We are, too. Some of us are White Sox fans, but if Greinke pulls off winning the Cy Young, that would be pretty cool for the KC area. Aside from getting the All-Star Game in 2012, there hasn’t been much positive baseball news around here.
But if you’re curious about the man behind the Cy Young Award, we recommend JCCC students, faculty, and staff check out one of the services we offer with this electronic book called Cy Young: A Baseball Life. Afterwards, feel free to peruse the rest of our electronic books, readable for JCCC members anywhere with an Internet connection
When going through the books to be added to the catalog, one caught my attention immediately. Unfortunately it was not this book. I can just promise that the next few days will feature some excellent selections.
That being said, Wait Till Next Year fell into my field of vision, and the title combined with a stadium in the background made me assume it was about the Chicago Cubs. Regardless of the current standings, even the Royals have won a World Series in recent history, whereas the Cubs have fallen apart consistently in June (until this year) for the last 100 years.
Upon closer inspection, not only is it a memoir by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, but it is about her following of the (formerly) Brooklyn Dodgers since she was six years old. Weaving her narrative through time and historical events in America’s past, she connects baseball’s impact on her life to the ever-changing face of the United States.
I’ve recently discovered that baseball novels are not as dry as I thought they would be, particularly non-fiction such as this. If sports literature does interest you, or sports humor, check out God Save the Fan, written by former Deadspin.com editor Will Leitch, coming to our library soon!
