Sometimes it is better to listen to the audiobook than read the physical book and that was the case for this selection. It was one I wanted to obtain since the author announced he was working on it and when I saw he narrated the audio version, I opted for that - glad I did. Here is my review.
Title/Author:
“Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments ” by Joe Posnanski, read by Joe Posnanski and Ellen Adair
Rating:
5 of 5 stars (excellent)
Review: Any baseball can tell you about his or her favorite moments in the game and they will probably tell you that this is one reason they love (or at least like) baseball. Best selling author Joe Posnanski has gathered 50 such moments and wrote about them in this fun book for any baseball fan.
As one who likes to listen to audio books that are narrated by the author, I felt that because one will get Posnanski’s take on these moments with his voice inflections it was more meaningful than reading the book. In addition, between chapters about these moments there were other items sprinkled liberally through the book such as the funniest moments, great bare-handed catches and other such nuggets. The narration by Ellen Adair for these sections was just as good as Posnanski’s and gave a nice break in hearing the same voice.
As there is with any list of the best, the greatest or other subjective subjects, one might argue about Posnanski’s choices and many readers/listeners will want to exclaim “Where’s my favorite moment?” That doesn’t really matter for this book as anyone who enjoys the game will recall many of them and smile. That is true whether a person was alive to witness the event live or on television or even if they just know about it through stories passed down through the generations – each moment is a wonderful one to someone.
The players and teams are various and while not ever team is mentioned in these 50 moments, there is a chapter for the most popular one for each team as Posnanski reached out to fans to send him their favorites. While the one I sent did not make the top 50, it did get mentioned for my favorite team so that was a good thing (Kirby Puckett’s home run in game 6 of the 1991 World Series). This is a must read or must listen for any baseball fan.
More likely to read the physical book. As I can't simply sit and listen to anything without doing something audio books become the same as records and such I put on, just background that I might not always be paying attention to.
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