bryan stevenson

What a great Book!

Revisado: 05-25-23

I thought all aspects of this audio book were great! The book itself is very well written with such a great look into the life of a Football Legend! Narration is spot on as well. It’s not easy to impersonate a verse that most people listening to this book, have actually heard in real life. Yet the narrator does a great job of just that. Highly recommend for any fan of Madden or someone wanting to learn who he was.

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Great version of a true baseball classic!

Revisado: 06-11-21

I'm a lifelong baseball fan and thankfully this popped up on my recommendations. I did some looking before purchasing and found out this is considered a classic American baseball tale that was originally written pre 1920. It is defiantly unique in the style it's written. Basically like reading letters written by the main character to his best friend Al. Admittingly odd through the first chapter or so, but as you further along in the book you really get a unique look into life not only as a baseball player, but as an American living in 1913 Chicago. Daily struggles, amenities and the lack of, as well as various costs of loving are learned from following Jack , the main character through his baseball journey. I enjoyed it so much I have a hardback printed in 1925 to add to my home library!

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Like having your own Mutiny member card!

Revisado: 06-11-21

Fun and entertaining read. The research, stories, and details gathered is Amazing. Great narration. He at times will use different voices to help the listeners visualize characters when quoting them. The amount of detail really puts the reader in the heart of the 70's and 80's Miami cocaine craze. You almost feel taken back in time, like your sitting in the Mutiny yourself watching it all transpire right in front of you!

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Too much "irrelevant" detail, for my liking.

Revisado: 05-24-21

First let me say that I'm a huge Ruth fan! I've read almost every autobiography on him that I've found. I've enjoyed them all. I've also read a few fictional books with Babe, or his character and really enjoyed them as well. This review and just my own opinion and I would still recommend this book to other Babe fans. I'm sure others may love the read. I started this with hopes it would be similar but with the length of the book figured I would get some extra content that other biographies haven't had. Well you defiantly get that. In my opinion there's just too much irrelevant content and I found my self growing bored of the book halfway through. I don't mean to knock the author as they obviously did a huge amount of research. For instance other books will tell you Babe traveled from NY to spring training. This book will tell you what train number, when it departed, what time he arrived to the train, who rode with him, what stops were made along the way, what the weather was like, so and so on. Things that I thought added to the story but after a while began to lose my interest.

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Interesting but hard to follow

Revisado: 05-21-21

I've been a Yankee fan since the 80's and really looked forward to this reading. As my headline states.. it does have some fun and interesting stories within. However this version at least just doesn't make for a good audio book. It can be very difficult at times to follow from one story to the next or to know who the narrator is referring to. Much of the book is written in a first person account and the narrator seems to have just opened the book and read line for line. Without the pages in front of you to see the story breaks it was too hard to follow along and I found myself losing interest. Maybe it can be redone with a better format for audio.

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Very thorough story of baseball card history!

Revisado: 05-21-21

I started collecting baseball cards in the early 80's. Somewhere along adolescence I grew out of the hobby but with the recent boom my interest have been rekindled. I loved this book. It tells the complete history of baseball and sport cards in general. As detailed as it is, it also refrains from becoming slow or boring as some statistical readings tend to do. The narrator was good and very easy to follow. My only hope is that with the current market popularity the author would revisit this and maybe add an additional chapter covering the current rise in popularity.

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Great book and great narration.

Revisado: 03-30-21

This is the first Mickey Rawlings book I’ve read/listened to. Being a lifelong baseball and Yankees fan I really like the story in the book. I’ve listened to probably 2 dozen audiobooks now and this narration is by far the best yet! The narrator does a great job voicing different characters with different voices and it really brings them to life.

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Finally a fair fact checked biography on Cobb

Revisado: 07-30-20

This biography is great! Well written and the narration is amazing! I myself have always been told/ read what a monster Cobb was on and off the field. Upon reading this I now realized the terrible injustice that’s been dealt upon him. Was he from the south.. yes. Did he play the game hard.. yes. Was he “pc” to this day and age.. no not exactly. But he also wasn’t the raging, dirty, racist player/ man he has for so long been portrayed to be. He was rough. But that’s how men were raised in those times. This book finally tells an accurate, fact checked story of perhaps the greatest baseball player to ever step foot on a diamond. I think any and all true baseball fans should read this and I guarantee your opinion of Cobb will change. It’s unfortunate that this book was written so long after his passing. This is the story that should of been written many years ago. This is the story that Cobb should be remembered by!

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The history behind the hustle!

Revisado: 06-11-20

A great look into the player they called Charlie Hustle and what drove him to garnish such a nickname. I’ve been a long tome fan but never knew the story of Pete. Especially the significant role his father played in becoming who is was. To those wondering.. yes he talks straight up about his lifetime ban. He wasn’t perfect and he admits that. But after reading this you’ll have no question about how much Pete did, and still does LOVE the game of baseball and playing it the way it should be played... with HUSTLE!

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