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Post by showmedot on Jun 7, 2014 8:53:10 GMT -6
...to appreciate Mariano Rivera's autobiography released a few weeks ago.
Extraordinary story of how he almost accidentally became the best closer ever. Until his tryout for the Yankees, he'd never used an actual baseball glove! That's how poor his home village in Panama was.
Ken might even enjoy it since Rivera and he have something significant in common. Both have started a Christian church. However, Rivera's wife Clara is senior minister of theirs, a bit of a switch.
Anyway, it's quite the rags to riches tale.
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Post by stevec on Jun 7, 2014 11:21:38 GMT -6
I don't know about that.
Does Rivera talk about his blown saves against the Sox?
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Post by showmedot on Jun 7, 2014 13:06:23 GMT -6
He's honest and forthright about his screwups.
It's somewhat heavy an account on credit to the Lord, but I can't fault that in the man as good a sportsman as he was throughout his career.
I still regret that he got hurt shortly before we got to our seats in KC that day. The big screen was showing what had happened as we arrived. We both just felt sick. Last time we had a chance to see him live. Oh, well...
Anyway, one of my biggest thrills was about 8 years ago when we were standing with some other Yankees fans waiting to get in at KC. This bus pulls up. Door opens and two guys get out not 30 ft. from us headed to the players' gate. It was Andy Pettite and Mo.
Needless to say, we all started cheering wildly and yelling wishes for a win. Both of them smiled and waved. Hell, I don't even remember who won, it was so memorable seeing those two closeup like that.
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Post by Flitzerbiest on Jun 8, 2014 11:11:06 GMT -6
I don't read ghost-written autobiographies just on principle. We can only read so many books in one life. Lines need to be drawn somewhere.
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Post by stevec on Jun 8, 2014 21:54:20 GMT -6
I don't read ghost-written autobiographies just on principle. We can only read so many books in one life. Lines need to be drawn somewhere. Why not? |
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Post by Flitzerbiest on Jun 9, 2014 1:02:14 GMT -6
I don't read ghost-written autobiographies just on principle. We can only read so many books in one life. Lines need to be drawn somewhere. Why not? Stupid personal rule I guess. I would like to think that the "auto-" meant something. The ghostwrite might be fantastic, but I'll never find out. There are millions of books out there and I have time to read what...another 500 tops? |
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Post by showmedot on Jun 9, 2014 1:56:45 GMT -6
Not such a bad rule, considering how crappy and sensationalized most such are.
I'm enjoying this one. The ghostwriter did a nice job of replicating Mo's manner based on interviews I've seen.
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