A Special Season: A Players' Journal of an Incredible Year
by Rob Rains
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Author: Rob RainsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-17
ISBN: 1582616574
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
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Book Review: A special book for Cardinals fans
Summary: 4 Stars
Unlike most other baseball biographies, A Special Season focuses for the most part on everyday players, instead of super-stars. The majority of entries in the journal-style collection are from the team's thoughtful and intelligent Gold Glove catcher, Mike Matheny, often described as the team's spiritual leader. Pitching ace Matt Morris also has several segments, along with Fernando Vina, Kerry Robinson, Jason Isringhausen, Andy Benes and Miguel Cairo. Going beyond the cliched responses heard in most post-game interviews, the observations of the Cardinals players give fans an inside look at how players made it through the long, trying season. Although some entries deal with the tragedies the team endured in 2002, they don't dwell on them constantly. Starting with Opening Day and going through the last game of the National League Championship Series, the "diary" gives fans a look at the inner thoughts of the players. I would have liked a longer book, with commentary from more players and from coaches, but the chosen excerpts from these players were all insightful and interesting. Accompanied by a few black and white photographs with scrapbook-like captions and a list of results of every game of the 2002 season, paragraph-long biographies of the final 25 man roster, and team statistics, the book makes a nice keepsake for Cardinals fans who also endured that special and difficult season. Suitable for baseball fans of any age, the book is absolutely G-rated.
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