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Laurie boris deftly weaves a tale that is emotionally suspenseful, yet believable, and -- most importantly -- entertaining. Another great book laurie.
The author either knows a lot about baseball or did her homework real well. The baseball is interesting and believable. The tone of the novel, beliefs of the time period and other aspects of the book are spot on. A great read… a strong recommend.
The main appeal is that this is a good story. The dialogue and characters are realistic, the sequence of events is plausible, and it is a real page turner. Characters are never predictable, unlikely events somehow seem perfectly plausible. True to lif... Read More
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I could feel the tense atmosphere in the stadium when the ball connected with the bat
Love the story of a girl who wants what she wants who goes toe to toe with the men gets down and dirty and perseveres
She was going to be involved with the game she loved
But 45 years later it looks like women umpires are still a rarity with the first woman to work in the major leagues not doing s... Read More
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good, novel and loved. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 66 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 4 2023.
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What i found is that the first woman to work as an umpire in the minor leagues of professional baseball did so in 1972 so the story could have happened as indicated
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But 45 years later it looks like women umpires are still a rarity with the first woman to work in the major leagues not doing so until 2007 and very few that work in professional baseball at any level
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May have received a free review copy
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Some of our best and brightest were not included in the next levels of the sport
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I got angry i got frustrated i wanted to kick a wall on her behalf when she encountered the prejudice and harassment im not sure i would have been as levelheaded
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And then i wanted to cheer for her when the corruption doping etc all came to light and those who deserved it got their comeuppance
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