A long while back when I did the College Football Bowl Game Contest, I offered the winner a guest post here at SOX & Dawgs. My mother Sue won the contest and told me when she got around to writing, she would send that along to me. Well folks the longly anticipated day is here. Without further adieu, here is the guest post from Sue. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
It always amused me that baseball aficionados truly go crazy the days before and after the MLB All-Star Game. I remember my son (your host) saying that these are the only 2 days in the year with no professional sports happening (I guess he means major sports). So, I started thinking that if you cannot watch a game on TV those 2 days, maybe you can do what to me is the next best thing and read about it in a book. (you remember when you actually had to hold an item to read it!!!)
I already know you all own Big Papi’s book already, but lets explore what else is out and about to keep you Sox fans occupied.
Jim Bresnahan has put together a collection of musings called Play it again : Baseball Experts On What Might Have Been. Ponder the question of what might have happened if Ty Cobb had played with Shoeless Joe Jackson. If you want to see what might have happened had Bill Buckner fielded Mookie Wilson’s grounder…..
The View from the Upper Deck by DJ Gallo is a collection of satire from SportsPickle.com, sort of the Onion of sports. Taken from the cover was this title: “Yankees not even sure who they’re in a bidding war for.†Enjoy the humor of it all.
The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History’s Most Desired Baseball Card by Michael O’Keeffe and Teri Thompson tells the story of baseball’s most desired baseball card, the T206 Wagner American Tobacco cigarette card. Wayne Gretzky recently paid a reported $451,000 for one. It’s a story of greed and in some cases deception and controversy.
Enjoy your days of rest from clicking and staring at your screens, be they TV or monitor.
