"Injuries are part of the game, an adversity you have to get accustomed to overcoming because one way or another they factor into every season." (p. 52)One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Game Back, and One Final Championship Season by Tony La Russa
Release date: September 25, 2012; William Morrow hardcover
Genre: sports memoir
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB; choose sentences at random from your current read. Identify the author and title for readers.
I used to love baseball but stopped watching. I have no real reason either... weird how things just change.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a very poignant statement.
ReplyDeleteI'm not into sports at all, so this memoir didn't catch my attention, but I know some others would probably love it. I did like that quote though!
ReplyDeletethats true.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder why they take the risks--I guess its for love of the game. kaye—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI am not a sporty girl. :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!!
Here is my teaser from MURDER TAKES TIME by Giacomo Giammatteo. It was GOOD...just finished it yesterday.
http://silversolara.blogspot.com/2012/09/teaser-tuesday-925.html