Craig S.
09-07-2002, 03:54 PM
The author, Tom Stanton, explores his relationship with his father while chronicling the final season of Tiger Stadium.
Maybe I just lack sentimentality, but I kept hoping for more baseball and less discussion of father-son relathionships and baseball's impact on Stanton's life. I believe these things are important, but I just don't think Stanton has the ability to translate them well into the written word.
There are some interesting notes about Tigers' history, and the interviews with some of the Stadium old-timers are enlightening. Overall, though, this one just didn't do it for me.
I think I'd appreciate this type of book more if I was reading it 50 years from now and reminiscing about Michigan and Trumbull. It's difficult to feel that way 3 years after a stadium closed.
As a final note, this one did win the Casey Award, so I may be in the minority here.
Maybe I just lack sentimentality, but I kept hoping for more baseball and less discussion of father-son relathionships and baseball's impact on Stanton's life. I believe these things are important, but I just don't think Stanton has the ability to translate them well into the written word.
There are some interesting notes about Tigers' history, and the interviews with some of the Stadium old-timers are enlightening. Overall, though, this one just didn't do it for me.
I think I'd appreciate this type of book more if I was reading it 50 years from now and reminiscing about Michigan and Trumbull. It's difficult to feel that way 3 years after a stadium closed.
As a final note, this one did win the Casey Award, so I may be in the minority here.