Tom Keegan

An interesting baseball book on an interesting baseball personality, but it just felt too disjointed to be called great. First off, it had those little one to two page "excerpts" slammed into the middle of chapters, which I hate! At the end of a chapter, not a huge fan but I can deal, smack dab in the middle really bothers me. Also, in the later chapters it feels as if you are reading chapters consisting of different interviews, although it isn't written that way. That also disrupts the flow show more of the book and makes it feel disjointed. Finally, a lot of pages are devoted to the vitriol felt after Mr. Harwell was unceremoniously fired from his broadcasting gig and the fans reaction to that. But not a lot of ink was spent detailing his return to the booth and the subsequent reaction. I think if you devote time to one, you need to balance it out with the other.
All in all it was a good baseball book, making Mr. Harwell out to be a saint of a person, which he very well could be. I just thought the book could have been done better. show less

A gentle, rolling biography that gives an overview of Harwell's life and career. Laced with gentle humor and warm stories, it succeeds in showing that Harwell was a fine man. It lacks in showing any real struggle in his life, and that is why I can't give it Five Stars.

Still, for fans of the late Ernie Harwell, it's a way of spending a few hours with an old friend.

Barely giving this a three. Love my Tigers, and Ernie, but this book just didn't feel like it should. Antidotes, but no meat to the book. Sorry.