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Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant
Summertime in Toms River, New Jersey, means two things: Tourists and Little League champions.
The Toms River dynasty began in the 1990s, when its team made it to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, three times in five years, finally bringing home a historic world championship victory in 1998. But with each passing summer in Toms River comes rene
...morePaperback, 247 pages
Published
June 30th 2009
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published July 1st 2008)
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Title: Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became A Little League Giant
Author: Mark Kreidler
Date Published: 2008
Genre: Non-Fiction
Six good innings was really a fascinating book. It takes place in Toms River, New Jersey, also known as the baseball factory for all the generations of baseball players it has produced. The Toms River Americans of 2006 had made an incredible run all the way through the state tournament. But after losing an unbelievable game, the season w...more
Author: Mark Kreidler
Date Published: 2008
Genre: Non-Fiction
Six good innings was really a fascinating book. It takes place in Toms River, New Jersey, also known as the baseball factory for all the generations of baseball players it has produced. The Toms River Americans of 2006 had made an incredible run all the way through the state tournament. But after losing an unbelievable game, the season w...more
This book reminds me a lot of David Halberstam's "Summer of '49" or "October 1964" - it's a baseball book, ultimately focusing on a season or part of a season. Like Halberstam, Kreidler tells the story in real time, with many breaks for filling in the back story for a particular character. It's not always an exact alternate format for each chapter, but it's close.
Then, by the time you get to the climax, you know the stories behind all of the major characters and t...more
Then, by the time you get to the climax, you know the stories behind all of the major characters and t...more
This is a good book to get a taste of competitive Little League. However, a taste is all you are going to get. The author is used to doing quick sound bites on ESPN and writing mini articles in magazines. This book could have been longer and probably should have been. The beginning part of it is rather boring. It details the town and the Little League system of Toms River. After the book gets through that then it details what the 1995-99 teams have won in the past. I thought the reader would get...more
Toms River is home to one of the most historic liitle league baseball organizatons. They have won two world championships and have made several trips to Williamsport. Mark Kreidler follows one 12 year old team from Toms River from winter camp to tryouts to their final loss. This team doesn't make it to Williamsport but shows what kids can do for a communtity.
This was an excellent story about little league baseball in this contry. Not only did it talk about the positive side, but it also touched on the darker sides. An enjoyable and easy read.
A great book for anyone who loves the game of baseball. If you have or have had a son/daughter who played little league,you can really relate.
Typical Little League stuff.
The author is my cousin! It is at the top of my "to-read" list.
Jeff Raymond
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A sports writer and columnist, Mark Kreidler currently contributes to both ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine. He is the author of Four Days to Glory, Six Good Innings, and The Voodoo Wave. He lives in Davis, California.
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