Review of
World
Series, by John R. Tunis
Five out of five stars
The fictional
Brooklyn Dodgers team that were the subject of a series of books by Tunis have
managed to win the National League pennant and are facing the powerful Cleveland
Indians in the World Series. While the Dodgers had to fight until the very end
of the season to win their title, the Indians were way ahead and able to coast
at the end of the season. Therefore, the Dodger players are tired while the
Indians are relatively fresh.
The book moves
through the seven games of the series with ups and downs, both in morale and
losses. A great deal of ink is spent in describing and emphasizing the amount
of money that the players will get as their winning shares versus that of the
losers. The emphasis on this will no doubt be lost on the modern readers, with
the high salaries of today it sounds odd to read about the value of the $2000
difference.
In this book,
Tunis once again demonstrates how skilled he is at writing sports fiction.
While the context is very dated, the action is exciting, based on the tension
of playing in what used to be the greatest sporting event in the world. Plays
that are ordinarily routine become filled with tension.
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