Reviews for They Tasted Glory: Among the Missing at the Baseball Hall of Fame

The average rating for They Tasted Glory: Among the Missing at the Baseball Hall of Fame based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-17 00:00:00 Chuck Howard Iii I took a couple of classes from Wil Linkugel as an undergrad at the University of Kansas back in the early 1980s. I got to know him a bit better because of our mutual love of baseball. I especially appreciated the chapters on players from my lifetime: Steve Busby, Kirby Puckett, Lyman Bostock, Mark Fidrych, etc. However, the book gives too much credit to stats like pitcher W-L records and batting average -- odd given that local Kansas author (and Royals fan) Bill James explained the superiority of other stats decades ago. In 1993, I invited Linkugel to see one of George Brett's last games -- along with my wife and 6 week old daughter. He told me then about the work on this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Yahn Kaa There's some interesting background and historical context details here and overall it might be a better use of time to feed nostalgia than actually enduring the 1978 series' many lows. That said, Muir has many axes to grind with Galactica critics and he so willfully fudges details to support his hobby horses it made me wonder if he'd even watched the series recently when he wrote the book.