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    <body><![CDATA[The author of Eight Men Out died last week and I heard of him and the book on a public radio show, Its only a game. I seem to have good luck with books I hear about in this manner. <br/><br/>The book is wonderful - there is a wonderful flavor of 1919, of sitting in the ballpark, of gamblers and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24474752">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love books about the '20s. I'm fascinated by the way people talked and how innocent everything seemed at surface level. And then you find out that lots of people were into drugs and alcohol, and flappers were essentially prostitutes. Intriguing.<br/>Anyway, the story of the 1919 White Sox is so s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43419376">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good, quick read. It is interesting to see how the economics and culture of baseball have changed so much over the years.  Baseball players make so much money now that its impossible to imagine today's equivalent to Shoeless Joe Jackson agreeing to throw the world series.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Asinof's not much of a writer (given to exclamation points! and mixed metaphors), but the story is very well-researched, and Shoeless Joe Jackson is a pathetic/sympathetic character no matter who's writing about him.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i didn't know anything about this scandal except the obvious. the author did a great job of setting the scene and describing what else was going on and why throwing the game wasn't that unexpected for those times.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great read.  Sad story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so fascinating - and really well-written!  Eight Men Out might actually be a nice book to read along with Shoeless Joe.  Both made me really sad for the ballplayers.  Highly recommended.]]></body>
    
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