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(3.8) | 6 | Seven original baseball short stories in the mystery and murder genres, written by an all-star lineup of writers, each of whom understands the game's lore and tactical nuances as well as its deep roots in American life. Compiled by Otto Penzler, the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and regarded as the world's foremost authority on crime, mystery, and suspense fiction. Stories include: - "Ropa Vieja" by Laura Lippman-A rich and reputedly respectable eye doctor goes to criminal lengths to promote his success in rotisserie baseball. - "The Shot" by Mike Lupica-Even after nine years, a pitcher is unable to escape the crushing burden of his rotten pitch during a crucial game. - "The Power" by Michael Malone and read by Lee Horsley-A tough guy contemplates life, women, Plato, and baseball in prose. - "Harlem Nocturne" by Robert B. Parker and read by Dan Cashman-Parker vividly evokes the character of Jackie Robinson as he breaks the color-barrier. Follow the immortalized Robinson and his pals as they find themselves in a run-in with the mob. - "The Closer" by Thomas Perry-Hilarious yarn of a flimflam man who successfully utilizes his talents as owner of a major league club. - "Killing Teddy Ballgame" by Henry Slesar-After the Boston Red Sox receive continued death threats aimed at Ted Williams, an amusing tale becomes horrifying to the player assigned to keep Williams safe. - "Pick-Off Play" by Troy Soos-Soos brings to life the dust, sweat, and corruption of Texas minor league baseball prior to major league baseball's 1919 White Sox scandal.… (more) |
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Contains seven of the stories from Murderers' Row: Baseball Mysteries.
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None ▾Book descriptions Seven original baseball short stories in the mystery and murder genres, written by an all-star lineup of writers, each of whom understands the game's lore and tactical nuances as well as its deep roots in American life. Compiled by Otto Penzler, the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and regarded as the world's foremost authority on crime, mystery, and suspense fiction. Stories include: - "Ropa Vieja" by Laura Lippman-A rich and reputedly respectable eye doctor goes to criminal lengths to promote his success in rotisserie baseball. - "The Shot" by Mike Lupica-Even after nine years, a pitcher is unable to escape the crushing burden of his rotten pitch during a crucial game. - "The Power" by Michael Malone and read by Lee Horsley-A tough guy contemplates life, women, Plato, and baseball in prose. - "Harlem Nocturne" by Robert B. Parker and read by Dan Cashman-Parker vividly evokes the character of Jackie Robinson as he breaks the color-barrier. Follow the immortalized Robinson and his pals as they find themselves in a run-in with the mob. - "The Closer" by Thomas Perry-Hilarious yarn of a flimflam man who successfully utilizes his talents as owner of a major league club. - "Killing Teddy Ballgame" by Henry Slesar-After the Boston Red Sox receive continued death threats aimed at Ted Williams, an amusing tale becomes horrifying to the player assigned to keep Williams safe. - "Pick-Off Play" by Troy Soos-Soos brings to life the dust, sweat, and corruption of Texas minor league baseball prior to major league baseball's 1919 White Sox scandal. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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There is very definitely one best story in this book, and you should save it for last (even if it's not the last story in book).
First, though, you must love baseball to read this book. There are at least two jokes regarding how difficult it is to remember the infield fly rule (don't ask me how the rule works, I still haven't got it down). Plus any number of complete descriptions of plays, sides, and innings, and liberal seeding of statistics. To be clear, you can love baseball without understanding every rule (case in point right here), but you probably love baseball in some part because of those rules. So, you'll know if this book is right for you.
Since this is a collection of mystery short stories, none of the stories are particularly involved regarding the mysteries themselves. The writers have worked at compacting the plots they've chosen, which works to the advantage of everyone: editor, writers, readers. I was also surprised at how many different styles were employed, and how often the conclusion was at least partially surprising.
That best story to save for last? The Robert B. Parker story, of course.
(Full disclosure: I only read half of the stories, those chosen by hubby as the best.) (