Disturbingly about 25% of this book contains reprints of stories and articles from his other two books. This is particularly galling considering this is such a slim large-print effort to begin with.

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Ernie Harwell is a treasure  Apr 03, 2004
By Craig Matteson
Ernie Harwell is treasured by all Detroit Tigers baseball fans. For many of us, it is his voice we associate with listening to ballgames on summer evenings. Well, Mr. Harwell was also a writer. During the 1990s he wrote a short column for the Free Press over the years. The columns are only a few hundred words each, but they are keen observations of the team and the sport. While the columns come from the 90s, he makes observations and tells stories from many decades. They are quite interesting, well written, and easy to read. They sound like the kind of thing he would say through the mike if he had a few minutes to fill with his thoughts.

Some of these columns have been used elsewhere, but this is still a volume worth having if you are a Harwell fan and fan of the Tigers. The longer you have followed the Tigers the more his stories will mean as they bring back memories of players and games. I am glad to have it on my shelf.

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ernie harwell: stories from my life in baseball  May 04, 2001
By michael hammonds
Mr. Harwell's book consist on many short stories that were printed for the detroit press. Most were very fascinating. Some of the stories he has covered in his other books. ernie makes everyone feel as if they are at the park with him. he is very nice in public when i talked to him about the book. he even took time to autograph the book. all in all, a very good book.