The Wrong Stuff by Bill Lee, Lally Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wrong Stuff
Book Review: More Scandalous than it Appears
Summary: 5 Stars
Bill Lee's "The Wrong Stuff" looks like on the surface just to be another cut and dried quick biography of a former sports star. But after reading this, I was amazed that this book did not garner the same kind of negative attention that Jim Bouton's "Ball Four" did. Lee talks frankly about his drug use, his indiscretions with women, and his general disdain for the powers that be in baseball. If a star today shared similar revalations, I can't imagine the furror it would cause. Lee pitched a little before I started following baseball but his perspecive on things is timeless. I highly recommend this book.Book Review: The Wrong Stuff
Summary: 5 Stars
...Still relevant nearly 20 years later. I believe that makes this book a classic of the genre. Staccato sentences make for an easy read. Lee's retrospective is, on the surface, about staying true to ideals regarding justice and fair play. That makes the book stick today. Under it all is that while Lee is outspoken for the underdog, look at his career record. $50 million over five years is today's going price for that type of consistency. Bill may have done a heap of good with that kind of money. Party on, Uncle Charlie!Book Review: This book transcends the sports arena with its humor and wit
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to sports books, only Jim Bouton's Ball Four can compare with the humor, wit and spirit created in Bill Lee's book of baseball memoirs entitled The Wrong Stuff. This book gives us an inside look at pro baseball through the eyes of a non-conformist pitcher. In his book Lee shows that he is a memeber of a dying breed. He is a man who will not sit idley by as others are mistreated. Through Lee's memoirs it is clear that he was one of the few pro athletes to realize that there is more to life than athletics. Even in hard times Lee would not allow his sense of fairness be skewed by money or fame. The abundance of humor and positive messages in this book have made it one of my all-time favorites and I strongly recommend it!