Joe Falls: 50 Years of Sports Writing | 
| Author: Joe Falls
Publisher: Sagamore Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1911708
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 225
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1571671765
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781571671769
ASIN: 1571671765
Publication Date: September 7, 1997
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Product Description
Now, as we near the end of this century, Joe Falls has been a part of baseball for 50 years. His book, "Joe Falls: 50 Years of Sports Writing" recounts his love of baseball as a youth; his breaks as a rookie in the sports writing business from his job with The Associated Press in New York to "The Detroit News; " and his encounters with memorable sports personalities such as Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Jack Nicklaus, Walter Hagen, Gordie Howe, Michael Jordan, and, possibly his favorite, Secretariat. It also reveals his experiences of covering sports in various parts of the world, including seven Olympics, Wimbledon, the British Open and the Goodwill Games in Moscow.
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 An Outstanding Writer and Nice Man------- August 24, 2007
I got to know Joe during my days with the Tigers. I kind man, and great writer. This book is telling and real.
Joe Falls Loves Sportswriting March 21, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Joe Falls has been and still remains one of the best and most knowledgeable writers in the nation.
Most readers find his writing style to be enjoyable and easy to read. He is an excellent teller of stories and has a wonderful sense of humor. He also can be a fierce protector of justice if he believes people are being wronged or mistreated. Falls is blunt and not afraid to tell the truth. He is extraordinarily intelligent and chooses to write in simple terms in order to reach the widest possible audience. What good is writing if no one understands it?
Falls is not perfect. He has made many mistakes, paid dearly, and does his best every day to improve. If you do not like his personal behavior, I suggest you speak with Joe about it before offering your gossip to others. Once you know the facts, you may decide it is better to keep your opinion yourself and leave people's private lives to themselves.
I suggest you enjoy Mr. Falls' writing and talent and leave gossip out of it.
 I thought he was dead already December 17, 2003
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
Don't give this pathetic loser any encouragement. After reading his columns occasionally for a few years, I finally gave up on this guy and realized he's an incredibly sad man, an unapologetic sycophant for anything with blue in it, and a total waste of time to continue to give the benefit of the doubt to.If you like to read about how he thinks it's just so wonderful to enjoy a vanilla ice cream cone on a Sunday afternoon (coming from an alleged sportswriter?), you'll love this book. Otherwise don't waste your money. Give it to something even more deserving of your charity.
More Banality from an expert December 12, 2003
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
Joe Falls not only doesn't know the difference between a slider and curve, he doesn't know the difference between a prostitute and an undercover cop. Joe was picked up for soliciting in the 1970s, but since he bleeds University of Michigan Maize and Blue, that fact gets overlooked when inducting him into various writing hall of fames. The only thing this book maybe useful for is to line the bottom of a birdcage.
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