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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
Estuvo bien.
Me costó conectar con el primer relato porque de verdad que no sé nada de deportes, menos de baseball, y la historia es para los que saben de eso. Las notas del traductor no ayudan mucho a aclarar la cosa, pero bue.
El segundo relato, Moralidad, también estuvo bien. Sobre la nada, uno se pregunta cuál es la relación entre uno y otro, pero al pensarlo un poquito me parece que hay un delgado hilo que los une; las motivaciones, de conseguir lo que se desea, como que por ahí va la cosa.
Me costó conectar con el primer relato porque de verdad que no sé nada de deportes, menos de baseball, y la historia es para los que saben de eso. Las notas del traductor no ayudan mucho a aclarar la cosa, pero bue.
El segundo relato, Moralidad, también estuvo bien. Sobre la nada, uno se pregunta cuál es la relación entre uno y otro, pero al pensarlo un poquito me parece que hay un delgado hilo que los une; las motivaciones, de conseguir lo que se desea, como que por ahí va la cosa.
Blockade Billy me gustó bastante,a pesar de toda la charla sobre beisbol de la que yo no entendía nada,pero Moralidad me aburrió.
This is a short story, at 57 pages. It reminded me of the John Grisham “Calico Joe” but was not as good, since the Grisham one was a novel. Although, Stephen King showed himself as a real baseball fan in writing this. The novel sounded like a real radio baseball broadcast at times.
I tried to read this on paper and couldn't do it. I'm just not a fan of sports fiction. I gave the audio a try and found it a wonderful story. The narrator was perfect and really did get my blood going. I highly recommend the audio version of the book.
What a great summer read! I love Stephen King stories, especially his short stories. They always lull me into being a great story about normalcy, and then they turn dark. This started as a baseball story, plain and simple. I am not really into sports in my life right now, but that was different in my childhood. This story reminded me of being a kid and my uncle taking us to the local baseball field to watch the games. Those are such happy memories. Maybe part of that connection came from a player in the book originating from Davenport, Iowa. I think the turn wasn't completely unsuspected, but I was still surprised how it turned out.
The research that uncle stevie does on absolutely everything is amazing. Like i lovedd the baseball part. I loved the creepy player who plays too good. And i loved his back story too. Geeat one.
BLOCKADE BILLY es la historia que nadie conoce de un equipo de béisbol que nadie recuerda y que es contada por el que fuera entrenador y fachada de manejador del mismo a Stephen King. Como es de esperarse, no sólo hablamos del Rey de los deportes, sino de algunas de sus partes oscuras (desde conservar o retirar jugadores por problemas de convivencia con tus "estrellas" o con los directivos) y de lo que la gente puede hacer por entrar al "equipo grande". ¿Recomendaciones? Triple-check a los documentos de identidad y cuidate del receptor.
MORALIDAD es una forma desquiciada de ver lo rotos que podemos estar. No tengo mucho más que decir de esto, esperaba que la "acción repulsiva" fuera más grotesca, aunque efectivamente tiene un toque de oscuridad bastante macabro si la colocas en el contexto en el que King la acomoda. ¿Qué harías por el tiempo de hacer lo que quieres? y más importante... ¿Qué harías con tal de saldar tus deudas y no tener ningún problema nunca más?
Este libro lo leí en español y no lo "sembré" porque es de Paco :P
MORALIDAD es una forma desquiciada de ver lo rotos que podemos estar. No tengo mucho más que decir de esto, esperaba que la "acción repulsiva" fuera más grotesca, aunque efectivamente tiene un toque de oscuridad bastante macabro si la colocas en el contexto en el que King la acomoda. ¿Qué harías por el tiempo de hacer lo que quieres? y más importante... ¿Qué harías con tal de saldar tus deudas y no tener ningún problema nunca más?
Este libro lo leí en español y no lo "sembré" porque es de Paco :P
This is a novella (and probably even considered short by that standard; it's 112 pages).
This is the story of the only baseball player to ever be removed from the history books and why. "Blockade Billy" is a rookie catcher with a secret--a big one.
I think I would've liked this a lot more if I were a baseball fan. (As far as sports go, baseball's the one I hate the least, but there's still a lot of baseball stuff I don't get. I feel like I should've read this with one of my coworkers who could sort of annotate things for me.)
Still, definitely a fun story.
This is the story of the only baseball player to ever be removed from the history books and why. "Blockade Billy" is a rookie catcher with a secret--a big one.
I think I would've liked this a lot more if I were a baseball fan. (As far as sports go, baseball's the one I hate the least, but there's still a lot of baseball stuff I don't get. I feel like I should've read this with one of my coworkers who could sort of annotate things for me.)
Still, definitely a fun story.
It’s a known fact that Stephen King is a big baseball fan, and possibly one of the biggest Red Sox fans (if you doubt this, just read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon). After the mighty tome of Under the Dome and with a four-novella book called Full Dark, No Stars due out in November, there’s another little story King is releasing to keep fans occupied. Blockade Billy is a short, little book – just over a hundred pages – about baseball that is a perfect read for the start of summer and America’s favorite sport.
Way back when, in the early days of baseball when the players weren’t making much money and it was all about the rule and the game and the sport, the Titans of New Jersey had a bad start to the new season. Their everyday catcher, while driving drunk, killed a woman and is in prison, while their scrawny beanpole of a backup catcher is mowed down in a play at the plate and ends up in the hospital. Then the Titans find a young rookie from Iowa, William Blakely.
Blakely is strange character – in that great Stephen King way – who does an impressive job catching and hitting to boot. At his first big play at the plate, Billy tags the runner out as the man flies over the catcher and is left with a sliced Achilles heel, never play properly again. But Blakely wins the team and the fans over in that first game, as well as others to come. He starts hitting balls out of the park, doing a great job of catching, and making some great plays at the plate. The nickname – Blockade Billy – sticks and a legend is born.
The season continues and while the Titans don’t win every game, they do well and Blockade Billy continues to wow the crowds and the team. Then a terrible secret is discovered. About Blakely. His career is over; the Titan’s games are stricken from the record, and every effort is made to eradicate the name of William Blakely from history.
The story is told in third person to King from the former third-base coach, now in his old age, who remembers this high time of baseball and the infamous memory that was Blockade Billy. King writes it in his colloquial, easy to read style, slowly giving out the details and keeping the reader completely hooked, needing to know what the story is behind Blockade Billy. But I’m not going to give that away here; you’ll have to read the book to find out.
For more book reviews and exclusive author interviews, go to BookBanter.
Way back when, in the early days of baseball when the players weren’t making much money and it was all about the rule and the game and the sport, the Titans of New Jersey had a bad start to the new season. Their everyday catcher, while driving drunk, killed a woman and is in prison, while their scrawny beanpole of a backup catcher is mowed down in a play at the plate and ends up in the hospital. Then the Titans find a young rookie from Iowa, William Blakely.
Blakely is strange character – in that great Stephen King way – who does an impressive job catching and hitting to boot. At his first big play at the plate, Billy tags the runner out as the man flies over the catcher and is left with a sliced Achilles heel, never play properly again. But Blakely wins the team and the fans over in that first game, as well as others to come. He starts hitting balls out of the park, doing a great job of catching, and making some great plays at the plate. The nickname – Blockade Billy – sticks and a legend is born.
The season continues and while the Titans don’t win every game, they do well and Blockade Billy continues to wow the crowds and the team. Then a terrible secret is discovered. About Blakely. His career is over; the Titan’s games are stricken from the record, and every effort is made to eradicate the name of William Blakely from history.
The story is told in third person to King from the former third-base coach, now in his old age, who remembers this high time of baseball and the infamous memory that was Blockade Billy. King writes it in his colloquial, easy to read style, slowly giving out the details and keeping the reader completely hooked, needing to know what the story is behind Blockade Billy. But I’m not going to give that away here; you’ll have to read the book to find out.
For more book reviews and exclusive author interviews, go to BookBanter.
the story was kinda rushed but overall it was a good book.