Title/Author:
“Minnesota Made Me” by Patrick
C. Borzi
Tags:
Various sports, biography
Publish
date:
November
6, 2018
Length:
200 pages
Rating:
3 1/2 of
5 stars (good)
Review:
Minnesota
has produced its share of championship athletes in a wide variety of sports.
From curling (Pete Fenson) to motocross (Ryan Dungey) to women’s soccer (Briana
Scurry), stories about more than three dozen athletes, or people who have
worked in sports such as broadcasters, who have called Minnesota home are told
in this book by Patrick C. Borzi.
The
format of the book is straightforward – short biographies of more than three dozen
athletes in many different sports. They are presented in alphabetical order
from golf legend Patty Berg to basketball star Lindsey Whalen. Whalen is in a
class by herself as she won championships for her teams in Minnesota at the
high school, college and professional level. In addition to the lesser known
sports listed above, there are stories about star athletes in major sports that
many people know. Stars such as Larry
Fitzgerald (football), Paul Molitor and Tony Oliva (baseball) and Zach Parise
(hockey) are also portrayed.
The
stories are short but complete as the reader will learn more about the person
in their professional and private lives. Some stories are understandably longer
than others, but much of that depended on how much the athlete wanted to share
with the author. It should also be noted that not every person portrayed is a
Minnesota native. For example, the above noted Tony Oliva was born in Cuba but
was signed by the Minnesota Twins as a teenager and once he came to Minnesota,
it was his home.
While I
was hoping to learn a little more about some of these athletes, especially
those in the fringe sports that get little or no coverage from the media, this
was a decent book that readers who hail from Minnesota (like this reviewer) or
want to read about a wide variety of sports will enjoy it.
I wish to
thank Press Box Books for providing a copy of the book via NetGalley in
exchange for an honest review.
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