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Alma de Campeon: Triunfando Ante la Adversidad = Deep Drive
En 2007, Mike Lowell, el jugador de tercera base de los Red Sox triunfó ante la adversidad cuando llevó a su equipo-uno de los equipos más seguidos en la historia del béisbol-a ganar la Serie Mundial por segunda vez en cuatro años. Pero detrás de aquel trpiunfo hay una historia que va mucho más allá de lo sucedido aquella noche de octubre.
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...morePaperback, 301 pages
Published
April 7th 2009
by Celebra Trade
(first published May 6th 2008)
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Yep, I liked it. I'm not actually a baseball fan, really, but I am a Red Sox fan. (I like baseball, and I watch games, but I only make time to watch Red Sox games.) Mike Lowell seems like a right kind of guy. After reading this book, he really seems like a right kind of guy. The writing tone sometimes wanders from "These are some things that happened to me, in a nearly conversational way" to "Oh, hey, let me tell you this excellent story almost as if you were there, but not re...more
If you're a Red Sox fan, this is a book you should read. It's not the best book in the world but it's a great way to get a little more in-depth look at Mike Lowell. Unfortunately, the book didn't flow well. It can be hard to follow because it jumps around chronologically. I would have loved to have seen more stories from the clubhouse, too. There was one tedious detail that really bothered me. It concerns two instances where Lowell was discussing Dustin Pedroia. I've wondered for quite a while j...more
I've always heard that Mike Lowell was a 'down to earth' guy and after reading this book, I can believe it. He doesn't come across as full of himself like so many sports stars. Many interesting tibits of info on teammates and others make it a great read. My favorite story is when he and another teammate did not make the varisity baseball team at his Catholic high school. They both switched to public high schools [different ones] so they could play on varisity. The teammate was Alex Rodrigue...more
I really like this book because it dosent just talk about the good things about being in the MLB but it also talks about the bad things and how they stuggle.I noticed how the author was not hiding anything about his life. He was comfortable with talking about how his family stuggeled and how he struggeled with cancer.I rate this book four stars because it is exciting and interesting but i would like to hear more about being in the MLB and how he handeled the pressure and more about the game. Rea...more
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Yes, I'm a baseball fan, a HUGE Red Sox fan, and a fan of Mike Lowell. I loved reading about Lowell's family background and his upbringing. Health struggles of his own and within his family are included, but the book never sounds weepy. The book is about a strong, talented baseball player. It's about his values and life-lessons, all influenced by a wonderful extended family.
I finished it 1/1/2009 after first picking it up 12/30/2008. Very good read for a book by an athlete. Lowell talks about his in-laws & his own family & Fidel Castro (his father-in-law was a political prisoner in Cuba for 15 years), talks about his cancer, his kids, and of course baseball. I really liked it.
For an autobiography of a baseball player it was good. I learned a lot about him that I did not know previously from reading the Sports page and TV. After reading one realizes it is his character that his teammates respect him for, as well as his athletic skill.
LOVED this book. The book did jump from subject to subject in the chapters, but it was done in a neat way (that make sense?). Can't wait for Timmy Wake's to come out! If only Rob Bradford wrote that book too...
I kike Mike Lowell and found this book to be an inspiring look at how he came into baseball as well as his struggle with cancer and the look at his life so far overall.
If Lowell is not your hero already, he should be. He's the quintessential clubhouse guy: a great teammate (don't forget he's bilingual!) and a great baseball player. I loved all of his clubhouse stories, especially his insights into Josh Beckett (they've been teammates for a long time) and his ribbing of Dustin Pedroia, whom he calls Petie. The 2007 World Series MVP could not have gone to a better guy. Bradford does a great job of making sure this feels like Lowell, telling his own story, withou...more
A little all over the place chronologically. Overall a good book about not just a great ball player, but a great guy!
A decent sports autobiography of one of baseball's genuinely good people.
I have a lot more respect for Mike Lowell after reading this book.
Blah...too scattered, I gave up.
Some interesting info about Mike Lowell, his family and career. Terrible writing with lots of repetition and chronologically difficult to follow.
I just had to read this book because Mike Lowell is my favorite Red Sox player. There were some sad moments in the book but his story just confirmed that he is a great person as well as an awesome baseball player. He told us how his career in baseball started, about his family and some of his struggles along the way. He's made some life-long friends and has a very positive outlook. If you love the Red Sox as much as I do, I would recommend that you read this book!
One of the Red Sox key players to the 2009 World Series!
This was a fantastic read from the preface through the acknowledgments. I devoured the pages in this book in less than two days, until I reached the Epilogue. Then I set it down & just couldn't pick it up again...because I was sad that it was going to end. If I didn't like Mike Lowell before reading his book (ha!), it would be impossible for me not to now.
Mike Lowell is my favorite Red Sox - so when he wrote this book I just had to read it! Honestly, he's not much of an author, but it was a really great way to get to know his background and what it's like coming up in the ranks of Major League Baseball. If you like the Red Sox, you'd like this book!
An interesting read if you already know a little about this guy. If it's all true, this is one athlete worth looking up to.
Mike Lowell's story is inspirational as well as humorous, but this telling of it is hard to follow, choppy, and light on photographs. I was hoping for a more ordered, chronological tale, and didn't get it from Lowell and Bradford. Too bad. :(
I have to give this one 5 Stars... he's my baseball boyfriend. And yes, my husband knows it.
But, serioulsly, I found it interesting to have a peek in his life. I ehjoyed the pace and how it kind of bounces around the timeline of his life.
But, serioulsly, I found it interesting to have a peek in his life. I ehjoyed the pace and how it kind of bounces around the timeline of his life.
Excellent book - well worth reading - understanding that getting to MLB is a long journey and the drive and persistence required.
Love this book..I learned alot about what Mike had to go through to get to the Major League!
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