Loose Balls

Right now I am reading Loose Balls, a book about the old ABA. It is mostly short and entertaining stories, which I like. It talks about how the ABA gets no credit for changing the game of basketball. Without the ABA, there would be no three point line, all star game, dunk contest and fast breaks. The old NBA would just to boring pick and rolls. All the old NBA players said that it was no fun playing. The ABA brought fun and excitement to the NBA which has changed the game.
I think some reasons I like this book is because it is entertaining. My favorite story was when Jerry Harkness made a full out shot to win the game. All the players thought the game was going to overtime because they forgot about the three point play. The referees told the players they won the game and everyone it confused. I would recommend this book to any basketball fan.


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The Machine

The Machine is a book about the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, On of the best baseball teams of all time. They had some of baseballs greatest players of all time, including Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose. They started of slowly, but finished the year like no other team has in the history of baseball. Their manager, Sparky Anderson everybody thought was crazy, but all of his decisions started paying off. Putting in George Foster helped a lot, he hit home run after home run. All in all, the 75 Reds were one of the best teams baseball has ever seen.
One of the reasons I am enjoying this book is because it goes in depth for every player, and makes you feel like you're in the actual locker room for the 75 Reds. Lots of clubhouse conversations are mentioned, from insults between the big 3 ( Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, and Johnny Bench,) the starting pitchers mumbling about their hate for Sparky Anderson, and many more arguments between the Reds. I would deeply recommend this book for everyone.

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The Son Of Neptune

The Son Of Neptune is a very good book that I am in the middle of. So far it is about a young demigod named Percy Jackson that lost his memory but is on a quest with social outcasts Frank Zhang and Hazel Levasque. There job is to go to Alaska and stop an evil monster. If they fail monsters will rule the world forever.
I think that this book is very succesful because I is the second book in a series that was a continuation of another series. I love how it is exciting and keeps you reading. I am dying to know about Hazels past right now. I would heavily recommend this book to everyone.



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Right now I am reading The Bad Guys Won, a book about the 1986 New York Mets. The Mets were the absolute worst team in baseball in the 70s, but were slowly getting better and better, until 1986, when they were considered the favorites to win the world series. The team was consisted of drug users,camera lovers and gang members, making them the most hated team in baseball by a lot. But if you're good, you dont need to be liked.

I think it was interesting what kind of people the Mets were made up of, like outfielder Kevin Mitchell, who didn't know that the statue of liberty was in New York until his rookie year in the MLB. Kevin Mitchell often threatened to kill players when he was in the minors, but matured when he aged. Basically The Bad Guys Won is about the rowdiest, hated and most obnoxious team maybe in baseball history, and one of the best.



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Last Shot blog

  Last Shot is a book about two kids who win a sportswriting contest to cover the NCAA final four for a newspaper. One of those kids is Stevie, a basketball fan who hates Duke, a team competing for the championship. The other is Susan Carol, a die hard Duke basketball fan, so the two do not start off friendly. But when walking back from a press conference, they overhear that Duke will blackmail Minnesota state's star player if he does not throw the game so Duke can win the championship. Stevie and Susan Carol have to work together and help stop Duke from wrecking the Final Four.
    I have read other books by the author, John Feinstein, because this is the first book in the series. In other ones they cover the Super Bowl, The U.S Open and the World Series, in which they stumble over some huge problem every time, including kidnapping and murder. All of the books have one real team with real players, and one fake team with fake players, except the baseball one, which the pitcher is fake but on a real team. All the other books are really good, but Last Shot is the best, because there are no boring parts, lots of stuff that you wouldn't expect and always a great finish.