Pros & Cons
Pros
Roberto clemente gets 21 because of his off-the-field activities but rose is honored with 14. Every number provides historic information and supporting data to support their choice of who “owns” a number. Peyton manning is the greatest owner of the nu... Read More
The book is great for casual fans and * sports fans alike. I am a sports nut, and this book is perfect for me. Many of the athletes in the book are some of the heroes i have admired for years.
It is approachable and an easy read. Every entry is well conceived with a balance of objectivity and subjectivity.
Cons
This book is filled with short factoids. Greenberg ignores that there was bart starr. Do not recommend it.
Highlights
Quality
We may not all agree with his choice of faire but you cant argue with the portion size
And the worst person that should never be in any book great athletes is mike tyson
I wish any one to name one quality fighter he ever beat
Competitiveness
And i wouldn’t argue that he deserves 6 more than bill russell does or that he owns 9 in a headon competition with gordie howe
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But there are some liberties taken with what constitutes a number
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Dont go into this thinking its all jersey numbers for who is the best to have worn it
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You can find larger servings to enjoy your respective sports icon elsewhere
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As some other reviewers pointed out i would like to see some honorable mentions for the various numbers
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It seemed like greeny had a list of 100 athletes and simply found a number to fit them dob some random stat
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Id be interested to see greeny write about a topic in more detail after reading this book
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I don’t pay a lot of attention to sports stars’ numbers