This one was honestly a struggle for me. I just don’t enjoy sports writing. That being said, these were really good short stories about sports. They had cute young guy characters, they had believable tension and resolution, there was a variety of sports (the basketball ones were the hardest for me to enjoy), and there was a mix of fiction and nonfiction by well-established authors and sports stars. My only gripe would be that the nonfiction wasn’t clearly designated, and even though the nonfiction stories were about personal memoirs of sports heroes, it bugged me that they weren’t somehow distinguished as different. I knew I was in for a treat after reading the opening story by Dan Gutman about the 1986 Red Sox. I never expect every story in a short story collection to hit a home run, and these don't, but none are total strike outs.Favorite authors Sciezcka, Crutcher, Green, Gutman, Korman are all here, and Chris Rylander ends the book with a hilarious story dissing my favorite villain, Derek Jeter. A great choice for sports fans, reluctant readers, anyone with time for a short story.
Do You like book The Sports Pages (2012)?
10 short stories that have different themes: baseball, football, basketball, and more
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