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The World Series-the Great Contests
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First published January 1, 1987
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November 24, 2013
I read The World Series: The Great Contests by Richard J. Brenner. When I was told I needed to read a non-fiction book, I asked the librarian to help me find a good sports book. She picked out a few books from the shelve and on the bottom was this book. Baseball interests me and I am glad she recommended this book to me.
When I got the book, I thought it was just about what the World Series is. Instead, it was on particular World Series. The book talked about specific series from the 1950's-1990's. The book talks about how good each teams were, and what the outcome of the series was. It is interesting to hear about some of the underdogs who were not even supposed to be that good that can make it to the World Series. On the other hand some teams didn't even have a challenge winning it because they were so good. The book talks about key players that led their team to victory. Whether it was pitching, hitting, or fielding, there was always a case of great play to help a team win the World Series. The book talks about the teams history a little bit, and whether they had been to the World Series before.
Overall I would not recommend this book to other people. Unless you love baseball and stats, this is not the book for you. The book was a little vague because it was too factual, however I liked learning about the history of teams and the World Series. I feel like Brenner could have made it a little more exciting by using more detail of exciting games. I would stay away from this book unless you love baseball. I do not recommend this book to my classmates.
When I got the book, I thought it was just about what the World Series is. Instead, it was on particular World Series. The book talked about specific series from the 1950's-1990's. The book talks about how good each teams were, and what the outcome of the series was. It is interesting to hear about some of the underdogs who were not even supposed to be that good that can make it to the World Series. On the other hand some teams didn't even have a challenge winning it because they were so good. The book talks about key players that led their team to victory. Whether it was pitching, hitting, or fielding, there was always a case of great play to help a team win the World Series. The book talks about the teams history a little bit, and whether they had been to the World Series before.
Overall I would not recommend this book to other people. Unless you love baseball and stats, this is not the book for you. The book was a little vague because it was too factual, however I liked learning about the history of teams and the World Series. I feel like Brenner could have made it a little more exciting by using more detail of exciting games. I would stay away from this book unless you love baseball. I do not recommend this book to my classmates.
November 18, 2013
When I first started reading the book The World Series Great Contests by Richard J. Brenner, I hadn't heard of it before or the author.No teachers recomned it, I just picked it off the shelves. I thought the book was going to be about the world series in general. Instead the book follows some of the closest and dramatic world series every.
The book follows seven of the better world series there has been. It talks about the world series from 1955,1975,1985,1986,1991,1992,and 1993. It talks about who played in each of the world series and what the outcome of it was. It discusses how each team got there and how good the team was. Some of the teams had to overcome a lot and others made it easily into the world series. In the book you find out what players played a major rolling in leading their team to the world series and the clutch hitting and pitching. It also mentioned how the teams did the year before and if they were favorites in the World Series.
I thought this book was boring and I did not like it. The book was boring because it just read off stats and didn't try and make it interesting. It was also hard to focus on because it was boring. I would not recommend this book unless you like sports or baseball. I didn't think it was exciting. People would also like it if they wanted to know more about the world series. I did like that it gave real facts they just told it in a boring way. Overall I would not recommend reading this book.
The book follows seven of the better world series there has been. It talks about the world series from 1955,1975,1985,1986,1991,1992,and 1993. It talks about who played in each of the world series and what the outcome of it was. It discusses how each team got there and how good the team was. Some of the teams had to overcome a lot and others made it easily into the world series. In the book you find out what players played a major rolling in leading their team to the world series and the clutch hitting and pitching. It also mentioned how the teams did the year before and if they were favorites in the World Series.
I thought this book was boring and I did not like it. The book was boring because it just read off stats and didn't try and make it interesting. It was also hard to focus on because it was boring. I would not recommend this book unless you like sports or baseball. I didn't think it was exciting. People would also like it if they wanted to know more about the world series. I did like that it gave real facts they just told it in a boring way. Overall I would not recommend reading this book.
October 1, 2016
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