The Dad Report Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families [Paperback]

[Cook] deftly interweaves sports and family stories&the book works on the same level the game does: as a time machine shuttling between childhood games of catch and wobbly video of Babe Ruth hitting a homer.What makes Cook special as a sportswriter is that he is able to balance the joy and pain of being a fan with the investigative and analytical skill of a professional journalist&. Cooks prose has the perfect conversational style for combining baseballs childlike dreams and grown-up realities into a satisfying narrative.Lyrical&an affectionate look at the diamond dads and their (mostly) sensational sons.Kevin Cook, the son of a minor-league screwball pitcher, has just the right voice to explore how baseball connects fathers and sons.[T]he ultimate Fathers Day book, albeit one the sons will want to read, too.A book both about baseball families and for baseball families. But most of all, it is perhaps the best book ever on how baseball creates family. A great piece of sports literature.The part baseball plays in the bonds between fathers and sons has enduring appeal. Still, even worthy subjects can be exhausted. But waitKevin Cook finds a different way in. The distinctly different stories of fathers and sons who played in the big leagueswith just enough of the Cook familys own connections to the gamemakeAn unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime.