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Title: This Ain't Brain Surgery : How to Win the Pennant Without Losing Your Mind by Larry Dierker ISBN: 0-7432-0400-X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent reading for an Astros fan
Comment: This is an excellent book that gives insight into the game that the ordinary fan would never get a chance to see. The book has sections dedicated to different aspects of the game including managing, umpires, the farm system, and more, and Larry has great stories for each one. As an Astros fan my favorite parts were the ones that talked about his dealings with some of the current and former Astros. It was interesting to read about the interactions he had with the players, and how he regarded some of the players in the clubhouse. As a player, broadcaster, and manager he witnessed enough to come up with an excellent book that makes great reading for any Astros fan, and that baseball fans in general can appreciate too.
Rating: 3
Summary: astro fan since I can remember
Comment: I enjoyed Dierker's book. I met him at a book signing, and his jovial nature was enough for me to shell out the money.
I liked it. It was as if he was sitting in the broadcast booth telling stories during a rain delay. But like an actual broadcast, he was careful not to start any fires. Sure he ripped Chris Holt, and a couple of others, but he left me wanting. If you are writing a tell all, then tell all. Later I read that he optioned his journal during the first season, but pulled it back because it was too inflamatory. I would pay a bill to read that.
Early in the book, when he tells Hunsicker that Biggio and Bagwell won't be a problem and then alludes that they were in the end, I expected some follow up to that. I didn't recieve it. This was one of the most blatant gaffes in the book and I am severely disappointed.
But the book did give an insider perspective that is lacking in most, and it was cool to hear the broadcast or managerial accounts of games I attended. If you are a Astros fan like me, it's worth your time. If not, then approach hesitantly.
Rating: 3
Summary: Astros without Soul
Comment: I lived in the Houston during the mid-60s and the both Astros and the Astrodome were two of the most exciting elements of the city. None of that whimsy and glee is reflected in Dierker's book. You don't get a feel for the great Astro characters such as Jimmy Wynn, Rusty Staub or Bob Aspromonte. Sadder still is the fact that Dierker worked with the great Gene Elston in the broadcast booth for many years and Elston is seldom mentioned. The definitive Astros book is still waiting to be written.
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