Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

from debs4jc

Relates the story of Jackie Robinson, focusing on his first year in the Major Leagues. An easy enough to read narrative which brought out many previously unknown (to me anyway) facts and facets of this time period, the experiences of African Americans, and the character of Jackie Robinson. I woul...

from Stensvaag

This story about Jackie Robinson's inspirational first season was interesting, but ultimately struck me as rather dully written. It hopped about in time chronologically in ways that detracted from the flow, and ultimately left me feeling a bit let down.

from nmele

After watching the film "42" I felt the need to refresh my knowledge about Jackie Robinson and his first season. Eig relies primarily on contemporary sources from 1947 and 1948. He could have taken a debunking approach, but instead he explains the reality, and occasional lack of substance, behind...

from lateinnings

I liked this a lot. Really puts Robinson's historic season in context.

from MLieberman

Eig almost redeems himself with dramatic descriptions of games in the 1947 World Series (Bevens' near no-hitter and Gionfrido's catch) but the book is unfulfilling as a history of Robinson's first year. Eig debunks anecdotes superficially and comes close to turning Dixie Walker into a tolerant So...