* Review: But Didn't We Have Fun?

April 7, 2008

You know you’ve made it when your book appears in a Sunday Times review. In fact, I wonder if there have been studies that have quantified in cold numbers what such an “endorsement” means for sales.

One quibble: Olney, a sports writer for the Times and an ESPN commentator, spends too much time talking about modern changes in the game, such as lowering the pitcher’s mound in 1969. He then launches his comments about another watershed year, 1987 (think Canseco and McGwire) and the ensuing scourge of steroids — nothing of which has to do with Morris’ book. In doing to, Olney shortchanges the author and the readers of the review.

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