Oriole Magic: The O's of '83
by Thom Loverro
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Author: Thom LoverroAfterword: Rick Dempsy
Foreword: Cal Ripken
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-01
ISBN: 157243564X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Triumph Books
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Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
Being an Orioles fan, I was very excited about the possibility of going back in time to re-live the last championship season. Unfortunately, the book turned out to be a disappointment.
This book has little insight on what went on, with few in-depth interviews or details. The book is poorly written and soulless, being more a chronological narration of events than a true document that takes you back to the excitement lived by a championship team. It seems to me that you would get close to the same effect of how the season went by just going over the boxscores of Orioles' games.
Inevitably, I compared it with the book "The Bad Guys Won!" (the tale of the 1986 Mets) and it pales in comparison. Both teams where quite different, but the way the Orioles' book is written, it seems they where the dullest of teams, winning without any heart. Even though I'm an Oriole fan, I got more excited about the Mets' championship season than the Orioles'!
Finally, as a literary piece of work, it is quite poor: bad use of the English language, bad storytelling, relies to much on stats description, etc.
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