Negative Positive
Title: All the dirt you'll find on a pair of old cleats
Review: And what dirt it is! Yes, this book is a useful corrective for those who think of Baseball as something sweet like lemonade or mother's milk. Like stand-up comedy, baseball seems to attract humans who are closer to monsters than most regular people, so mixed in with the good guys is a wide variety of cheaters, losers, misanthropes, crooks and brats. Indeed, no matter what team you root for, you know in your heart they aren't all perfect gentlemen all the time.Ty Cobb alone deserves a whole volume to himself. Of course for every bigot, etc., there's a Branch Rickey so the whole picture isn't as bleak as Scheinin paints it. Still, he's a talented writer with a knack for decoupage, and his cut-up stories amuse and provoke. Batter up!
Is the review positive or negative? 