Why I Love Baseball by Larry King

Why I Love Baseball Reviews

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  Scott

  "[Former Dodgers manager] Tommy Lasorda told me that the biggest thrill of his life was to manage a winning team at a major league game. His second greatest thrill was to manage a losing game. Now that, dear friends, is love." - Larry King, author and Brooklyn Dodgers fan
  
  King 's own love of the game is evident in this book as well. Although a bit dated now (it's from 2003) it includes some good stories / anecdotes, history and observations from other famous fans.
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  Abigail

  I loved his 99 reasons why baseball is better than football.
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  David West

  A great book. If you like baseball, you will like this book. King has wriiten a love letter to the sport.
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  Joseph

  Why I Love Baseball is a hodge-podge of King's observations and stories/quotes/articles from third-party sources on the topic of baseball.
  
  While there are a few solid gems in the book, its organization is random and comes off reading like a rough draft where not much editing has taken place to give it a semblance of logic or organization. One chapter may contain lyrics to King's favorite baseball songs coupled with quotes or observations from various managers and players. Another may include articles or excerpts from other baseball books by authors such as George Will and Bob Costas; followed by stories from King's youth. There is never a theme tying the chapters together, much less giving cohesion to the entire book, save that they are all about baseball.
  
  The stories from King's youth are among the gems. They remind the reader of their own indoctrination into the world of baseball and are quite humorous, but this material is sparse. Instead, much of the book seems culled from other sources, rather than from the author himself. King also tends to name drop. Everyone named is seemingly famous and the author can never mention someone without adding that he interviewed him several times or got to spend time with him over the years or that they are a good friend.
  
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  Paul

  On the first pitch Larry King swings hard enough and strikes his heel with the fat part of his bat, and, penultimately, it's a failed lead-off bunt attempt and subsequent strikeout. Like a mock/rough draft of a minor league player who does not make it to the big leagues, who does not pan out. Not even that close to the historic ballpark and the classic walk-off home run as one would have hoped for the talk show host. Love of baseball without writing up and down and out baseball's loveliness. Passion for the game without particularity and penmanship and purpose.
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  Shelli

  Yes! He described so many of the reasons why I love baseball, and even elaborated on a few I hadn't thought of but could appreciate. I loved this book so much, I gave it to my father because he loves baseball too.
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  David

  Larry does a LOT of name dropping and this book seems to be more about who he knows in baseball, rather than why we would love the game. Granted, he does touch on the "crack of the bat" and other common baseball cliches, but this is really a book about Larry.
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  Michael Kaiser

  Brisk little read about Larry King's love of baseball. Had some cool old school stories about back in the day when New York hosted everyone important.
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  Kevin

  made me really like larry king more. he is an informed and passionate baseball fan