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	BizStore » Book The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $10.92 You Save: $4.03 (27%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Da Capo Press Publisher: Da Capo Press Author(s): Jim Collins Average Customer Rating: (based on 25 reviews) Price Check: $9.30 Buy at Buy.com (Lowest Price) $9.76 Buy at Walmart $10.49 Buy at eCampus $10.99 Buy at BestPrices.com $4.80 Buy at eBay $9.30 Buy at eBay $12.74 Buy at eBay Product Description: Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357640974492 EAN: 9780306814181 ISBN: 0306814188 Label: Da Capo Press Manufacturer: Da Capo Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2005-03-15 Publisher: Da Capo Press Release Date: 2005-03-15 Studio: Da Capo Press Editorial Review: Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to “The Show.” The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league players, from Nomar Garciaparra and Frank Thomas to Jeff Bagwell and Barry Zito.Jim Collins chronicles a season in the life of one team—the Chatham A’s, perhaps the most celebrated team in the league. Set against the backdrop of a resort town on the bend of the outer Cape, the story charts the changing fortunes of a handful ?of players battling slumps and self-doubt in their effort to make the league playoffs and, more importantly, impress the major league scouts.We learn about everything from the physics of wooden bats and the physiology of elbows to the psychology of slumps and the lure of drugs. In the course of a single dramatic season, with euphoric wins and devastating losses, we come to know the intricacies of the major league scouting network and the rapidly changing profile of major league baseball.In the tradition of The Boys of Summer, The Last Best League is about dreams fulfilled and dreams denied, about Cape Cod and the rites of summer, and about the way one small town grows to love a group of young men coming of age in America. Customer Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Baseball at its purest Comment: Simply a fantastic book. Well-researched, intriguing, personal, etc. Shows why baseball is unique as compared to all other sports. There are so many nuances always to explore. The Central Illinois League, another amateur summer league, is a good example of a smaller version of the Cape Cod League as well. Either way, this book was an easy read on a long plane ride. No other sport could have produced a book's topic/story like this. Well done, Mr. Collins. Well done, baseball, as always. Customer Rating: Summary: This IS Baseball Comment: Collins gets it. Baseball people have a certain way about them, and Collins obviously is one of them; he also knows how to write about them. This book--an in-depth and endearing look at the 2002 Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League--shines with the polish of good baseball writing about a great baseball subject. The players and team staff come to life, as does the ebb and flow of a summer on the cape. The poignancy of this moment in time, in these specific lives and in this specific baseball season, got me a little misty-eyed at the end. These are the kinds of dreams everyone should have, at least once in awhile, even when they have to come to an end. This is such a big part of why I love baseball. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Book Comment: This is a terrific book for any fan of baseball. The book discusses three main characters in how they came to baseball how they played growing up and in college and then how the fare in the Cape League. I've passed the book on to several others who have loved it as well. A must for any baseball fan. Customer Rating: Summary: From College to the Big Leagues Comment: This book offers excellent insight into what collegiate players will do to make it to the big leagues. The glimpses of small town fans are also interesting. The reader is exposed to a part of baseball few know much about. Informative and fun to read. Customer Rating: Summary: Only complaint - Needed pictures! Comment: If you like decent writing and/or, you are a baseball fan, just read it. I thought about the book long after I had finished reading it. Related Items • Touching The Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League • Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game • Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats: A Celebration of the Cape Cod Baseball League • The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Based on Amazon Store Manager Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Nuke Business Resources