Book Review of The Entitld By Frank Deford

Posted by admin on February 12, 2009 under Book Reviews | Be the First to Comment

I thought I would take a break from the Alex Rodriguez to write about a different baseball scandal. Luckily, this one is fictional. I just finished reading The Entitled by Frank Deford. It’s not exactly about the Yankees, but it is about baseball which almost always means something that I want to read. I thought I would do a quick review of the book before I go back to the very real steroids scandal.

The story is about a manager of the Cleveland Indians who is about to be fired until the day he’s going to be let go, the story is that star outfielder on the team was arrested and charged with rape.

The manager, Howie Travler has spent years struggling through the minors as a player, then a manager. He’s finally given a shot at the big leages as a manager. The team has one goodyear, but when the team starts to go downhill, the ownership starts looking to fire the manager.

The star player, Jay Alczar is the player who every thing comes naturally for – playing baseball, women, etc. Howie has had to mange his sometimes diva like personality on the field and now he’s forced to help manage him through this crisis to save his job.

It’s a quick and light read, perfect for between reading the Yankee Years and the Selena Roberts book about A-Rod that comes out later this year.

Overall, I liked it. It seemed to be a very realistic portrayal of the managers on and off the field. There were a couple of pretty wild things that just seemed to unreal to me, but for the most part it was a very engaging read.