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dingakaa's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.25
A great read where you're made to feel like you're sitting around the campfire listening to a tall tale, except this is real. It was really cool to read stories humanizing legends of the game I grew up admiring.
robwnelson's review
4.0
Athletes have depth? Yes they do. These 4 completely different men share one thing, their love for each other. A sweet little book about friendship and growing old together.
scottpm's review
4.0
A very well written story. It was basically four mini biographies in one and how these men all related to one another.
jmtaylor1981's review
3.0
“ 'My guys,' Ted had called them, and they were that, always very much their own men, but his guys as well, forever linked to him as well as to each other."
The Teammates is a must read for any Red Sox fan....hell, any baseball fan. It is a story of the lives and relationships of 4 of the most beloved 1940's Boston Red Sox players, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. It's a heartfelt account inspired by a trip that 2 of the stars took from Massachusetts to Florida to visit the ailing Ted Williams for the last time. The book gives insight to some of their thoughts about the game, their lifelong friendship and growing old when they were so immortal.
David Halberstam did a good job capturing the story from the players themselves as well as those who knew them best. He takes us on an intimate journey, or rather, road trip into the bonds between these amazing ball players.
I give this little big book a solid 3 ½ stars.
The Teammates is a must read for any Red Sox fan....hell, any baseball fan. It is a story of the lives and relationships of 4 of the most beloved 1940's Boston Red Sox players, Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. It's a heartfelt account inspired by a trip that 2 of the stars took from Massachusetts to Florida to visit the ailing Ted Williams for the last time. The book gives insight to some of their thoughts about the game, their lifelong friendship and growing old when they were so immortal.
David Halberstam did a good job capturing the story from the players themselves as well as those who knew them best. He takes us on an intimate journey, or rather, road trip into the bonds between these amazing ball players.
I give this little big book a solid 3 ½ stars.
pemuth59's review
3.0
A little book that practically defines "elegiac." The story of four baseball old-timers (admittedly a relative term...these guys played during the 1940s and early 50s) and their friendship as they come to grips with old age. These are four exceptional men with a very touching devotion to one another, culminating with the death of the most famous among them -- baseball legend Ted Williams.
Admittedly, I would not have picked this up without the late, great David Halberstam's name on it. Along with Studs Terkel, Halberstam was one of our greatest listeners. Think of it as a less sentimental "Tueday Afternoons with Morrie" (but it's actually much better than that).
Admittedly, I would not have picked this up without the late, great David Halberstam's name on it. Along with Studs Terkel, Halberstam was one of our greatest listeners. Think of it as a less sentimental "Tueday Afternoons with Morrie" (but it's actually much better than that).
booksandbourbon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
fast-paced
5.0
timhoiland's review
3.0
A meandering trip down memory lane for these former teammates with the Red Sox, occasioned by the failing health of Ted Williams. The baseball stuff is good, but more importantly, this is an ode to simple, steady friendships amidst the inevitable ups and downs of a lifetime.