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Just Play Ball | 
 enlarge | Author: Joe Garagiola
Publisher: Northland
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 310969
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0873589238
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357
EAN: 9780873589239
ASIN: 0873589238
Publication Date: April 7, 2007
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Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! 2007 Hardcover.
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Product Description
Our fathers remember baseball the way it should be. Colorful characters who played for the love of the game, fresh cut grass, rosin bags, and pine tar remind them what the game is all about. Baseball legend Joe Garagiola's new book, Just Play Ball, is an insightful look at what is right with America' s pastime.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 JOE! February 27, 2008
I have saved this book to read just before the start of the new baseball season, not that I need to get fired up! Especially fun read as I live in Phoenix and root for the D-Backs and Mr. G!
 Good Reading February 24, 2008
My husband and I are a big fan of this man who has done a lot for the Arizona Diamondbacks, our favorite team. He is a gem to us and look forward to hearing him commentate more games this year.
 Not what I expected November 4, 2007
Joe G. is a great storyteller, except in this book. I was very dissappointed in the fact it was like reading a "How to Play Baseball" for a 12 yr old. The stories were one liners and wrapped around the history of shinguards or who and how they make bats. Only finished 80% of book and will go bnack at later time.
A Basball fans must read October 3, 2007
I bought this for my husband. Who is a big NY Yankee fan (not too easy when you live in Red Sox territory). He enjoyed this so much, it was funny and informative. Go Yankees!!!!
It's like having lunch with Mr. Garagiola... September 6, 2007
Reading this book is like having a private lunch with Mr. Garagiola.
It's as if he's just lettin' the memories flow out, randomly. It's almost a stream-of-consciousness deluge of little anecdotes, stories and ideas.
Consequently, it's not the most elegant book; the writing isn't anything to get excited about. Given the innumerable literary baseball classics out there, it's safe to say this is not one of them. He's not in the Kahn/Halberstam/Angell/etc. territory here. Nor does he intend to be.
On the other hand, its' leisurely pace makes it more personal, more folksy, and therefore more real. Having heard his voice, oh, a bazillion times over the last several decades, it was easy to simply hear that voice in my head while reading this slim volume.
It works like a charm. Some of the incidents aren't as funny as he thinks they are; most of them are hilarious. Just like a favorite uncle who indulges you with stories from his past...which usually includes your own family members...Mr. Garagiola clearly enjoys the telling of the tale, with famous baseball personalities that for fans are exactly like old family members.
This is an easy recommendation, and a most pleasurable summer read for any baseball fan.
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