Cameron WrightBy John Feinstein
Genre: Non-Fiction
I chose this book because books about sports, more particularly baseball, whether fiction or non-fiction, usually interest me. This is because a lot of the time while reading these types of books I can relate to them. I can relate to them when they’re on the field, or just in everyday life.
This book is centered around 2 different, but similar MLB pitchers and how they made it to the big leagues. The pitchers are Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina. Glavine is from Massachusetts and originally wanted to play ice hockey more than baseball. He was drafted in both the MLB and the NHL drafts out of high school, but decided to play baseball, putting him in the Atlanta Braves organization. Mussina is from Pennsylvania. Like Glavine, he was drafted by the MLB out of high school, but elected to attend college rather that go straight to the majors. He went to college at Stanford University.
The book covers throughout their careers, in both the good years and the bad years of the two players. Both had multiple 20-win seasons, and both had to go through the players’ strike of ’94. The book also has each of them speaking about how they felt about themselves and other players at the time of the interview.
The significance of this title is that since both pitchers don't throw very hard compared to other pitchers, they have to be very accurate. In this case being accurate means just skimming the black border around home plate, hence the term “black”.
Questions to the author
How did you decide what two pitchers the book would be on?
When did the players find time to speak with you? Season or Off-season?
How did Tom Glavine’s sore arm affect him early in his career?
Genre: Non-Fiction
I chose this book because books about sports, more particularly baseball, whether fiction or non-fiction, usually interest me. This is because a lot of the time while reading these types of books I can relate to them. I can relate to them when they’re on the field, or just in everyday life.
This book is centered around 2 different, but similar MLB pitchers and how they made it to the big leagues. The pitchers are Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina. Glavine is from Massachusetts and originally wanted to play ice hockey more than baseball. He was drafted in both the MLB and the NHL drafts out of high school, but decided to play baseball, putting him in the Atlanta Braves organization. Mussina is from Pennsylvania. Like Glavine, he was drafted by the MLB out of high school, but elected to attend college rather that go straight to the majors. He went to college at Stanford University.
The book covers throughout their careers, in both the good years and the bad years of the two players. Both had multiple 20-win seasons, and both had to go through the players’ strike of ’94. The book also has each of them speaking about how they felt about themselves and other players at the time of the interview.
The significance of this title is that since both pitchers don't throw very hard compared to other pitchers, they have to be very accurate. In this case being accurate means just skimming the black border around home plate, hence the term “black”.
Questions to the author
How did you decide what two pitchers the book would be on?
When did the players find time to speak with you? Season or Off-season?
How did Tom Glavine’s sore arm affect him early in his career?
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1 comment:
I'm not in to sports that center around throwing of balls, but you hooked me in your blog. Great job of describing the title, summarizing and questioning.
50/50
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