Life From The Press Box Recollections of a sportswriter Black and White Jim Street Rob Street 9781481853767 Books
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As in any job, a sportswriter has his or her share of good days and bad days. Most sports fans would love to be a sportswriter, but only a few actually get that opportunity and there is a lot more to the job than watching games and writing about them. “Life From the Press Box” is one person’s view of the newspaper and Internet industries, the stories behind the scores and a glimpse into the people in the box scores. It’s goal is to put a face on other writers, managers, coaches and players that spend anywhere from one to more than 20 years doing what they do best – playing or writing about professional sports and the athletes. “Life From the Press Box” is a behind-the-scenes look at a 40-year sports writing career that included daily coverage of the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Mariners.
Life From The Press Box Recollections of a sportswriter Black and White Jim Street Rob Street 9781481853767 Books
From lugging a rifle in Vietnam to carrying a typewriter (how quaint) while covering the Charlie O's Mustache Gang in the early 1970s to transmitting stories electronically from the Seattle Mariners press box in the 21st century, veteran sportswriter Jim Street gives readers vivid insight into his 40-year career.He holds nothing back -- about turmoil in his own life and day-to-day deadlines, plus the lunacy, infighting, battle of egos and amazing, sometimes historic, athletic feats witnessed as only writers can: up close and personal.
There's legendary pitcher Catfish Hunter getting a booty kiss from a teammate ... SF Giants one-season skipper Joe Altobelli having a meltdown ... Raiders' Al Davis and Al LoCosale as "disgusting human beings" ... clueless and mean editors ... one outa-the-blue divorce, another not ... the mood swings of Jeffrey "Hackman" Leonard ... the majesty of Ken Griffey Jr. ... the bizarre idiosyncrasies
-- and downright meanness -- of media un-favorite Ichiro Suzuki ... how A-Rod is a first-class phony ... and how love can spring anew.
That's just a taste of "Life From the Press Box: Recollections of a Sportswriter," which features Street's rise from a young wanna-be journalist to presidency of the Baseball Writers of America and award-winning scribe. This is a fun, fact-filled, enlightening, well-written book that allows readers to rekindle their own memories of bygone games and sports events.
(Review by Rich Draper)
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Life From The Press Box Recollections of a sportswriter Black and White Jim Street Rob Street 9781481853767 Books Reviews
Street says he began this project as a recollection for his kids. He should have left it that way. Or worked hard enough at it to make it a real book. He's jotted down brief, in most cases very brief, reminiscences of the teams he covered and alternated these with equally brief snippets of his personal life which, at least the way he presents it, is not going to be interesting to anyone other than his children. (Early sections, on Street's youth and his service in Vietnam are pretty captivating but later, the personal sections devolve into stories about his dating life and taking his kids to Disneyland.) Most people who buy or consider buying this book will do so wanting material on the teams, not Street, and for the most part those people will be disappointed. Street told me very little about the Mariners that I didn't remember just from having watched during those years.
There are writers who can pull off this sort of personal reminiscence book, writers so interesting and/or genial that readers enjoy spending the time with them, even when the stories aren't very dramatic. Street does not fall into this category. He's almost a caricature of a nasty, self-absorbed sportswriter, complete with messy personal life and professional vendettas. (Just to name one instance, Street, a Hall of Fame voter, claims he is going to keep Ichiro completely off his HOF ballot--and Ichiro, make no mistake, is a Hall of Fame player, most likely a first ballot inductee--simply becaue the Japanese star farted at him during an interview.) His nastiness toward his journalistic rivals is tiresome, too petty to be interesting. The whole thing makes you understand why Ted Williams hated all the beat writers who covered him.
I notice this book was published only as an e-book. It's not too 'niche' or 'edgy' for a print version, just, one has to assume, not good enough.
Jim Street takes an honest look at some of baseball's more well known personalities and is not afraid to tell us the truth, good and bad. He takes us into the behind-the-scenes activities the general fan is not privy to and delivers a frank view of the other side of such a public business. It also allows us to see how one person balanced his two loves...love of his family and love of the game of baseball. Great job, easy read.
Very good book. A nice inside look into the world of baseball. An enjoyable easy read. I really enjoyed this book.
I looked forward to some behind the scenes stories of the journalism and sports worlds. He gave those looks, but it always seems like he came up a bit short.
I found this book interesting coming from Jim who was there in the midst if it all. I was Happy to hear the truth about some players some people look at as heroes of the game, but are truly just people who can play a game better than most. These players think they are Gods of the game and want to be treated as such, but are merely big kids with even bigger ego's. I know, II grew up with a father who played baseball at the professional level for over 20 years. Jim 's personal life could not have been easy on him with all the travel he had to do, but it sounds like he made the effort to see his kids after his divorce to Debby as often as possible.
I enjoyed the book and would encourage others to order it and enjoy it also. The text was big and an easy read, Jim N.
I was quite surprised at how poorly this book is written. As a native Northwesterner, I have always enjoyed Mr. Street's writing in the PI. As a Mariner fan, I looked forwards with great anticipation his review of the years when the Mariners were actually good! What a disappointing book. His grammar and sentence structure sounds like a fifth grader. His description of events is very poorly developed, with limited anecdotal information and virtually NO character development, and he seems to dwell beyond what is necessary with his competition with another sports writer. He seems to believe that by simply dropping the names of our favorite Mariners, he will somehow provide a purpose for the book. It does not work well at all, and I would suggest that it is not worth the price of admission!
Best baseball book in years. Love the large print., makes it an easy on the eyes read. Blunt and honest, doesn't hold back his opinion and worry about offending anyone. Best thing is each story is two paragraphs, short and to the point. This book should be the standard for every sportswriter who writes one hereafter. I would highly recommend this to any baseball fan, you may not agree with everything but you've got to love the unapologetic honesty which is missing in almost all baseball books.
From lugging a rifle in Vietnam to carrying a typewriter (how quaint) while covering the Charlie O's Mustache Gang in the early 1970s to transmitting stories electronically from the Seattle Mariners press box in the 21st century, veteran sportswriter Jim Street gives readers vivid insight into his 40-year career.
He holds nothing back -- about turmoil in his own life and day-to-day deadlines, plus the lunacy, infighting, battle of egos and amazing, sometimes historic, athletic feats witnessed as only writers can up close and personal.
There's legendary pitcher Catfish Hunter getting a booty kiss from a teammate ... SF Giants one-season skipper Joe Altobelli having a meltdown ... Raiders' Al Davis and Al LoCosale as "disgusting human beings" ... clueless and mean editors ... one outa-the-blue divorce, another not ... the mood swings of Jeffrey "Hackman" Leonard ... the majesty of Ken Griffey Jr. ... the bizarre idiosyncrasies
-- and downright meanness -- of media un-favorite Ichiro Suzuki ... how A-Rod is a first-class phony ... and how love can spring anew.
That's just a taste of "Life From the Press Box Recollections of a Sportswriter," which features Street's rise from a young wanna-be journalist to presidency of the Baseball Writers of America and award-winning scribe. This is a fun, fact-filled, enlightening, well-written book that allows readers to rekindle their own memories of bygone games and sports events.
(Review by Rich Draper)
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