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Excellent documentation of under covered scandal.

Revisado: 03-04-21

The original podcast was excellent and this book gives more details to a scandal that was overshadowed in its time and in history by the larger Watergate scandal. Too bad Rachel Maddow didn't do the reading herself because unlike James McSorley she knows how to pronounce her name, and the informal "wells" and "ums" come off a bit awkward in what is for the most part a decent reading. Well worth it despite the somewhat lacking performance.

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Nice bio of sports and literary hero

Revisado: 05-09-20

This well written bio covers a lot of familiar ground with the baseball years and "Ball Four" going into detail with interviews with friends and family. More interesting is the coverage of Bouton's later years not addressed in various updates to "Ball Four" particularly his struggles as his health declined. One inconsistency is the recounting of the Phil Linz harmonica incident in which Nathanson credits Bouton rather than Mantle as the instigator. Abram's read is strong for the most part aside from a few mispronounced names, and in a few spots there appears to be editing errors as Abrams stops and says "alternate" before re-reading a line. On the whole a compelling bio of an underappreciated sports and literary hero.

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Great book, terrible narration

Revisado: 05-04-19

Halberstam's great 1995 book is given a terrible reading by Angelo Di Loreto who makes no attempt to learn the proper pronunciation of player names, including Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda.

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True American Hero

Revisado: 05-21-16

With the previous excellent books by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin detailing his experiences with JFK it is interesting to hear about his service with the other presidents, as well as a more in depth look at his life after the Secret Service. The only negative is George Newbern's sometimes bland reading and occasional mispronunciations, though that does not diminish the impact of this true American hero's story.

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Great book from a great writer

Revisado: 03-01-15

Great book from a great baseball writer, a nice companion piece to "The Boys of Summer." Unfortunately Moseley mispronounces many names (somebody narrating a book largely about the Dodgers does not know Leo Durocher?), often giving multiple pronunciations to the same person, but great stories of Kahn's life as a writer and the people he covered.

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Good story despite poor reading

Revisado: 12-29-14

What did you love best about Stranger to the Game?

Having read "From Ghetto to Glory" (which needs to be an audiobook as well) was good to hear Gibson's stories from '68 and beyond.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Stranger to the Game?

Particularly enjoyed Gibson recalling his no-hitter.

Would you be willing to try another one of Fred Berman’s performances?

Terrible reading from Fred Berman who clearly knows nothing about baseball and does not miss an opportunity to mispronounce a name.

Any additional comments?

Despite poor reading is an interesting story from one of baseball's all time greats.

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