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Title: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown by Mickey McDermott, Howard Eisenberg ISBN: 1-57243-532-1 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Certainly Not the Type of Life for Everyone
Comment: Mickey McDermott is a name I remember from collecting baseball cards during the 1950's, and I wanted to read about players who were a part of that era in baseball. I found the book to be okay, but it became tiring reading about his alcoholic episodes with teammates and others during his life. Call me square, but I see little humor in anecdotes involving drinking. McDermott, himself, realized he had to get help and has now been sober for a number of years. I knew that Bob Nieman hit home runs in his first two at bats in the major leagues, but I didn't realize that both were hit off of Mickey McDermott. I did find two mistakes in the book. He mentions on page 17 that Walt Dropo's record for twelve consecutive hits over a three game period may never be broken. Mike "Pinky" Higgins shares this record with Dropo. Maybe Higgins did it over more than three games. Also, on page 103 he twice refers to his old catching teammate on the Washington Senators as "Cliff" Courtney. Old Scrapiron, as we all know, was Clint Courtney. I'm sure this may have been an oversight, but to mention it two times made me wonder. As I said, the book was okay, but I certainly didn't find it to be "uproariously funny" as it states on the cover.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book by a great character
Comment: Mickey McDermott is one of the funniest men in baseball and his book is wonderful. Unfortunately, there are few if any McDermotts and "Spaceman" Lees left in the game and we are left to read about their antics, and pine for the day when baseball was a game and not a business. Fortunately, we are able to do that this summer, as both Red Sox eccentrics have written books. I'd love to get these two guys in a room and just listen!
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Title: The Teammates by David Halberstam ISBN: 140130057X Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 14 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Baseball's Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus by John Theodore, Ira Berkow ISBN: 0809324504 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: My Life in Baseball by Robin Roberts, C. Paul Rogers, Stan Musial ISBN: 1572435038 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Still Pitching: Musings from the Mound and the Microphone by Jim Kaat, Joe Torre, Joe Torre ISBN: 1572435186 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: My Time At Bat by Chuck Hinton, Sam Lacy ISBN: 1562290037 Publisher: Christian Living Books Pub. Date: 23 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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