A review by brookiet1220
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

This account of Jackie Robinson’s rookie season is perfect for baseball fans and sports historians alike.  The descriptions of how his teammates and other players reacted to his entry into the league and interacted with him while were not shocking. Not to lessen  that Dixie Walker was racist, his acceptance and eventual friendship with Robinson exemplifies how humans can change.  Politics is sprinkled throughout the novel, but the last 5% discusses it the most.  Recently I read Eig’s biography of MLK Jr and preferred his narration style over this narrator’s.  
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