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A Legend in the Making
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JOCK LIT A LEGEND IN THE MAKING By Richard J. Tofel
Ivan R. Dee., 269 pp., $24.95
Most old-time sports books suck. When an author tries to channel Mr. Peabody and turn the Way Back Machine to 40, 50, 60 years ago, in the process he takes a real live baseball season, strips it of controversy, ambiguity, and nuance, and encases it in amber. At best, it's a 300-page paean to the good old days. At worst, it's a quasi-historical trifle that's less interesting than yesterday's newspaper.
But every now and then, there's a book that gives you hope for the whole genre. Richard Tofel's A Legend in ...
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