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12 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 So-So Overview Jul 10, 2003
By Eric Paddon
This is a competent, but not stellar overview of the 75 World Series. The problem is that it is not told from the standpoint of an objective chronicle of why this was such a great World Series, it is told from the narrow perspective of one fan, who feels the need to indulge in his narrower perspectives about things that have nothing to do with the subject I want to be reading about. I can put up with an overview from a Red Sox fan's perspective, but do I really have to read his tiresome (and for me personally offensive) digressions about Cold War politics? Or is this kind of arrogance that assumes I'm going to nod in agreement with his asinine remarks about Fidel Castro just so endemic to political liberals who write about baseball? Enough of that rant though. I really can not fathom why the author can't do something as simple as provide a little background context to this World Series. There is no mention of Boston's drive to the pennant that season in terms of how they did it, and nothing about their stunning upset of Oakland (three time defending champions) in the LCS. Instead, the author just starts with the World Series and breaks down the games so narrowly, which ordinarily would be a nice thing to do, but the absence of some background in his earlier chapters explaining how we got to this point ends up creating a pretty poor narrative overall. The author in a sense expects us to be familiar already with the 75 World Series and the season that led to us, hence his justification for dumping us in the middle of a story with not enough perspective on how we got there in the first place. Without the smarmy political asides we would still have a book that aspires to be definitive, but in the end can be no better than a supplement.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A quick read, but lacking depth Jul 03, 2003
The author is too passionate about the Red Sox to write an objective review of the great '75 Series. And the interviews he does manage to get from participants lack depth. I often felt, which the author admits, that he was watching the games on videotape and writing about what he saw. The title pulled me in, and i was disappointed.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A quick read, but lacking depth Jul 03, 2003
The author is too passionate about the Red Sox to write an objective review of the great '75 Series. And the interviews he does manage to get from participants lack depth. I often felt, which the author admits, that he was watching the games on videotape and writing about what he saw. The title pulled me in, and i was disappointed.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Very Good Book. Enjoyable read. May 06, 2003
By David Moss
As a die-hard 1970's Cincinnati Reds fan, I can never resist any book pertaining to the 1975 World Series; even if the author is a Red Sox fan. The author recounts the '75 Series play by play from the perspective of a Red Sox fan with interwoven interviews of the members of the '75 Red Sox. The interviews add alot to the book. They give the reader insight to the thoughts of the players (and manager) as the series unfolded in spectacular fashion. After finishing the book though, I'm still not certain of the answer to the subtitle, "How the 1975 Red Sox Embodied Baseball Ideals and Restored our Spirits." Nevertheless, the '75 Series is a classic and it's re-telling is always enjoyable. I especially enjoyed the recent interviews with the Sox players. My only wish is that some pictures of the Sox players as they look now would have been included. All in all, a very fine book, and one that any baseball fan (especially a Red Sox fan) would enjoy!
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Don't like the ending May 09, 2003
This is a good chronicling of the 1975 season. But couldn't Hornig - or someone - have changed the ending? Otherwise, a fine book.
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