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I Dream in Blue

I Dream in Blue

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Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books
Category: EBooks

List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
Sales Rank: 13884

Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240

Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33264097471
ASIN: B000SIL882

Publication Date: August 28, 2007
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I DREAM IN BLUE is the uproarious and impassioned story of how one middle-aged fan ran away from his everyday life in order to join the ranks of his favorite team on earth: the New York Giants. Director spends the 2006-2007 season up close and personal with Big Blue, in the locker room and on the practice field, schmoozing with fan favorites like Tiki Barber, arguably the league's best running back, who announces mid-way through the season that this will be his last, and famed quarterback Eli Manning, who faces, among other challenges, the pressures imposed on him by his impressive pedigree.

But while the players are propped up by battalions of trainers, doctors, physical therapists, mental health professionals, nutritionists, film technicians, locker room attendants, media advisers and the best of coaches, Director guts it out with Big Blue all on his own -- without even the benefit of getting his ankles taped. Refusing to let anything get in his way -- not his fumble-prone television career, not the very same degenerative hip disease that forced the great Bo Jackson off the gridiron, not even planning his daughter's bat-mitzvah from the road -- he is there with the team from the first snap of summer camp to the final gun of the season. And like the players he adores, he's got only one end in mind: the Super Bowl.

Along the way, Director tells the story of how a family business, founded with only $500 by an Irish bookmaker in the gaudy Prohibition era of Red Grange, Jack Dempsey, Will Rogers, and Babe Ruth, has endured to become an essential component of New York City's heartbeat -- and also the heartbeat of Director, our tour-guide through this great athletic dynasty. Ultimately, I DREAM IN BLUE is the story of a desperate Hail Mary -- a die-hard fan's quest to have one last endzone celebration.




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5 out of 5 stars This Giants Fan Loved It   April 21, 2008
Roger Director's book is most definitely a stream of disconnected musings about his neverending love of the New York Football Giants. Barring a few questionable facts (Eli was not drafted by the Giants), his book is a touching glimpse into the heart of every true Giants fan. From the questionable conception of the team to Tiki's retirement, Director provides a fresh look at the Giants, including the trials that come with being a fan of this fine team. He questions without criticizing and provides an insider look into training camp. A must-read for any Giants fan. I've read it twice and intend to repeat before each NFL season. Go Big Blue!


2 out of 5 stars I Dream in Tiki/Shockey   April 15, 2008
A curious book that reveals more about the author's worship of temporal player/idols than his knowledge or understanding of football. Updated with new material covering the Giants SuperBowl win; however the original 2006/2007 text demonstrates an astounding dearth of understanding or insight into the mechanics of the team's soon-to-be-found success. Tiki Barber is lauded as the ultimate and indispensible heart of the offense, and Shockey is cast as a better-than-Bavaro, passionate renegade who is only limited by the narrow-minded and petty Coach Coughlin.

Fast forward twelve months, and Coughlin's superstar-less Giants propel themselves to an improbable SuperBowl win. Meanwhile the under-performing Shockey and loud-mouthed Barber are forgotten goats for many Giants fans.

In fact Director has little to teach about football or the Giants, as this book is in-and-of-itself a commentary on America's (and the author's) obsession with individual celebrities.



5 out of 5 stars A Must Read!   January 24, 2008
this is a great book for any football fan or any sports fan. the author really shares a part of him with the rest of us. this story makes me think of the good and the bad growing up a giants fan. my favorite story is how he travled 75 miles to see the game at some horriable bar, thats a true fan. i give this book 5 out of 5 stars.


5 out of 5 stars Love without End   October 24, 2007
I have little understanding or affection for football but I loved this book. Director is a pro who followed his quest for connection with the Giants like an amateur who is blindly, madly in love for the first time.
His journey is achingly honest. The scene with his father at Mt. Sinai is horrifying and poetic. Director never allows himself to feel entitled; his hunger for closeness with the team he loves is humbling and beautiful.
Thank you for this great story.



3 out of 5 stars Roger Director is no Fred Exley   September 17, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Despite a number of egregious factual innacuracies, I enjoyed reading Roger Director's I Dream in Blue. That said, nobody familiar with Fred Exley's masterwork A Fan's Notes is likely to confuse that book with this one. It's a nice, at times funny, memoir that should appeal to Giants fans old and young, but beyond a fascinating speculative take on the circumstances surrounding Tim Mara's purchase of the franchise, I Dream in Blue offers little insight into the Giants that has not been covered in greater detail in other books.

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