so positive that I wasn't real prepared for it.

]]> By: E-6 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-155728 E-6 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:16:49 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-155728 Ooh, a book for grown-ups in the library? Yes! I need to read one or both of these books on O'Neil. I've always been fascinated by the Negro Leagues and all of the wonderful ballplayers who would've been household names had it not been for MLB's institutionalized racism. If I ever get back to KC, the Hall of Fame is a must-see. Ooh, a book for grown-ups in the library? Yes!

I need to read one or both of these books on O'Neil. I've always been fascinated by the Negro Leagues and all of the wonderful ballplayers who would've been household names had it not been for MLB's institutionalized racism. If I ever get back to KC, the Hall of Fame is a must-see.

]]> By: Andrew http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-154917 Andrew Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:58:52 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-154917 They are different, as this is an autobiography and JoePos is more of a diary. I think I like JoePos's better, but they're both great books. I think I like Joe's better because I got a better picture of who Buck O'Neil the person was, as opposed to Buck O'Neil the player. They are different, as this is an autobiography and JoePos is more of a diary. I think I like JoePos's better, but they're both great books. I think I like Joe's better because I got a better picture of who Buck O'Neil the person was, as opposed to Buck O'Neil the player.

]]> By: SBG http://stickandballguy.com/blog/2008/08/12/i-was-right-on-time/#comment-154833 SBG Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:55:09 +0000 http://stickandballguy.com/blog/?p=7248#comment-154833 Andrew, how does this compare to Joe Pos's book on Buck O'Neil? Andrew, how does this compare to Joe Pos's book on Buck O'Neil?

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