Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball Book

1) Change Up was about the history of baseball in the past 50 years. It described 8 events that made baseball the kind of game it is today. Some big events in the book were how different race people came to America to play the game and rule changes. It interviewed a lot of people involved with baseball at the time that stuff happened.

2) I gave this book 4 stars because the whole book was interviews. It didn't have much of the story just a lot of peoples opinions on it.

3) "From 1958 to 2008, the changes have come for baseball in may different forms. Some have come swiftly and some gradually, some by fiat, some by reaching a tipping point, some because they were forced by prevailing cultural norms, and some because it was time for the game to catch up with the rest of society" (Burke, 2). That quote describes how the changes in baseball were and and describes the whole book.

4) A topic covered in class that could be connected to this book is memoirs. Each story was kind of a memoir because it is all true and a short story. Everybody gave their opinions on the story.

5) I would recommend this book to people who like baseball. If you like baseball and interested learning about the history of the game you should read this book. It is good at explaining some major things that happened to the game and gives players stories too. It was fun to read.