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Fantastic Book
If you like reading about Teddy Ball Game this is a fantastic book. It shows you a more human side to him and his friends. It was an easy read and enjoyable. Nothing more can be said besides the fact that even as a Yankee Fan you can see how Great Ted Williams was.
Publié le Aoû 13 2005 par Corey Joyce
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Sharing Baseball Memories
Halberstam uses a car trip as an opportunity to explore the lives of Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio and Ted Williams and their relationships with one another and how baseball made their lives better. The story of Ted Williams is often told, but few have ever heard the story of Dom DiMaggio who was overshadowed by Williams and an even more famous older brother...
Publié le Janv. 16 2004 par Thomas Stamper
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Fantastic Book, Aoû 13 2005
If you like reading about Teddy Ball Game this is a fantastic book. It shows you a more human side to him and his friends. It was an easy read and enjoyable. Nothing more can be said besides the fact that even as a Yankee Fan you can see how Great Ted Williams was.
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Life-long Lessons!, Juil 3 2004
When we are young, most of us idolize certain sports heroes . . . usually because of their feats on the field rather than for their characters. Author David Halberstam had the great pleasure of getting to know some of his idols when he wrote the Summer of '49 about the Yankee-Red Sox pennant race in that year. He kept up with his new friends from the Red Sox including Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky after the book came out. When he learned that in 2002 about the last trip that Dom, and Johnny had taken to see Ted, Mr. Halberstam knew that he had a story. This book relates that tale.The book recounts the backgrounds of all four players, details their friendships from the days when they were in the minor leagues through the end of their lives and provides lots of perspective on the Red Sox during the 1940s and 1950s when these remarkable players were on the team. The end of the book also has the lifetime stats for each player. One of the intriguing parts of the book is how hard Ted Williams was on himself and his friends. It is a remarkable tale of friendship to see how others would tolerate his abuse by rolling with the punches. Behind the friendships, you get many glimpses of great character . . . character that actually makes their athletic accomplishments seem paler by comparison. I strongly urge all Red Sox fans and parents who want their children to develop better characters to read this book, and share the story with their friends and family. I know of no better book about athletes that looks at the qualities of true greatness.
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Great book about baseball and friendship, Juil 2 2004
Back in the 1940's and 1950's Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr were stars for the Boston Red Sox. Over the next 50 years or so, they remained the closest of friends. This book gives us a good look at that friendship, on and off the field, and at these four men.It's unusual for a group of friends to stay so close for so long, but reading about the friendship makes you wish you were part of the group. The book is full of humorous stories about their playing days and the years that followed. It also shows how close this team came to being a dynasty, but ended up only playing in one World Series (which they lost). Halberstam does a great job, as always, showing us what baseball was like in the good old days and how the friendship between these players grew and remained strong over the years. It's one of the best baseball books I've ever read.
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HALBERSTAM IS A RENAISSANCE MAN, Mai 11 2004
David Halberstam is both one of the best writers in the country and one of the best sportswriters, a rare combo. He lovingly describes the careers and retirements of Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio in a nostalgic manner that evokes his great love for the Boston Red Sox and the beautiful game of baseball.
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"How many people have friendships that last so long", Fév 12 2004
David Halberstam's Teammates is about Boston Red Sox Dominic DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, and Ted Williams; who enjoyed close friendships during their playing days which continued through the rest of their lives. The book begins with Pesky, DiMaggio and Red Sox historian Dick Flavin driving to Florida to spend their last time with the ailing Williams. Doerr could not make the trek as he was in Oregon taking care of his wife who had weakened after suffering two strokes. From here, Halberstam takes the reader through a brief history of each of these players and their steadfast friendship through the decades.Much of the book is centered around Williams, the most famous of the four, of course, and the most dominating of the personalities. Halberstam does an excellent job painting the characters in such a way that the reader feels he/she really knows them. Such is especially the case with Williams; the intense perfectionist who demanded the most of himself and those around him. Included in this book are stories of Williams' long debate with Doerr over the proper swing (Williams always winning the argument) which is described in a hitting clinic during a fishing trip in 1987. Even a friendly day of fishing with Doerr turned into an uncomfortable situation when Williams believed his friend kept missing opportunities to catch tarpons. The author, in fact, kept the fact that he fished from Williams until after his first interview with the star to avoid a potentially disastrous fishing excursion before he obtained his story (pg. 80). Halberstam describes Williams' poor childhood and homelife to help the reader understand this domineering figure driven always to be the best. Baseball historians will enjoy the many reminiscences of the old-time players of the day. Halberstam details game seven of the 1946 World Series and Dominic DiMaggio sets the record straight about the infamous Pesky play (Curiously, Williams' views on that play are not revealed). The author also sought out former Red Sox pitchers Tex Houghson and Boo Ferriss to find out what happened to weaken the potentially great Boston pitching staff after their World Series run. Halberstam spent many hours with all four of these players in interviews for other works and had the cooperation of the three surviving teammates and their wives when writing this book. This relationship between author and subject gives the reader confidence in the book's accuracy and sincerity. The book is fast moving (200 pages of text) and well written. It includes the four teammates' career statistics, Boston's standings from 1937-53, and many wonderful photographs.
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Sharing Baseball Memories, Janv. 16 2004
Halberstam uses a car trip as an opportunity to explore the lives of Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio and Ted Williams and their relationships with one another and how baseball made their lives better. The story of Ted Williams is often told, but few have ever heard the story of Dom DiMaggio who was overshadowed by Williams and an even more famous older brother. Doerr and Pesky are equally unexplored in most baseball stories. Much like Lawrence Ritter's classic "The Glory of their Times", Teammates captures an era of old ballplayers which makes the modern game all the more rich. But unlike Ritter's book that was more about an era, this is a story about how these players remained friends for nearly 50 years after they left the game. Here you get the stories after retirement too, and they're just as interesting. It's much shorter and more personal than Halberstam's other baseball books. It doesn't get wrapped up in the games the way "Summer of '49" does. While I personally prefer the latter, I enjoyed this a good deal and I'm not even a Red Sox fan.
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A Tribute to Heroes and Friends, Janv. 14 2004
David Halberstam's tribute to four teammates from the Red Sox of his youth is a baseball story that goes beyond baseball to something much deeper. Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, and Ted Williams (two Hall-of-Famers and two should-be Hall-of-Famers) played together in the late 30's, the 40's, and the early 50's for one of the great baseball teams of the 20th century. While the four were teammates, they were much more, they were friends. While baseball provides the backdrop, the friendship and love that these men have for each other is the theme of the book.Pulitzer Prize winner Halberstam writes admiringly, often inserting his own personal remarks. He is not just an observer, he is a fan. Halberstam carries the men through their playing careers up to a final road trip that Pesky and DiMaggio make to Florida to visit with their dying friend Ted Williams. Everyone should be so lucky to be part of a group of friends like these--but, sadly, few do. This is an easy read, but not one for younger baseball fans. Halberstam quotes Ted Williams accurately (and Williams freely uses profanity). This does not damage the book, in fact, it reflects reality, but it does make it the written equivalent of a PG-13 movie. When Halberstam writes, it is well worth reading. This is no exception.
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A WORTHWHILE READ, Janv. 7 2004
Now this is more like a book should be coming from Mr. Halberstram (let's give him a deserved break for his many terrific works & simply say he was out to lunch when putting together "Defining A Nation"). Teammates is a wonderful, touching story the subject of which, although simple & true, is a bit tricky to write about when trying to do so for the masses. Few writers could pull it all together so effectively as Mr. Halberstram does. A short read but a more than worthy read.
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Right up there with the best, Janv. 6 2004
Teammates is not the best baseball book ever, matter of factly it is not the best Halberstam baseball book ever, but it is right up there. I was overly impressed with the way Mr. Halberstam was able to place the reader in car. I received the book for a christmas gift (only because my wife demanded I wait until Christmas and not buy it myself) and had it read by the Friday after Christmas. I highly suggest reading this, even if you are nothing more than a casual baseball fan. This is a statement on life and friendship, baseball just happen to facilitate the relationship.
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The Teammates, an excellent choice, Déc 31 2003
I grew up idolizing "The Kid" Ted Williams. He had a positive effect on my life, because of how I related to his childhood, his service to his country, how he played the game, and his focus on whatever he did. I had the privilege of meeting Ted Williams and the saying "never meet your heroes" was not true in this case. He was a real joy to visit with about baseball, shoeless Joe, hitting, fishing, and his favorite moments in baseball. After his death Teammates became available, so I purchased a copy, and found it to be an excellent book written by an author that keeps your attention all the way through it. The very people that knew Ted Williams intimately were his teammates, for they were and are friends for life; Dominic Dimaggio, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky. And from their perspective you learn more about an American hero, from those who knew him best. In a time of mourning Ted's death, you read this book to celebrate his life. This is a must read for any baseball fan. Thanks to David Halberstam for writing this tribute.Sincerely thekid09
Andy Anderson
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