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Title: Wild Pitch by Mike Lupica ISBN: 0-425-19204-0 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lupica portrays to perfection
Comment: This fictional novel detailing the life of Showtime Charlie Stoddard was an excellent portrayal of the life of a major league baseball player. Lupica kept me on the tip of my toes anxious to know what would happen next. Using several different minor characters, he was able to create great character interaction and really show what a major league athlete goes through every day. In addition, he showed the great determination and dedication needed to make a successful comeback. All in all, this was a terrific combination of realistic baseball and the issues that Charlie Stoddard encounters every day.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for Red Sox fans and true Baseball lovers
Comment: This book is great! Lupica tells the story of an old Mets pitcher trying to make a comeback. His use of real players and baseball history makes this story seem like a non-fictional biography. For anyone that was a ball player and loves this great game will relate to everything the main charactor (Charlie Stoddard) goes through. From the pains of throwing a baseball your entire life to the night life of a pro ball player; his interaction with other teammates, the great pitcher/catcher relationship and the infamous Red Sox Vs Yankess rilvary. This book is a page turner and is extremely difficult to put down once you've started. Any true baseball fan will love this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lupica is getting better
Comment: Lupica will never be considered a great writer of fiction, but this novel is a huge step in the right direction. This novel has a pretty good story and a couple of well-developed characters. Unlike his two basketball novels (Jump and Full Court Press), this novel kept me reading because I actually wanted to see how it would turn out.
I have a few problems with Lupica's writing in general. He tends to use the same type of characters in every book, it is impossible to get through 50 pages without ending up in a strip club, and every 20 pages guarantees a bar scene.
Having said that, I did enjoy the story in this one. It helps that I love baseball and suffer as all Red Sox fans do. I have to give credit to Lupica for giving us one great season even if the Red Sox have yet to match it.
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Title: Red Zone by Mike Lupica ISBN: 039915082X Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Pub. Date: 23 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bump and Run by Mike Lupica ISBN: 0425181480 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 05 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Full Court Press by Mike Lupica ISBN: 0515133647 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Jump by Mike Lupica ISBN: 0786015225 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Screwball by David Ferrell ISBN: 0060087412 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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