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Title: Baseball by the Beach: A History of America's National Pastime on Cape Cod by Christopher Price ISBN: 0-940160-71-4 Publisher: Parnassus Imprints Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A summer stroll through baseball like it ought to be
Comment: Chris is able to take over 100 years of Cape Cod baseball history and form it into a summer read as refreshing as the breeze at the beach. Much like the Cape's summer season, Price comes with a wonderful combination of bright tales and waves of important moments of what might be the best example of what is good about the Cape and baseball. The first part of the book, a chronicle of the history of the game on the Cape, melds both the important points of the league along with the stories that make the Cape League the special place it is. The second part, which goes through the history and characters of the teams, is even more enjoyable, as Chris manages to really bring out the spirit of baseball on the Cape. From Pie Traynor to Mo Vaughn, Price has them all. The best part of the book, however, is the epilogue, a brief four or five pages that is nothing less than a love letter to the Cape and game. If you've ever buzzed down Route 6, ate fried clams at a shack, strolled th! e dunes of the National Seashore, or popped up your head at the sound of wood hitting rawhide on a summer evening, you can't pass up this book. The Cape League is a special thing, and Christopher Price captures its essence. For a first book, it's a keeper.
Rating: 5
Summary: The daughter of an umpire
Comment: My father was one of the Cape Cod Baseball Leagues prestigious umpires. Curly Clement umpired in the Cape League for 35 years and the stories that he tells about the "kids" who played baseball during their summers from school can be read within the covers of this book. It is a must book to read if you love the game of baseball.
Rating: 2
Summary: inaccuracies and vital information omitted
Comment: I've read the book Baseball by The Beach by Christopher Price. I found many inaccuracies and vital information omitted.
For instance, on page 50, Manny Robello was not the manager of Sagamore or umpire-in-chief. The manager and umpire-in-chief was Manny Pena. On page 54, concerning a big meeting, that meeting was about Manny Pena bringing in college ballplayers. You see the managers at first did not want to bring any out-siders in to play for the League. When they finally agreeed they only limited each team to bring in 3 players per team. The Next year Manny brought in 6. Manny Pena also attended that meeting because he was the General Manager for Sagamore. On page 49, 3rd paragraph talks about Sagamore, without mention of Manny Pena. On page 87, last paragraph discusses the umpires and the major league. Manny Pena was the umpire-in-chief. And he was interviewed by the FBI about his umpires doing the games while they had the umpires strike. George Scott of the Boston Red Soxs was married to Lucky Pena.
I have tried to reach out to Chistoper Price but I have not yet been able to get in contact with him. I will be writing the publisher of the book in the very near future.
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Title: The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream by Jim Collins ISBN: 0738209015 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville ISBN: 0385507488 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0393057658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 10 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss by Arthur Agatston ISBN: 1579546463 Publisher: Rodale Books Pub. Date: 05 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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