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amdame1's review against another edition
3.0
The true story of 12 brothers who formed their own baseball team. At one point the oldest brother was 32 and the youngest was 7. Their father was their coach. WWII disrupted the team - but once the war was over they started up again, but this time the oldest brother was the coach.
*Note - they also had 4 sisters but in those days sports were "only for boys".
*Note - they also had 4 sisters but in those days sports were "only for boys".
booksandbosox's review against another edition
5.0
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beecheralyson's review against another edition
4.0
I can't imagine a family with 12 boys and 4 girls. I kept reading parts of this book aloud to a friend because I was so amazed with this family of brothers who played baseball (semi-pro). I enjoyed this one.
tashrow's review
5.0
In one family from New Jersey, there were 12 baseball-playing brothers: the Acerra brothers. All of the brothers played high school baseball and their high school had an Acerra on it 22 years in a row! In 1938, the oldest nine brothers formed their own semi-pro baseball team. Their father coached the team and they played on dirt fields that were littered in rocks. Each of the brothers had a different skill set than the others. Some were slow runners but great players, others posed for the cameras naturally, one was a great pitcher that people still talk about today. But all of them supported one another. Then came World War II and the team disbanded as six of the brothers headed off to war. Happily, all six brothers returned from war. The brothers played their last game together as a team in 1952. By that time, they were the longest-playing all-brother baseball team ever. In 1997, the brothers were honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Read the rest of my review on my blog, Waking Brain Cells.
Read the rest of my review on my blog, Waking Brain Cells.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
5.0
I'm not a sports girl. I know nothing about football despite the fact that I have lived my entire life here in Texas where football is the national sport.
Why then, you might ask, do you love not one but two Cybils nominees that are sports stories?
It's the power of the story. This story is every baseball dad's dream: a baseball team composed of twelve brothers. That's enough boys to populate the whole field with three left on the bench. And not only did this team of brothers play together, but they played together nicely.
You just can't help but being captivated by the little stories about all the brothers, as they form their own semi-pro team and draw crowds, as they disband for the duration of the war and fight for their country, as they return home from war safely and once again do what they do best, play ball.
Why then, you might ask, do you love not one but two Cybils nominees that are sports stories?
It's the power of the story. This story is every baseball dad's dream: a baseball team composed of twelve brothers. That's enough boys to populate the whole field with three left on the bench. And not only did this team of brothers play together, but they played together nicely.
You just can't help but being captivated by the little stories about all the brothers, as they form their own semi-pro team and draw crowds, as they disband for the duration of the war and fight for their country, as they return home from war safely and once again do what they do best, play ball.
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