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Keith Hernandez was born on October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, California. He is a former first baseman who played most of his career with the World Series-winning Major League teams, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. Some of his other awards include earning eleven consecutive Gold Gloves vis mere and the National League co-MVP Award. After retiring from the game, he has worked in television broadcasting as an analyst on Mets telecasts for the SNY, WPIX, and MSG networks and is a member of the FOX Sports MLB postseason studio team. He is the author of If at First: A Season with the Mets (1986), Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan (1994), First-Base Hero (2005), Shea Good-Bye: The Untold Inside Story of the Historic 2008 Season (2009), Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the '86 Mets (2014), and I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir (2018) (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Baseball: A Literary Anthology (2002) — Bidragyder — 336 eksemplarer
Few and Chosen: Defining Mets Greatness Across the Eras (2009) — Forord — 8 eksemplarer

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A dense, detailed book that takes 230 pages to describe two - just two! - run-of-the-mill baseball games. Your guide is famed batter Keith Hernandez who naturally knows his stuff, but can also write about it in a clear and compelling conversational style. He reveals complexities of which I was completely oblivious, and which has transformed the way I watch the game.

The book proclaims itself to be for the advanced fan, which I clearly am not. I still got a huge amount from it, although I had to puzzle over some phraseology that would be natural to a more seasoned spectator. (It could easily be made more accessible, though, with a glossary and rule summary at the back). It also got more complex as the book wore on - commendably, Hernandez assumes that you have learnt what he told you previously in the book.

But, boy, is it dense! Hernandez doesn't waste many words on much that isn't pretty directly related to some facet of baseball, with that facet directly related to what is happening in the game at the point he's currently describing. I found at times that I had to limit how much I read without losing concentration.

It was written about 20 years ago, so I'm sure loads has changed, but perhaps not. It also doesn't mention any of the doping scandals that plagued the sport, but I don't know whether this is because the book is from a prior era (I don't think so), through wilful bowlderisation of history, editorial judgement, avoidance of being sued, or not wanting to piss off his colleagues.

There is a little bit of self-puffery here, but not enough for me to find objectionable. He also seems happy to let you know when he's guessed wrong, when it would have been easy to fix what he said (I don't know, maybe some of that did go on, but I didn't get that sense). It's opinionated too - he's happy to say when he disagrees with conventional wisdom.

So for all that, and for this reader, it is probably a book to reread. I got it from the library, but would definitely like to buy a copy to refer to.

Probably the best sports book I've ever read.
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thisisstephenbetts | 1 anden anmeldelse | Nov 25, 2023 |
Well, it’s definitely Keith. Basically his story, from birth to around 1980, with stories from broadcasting and book writing peppered in. Unfortunately, I was hoping for a bit more from 1980 and on. Maybe there will be an I’m Keith Hernandez Part 2?
 
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MrMet | 2 andre anmeldelser | Apr 28, 2023 |
A great inside look into the 1985 season written by one of my favorite baseball players.
 
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MrMet | 1 anden anmeldelse | Apr 28, 2023 |
Hernandez focuses on the tough years, his ascent through the minor leagues and his efforts to grow into an everyday, outstanding player. He is honest about his flaws, both on and off the field, and comes across as the same man we hear and occasionally see on television as a color commentator: honest, outspoken and considerate. The baseball book of this season, in my opinion...but I am a Mets fan.
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nmele | 2 andre anmeldelser | Sep 7, 2018 |

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