A review by yulelogue
Let's Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks by Doug Wilson

3.0

Too many digressions for my taste. Content about Banks is good. But there are large chunks that go into the make up of the Cubs, Phil Wrigley, Leo Durocher and the collapse in 1969 to the New York Mets. Although the author does try to connect Banks’ experience to these people and events, I don’t feel it was properly explored to the depth worthy of a biography. More than a few times I checked the title of the book assuming it was about the Cubs and not Banks. I also think there could have been more details about his relationships including his parents, siblings and the wives that were sort of cut out from the book. He was a complicated character, clearly, but there’s no attempt to even theorize why.