The argument here is neither "was Jeter ever the best player in the game" nor "is Jeter a Hall of Famer"; it is which of those statements is more ridiculous. Jeter barely sniffed MVP consideration (0 wins, 3 Top 5s) and the advanced stats corroborate those results (1 8.0 WAR season, only two others above 5.5, admittedly hampered by his poor dWAR). That said, his counting stats alone (6th all time in hits) get him into the Hall, as well as being the face of the most successful MLB dynasty since the Big Red Machine.

I'll definitely be checking out the book though!

I'm reading, or just wrapped up:

The Game (Ken Dryden) - fantastic self-referential classic from Dryden written about the last year of his career with the Canadiens; considered one of the best hockey books ever and a great read for any sports fan who wants an honest, non-self absorbed look at the life of a pro athlete, on and off the field/ice
The Immortalists (Chloe Benjamin) - highly regarded new release novel about three '60s New York teens who learn the date of their deaths and how they cope with it; just started this one
The Undercover Economist (Tim Harford) - a look at how economics affect our everyday lives; not bad but I'd read anything by the Freakonomics guys or something by Gladwell first
Dr. No (Ian Fleming) - working my way through the Bonds via audiobook; this one wasn't my favorite

Dr. No not so great. My personal favorites are, more or less in order, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, Goldfinger, Moonraker and Casino Royale. Casino Royale is the 1st Bond book and some consider it to be the best. I'll have to check out the Dryden autobiography -- sounds like my kind of book.

the worst imo is live and let die.
poorly written...simple and racist...also boring.......if going thru the books i would skip that one....i do think casino royale was flawless...it has beena long time ..i dont remembr dr no.

I'm a Yankee fan and a Jeter fan, but he was never close to being the best player in the game. Top 10 maybe. As to the HofF, if they put Harold Baines in but don't put Jeter in, the Hall will be more of a mockery than it already is. Jeter may not have been the best defensive player, but at least he played a position!

The Art of War (5th Century B.C.) - Sun Tzu's absolutely classic pamphlet. Reading the words will take an hour or so. Studying the concepts, which can be (and successfully have been) applied to both military as well as non-military situations, will take a lot longer. New and unique translation by James Trapp. Beautifully presented in traditional Chinese bookbinding style that folds the paper leaves in half before being bound.

H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Collection (2018) - If you are not familiar with Lovecraft, I can't explain.

Heist!: The $17 Million Loomis Fargo Theft (2005) by Jeff Diamant. Generic prose but otherwise an entertaining account of greed, stupidity, dumb luck and criminal audacity. A bit like if The Trailer Park Boys relocated to North Carolina.

Nightmare in Berlin (1947) by Hans Fallada. Not as good as Fallada's Everyone Dies Alone (a great underrated novel), but well-written. A grim story of a married German couple going through hell in post-war Germany.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (1998) by Simon Winchester. Fascinating real life story, especially the parts dealing specifically with the OED, but the writer gets too cute with invented novelistic details: “The horses were sweating lightly,” etc. Just the facts, ma’am!

we all know you can't read, dude!

I might need to check out the Devoto novel. Back then, they generally gave out Pulitzers based on actual merit.

that book was published in 1946....great cover.

Yeah...I had never heard of it.

Posted by gomiami1972 on 5/22/2019 9:01:00 PM (view original):
I might need to check out the Devoto novel. Back then, they generally gave out Pulitzers based on actual merit.

don't leave me hanging

list me some Pulitzers unmerited

It's non-fiction

Bernard DeVoto is a superb writer. I have not read this book, but given the subject matter I'm sure I'd love the read.

Non-Fiction is where the meat is!