baseballs greatest fix
...This book reads like a baseball game broadcast, describing every play as if it had just happened. Every hit, every strike, every ball and every out are described as if Harry Carey were announcing, although much less gusto. The ending to Game 6 was perfectly described as”…Buck Weaver opened up again, lashing another double to left. Jackson pushed him around to third with an infield single. Hap Flesch struck out, but Chick Gandil dropped a single to center and Weaver jogged across the plate, making it 5-4. Then Dickie Kerr retired the Reds in order, ending the ball game” (109). The use of varying terms for the plays and varying sentence structures makes the game interesting to read. The excellent descriptions, as seen above, also make the games easier to visualize, which eventually helps further the plot. Asinof also uses a unique, interesting style when presenting the questionings during the trial. Instead of a boring “he said, she said, they said” method, he shows the reader the questions following the answers. In one such exciting case, the State’s Attorney is questioning “Sleepy Bill” Burns, one of the men involved in the fix. “Q: You talked of an offer of $100,000 made by Attell and Bennett. A: That was the players’ proposition!” (254). This easy-to-read style lets the reader get a very good idea of what is going on in the court room. This is very helpful, especially when actions are thrown between the dialogue, which could cause confusion. One non-stylistic aspect of this book that really makes it easy to read is the marking of the chapters. The book is set into six chapt...