Thursday, September 02, 2021

Book Excerpt for the Day

    It left me thinking I couldn’t make a mistake, that I had to be precise and fine, which of course was no way to go after a batter—especially a batter with the pedigree of Wade Boggs.  No, he couldn’t hurt you with a single swing of the bat, not like Jim Rice or Don Baylor, but he could hurt you, make no mistake.  Death by a thousand paper cuts, by seeing-eye singles … that’s how a guy like Wade Boggs could hurt you.



    (from Game 7, 1986 by Ron Darling)

 

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.

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