The Might Have Been (Hardcover) by Joseph M Schuster

from walterqchocobo

Like many other reviewers, I am typically not a fan of baseball themed books (I think The Natural ruined my taste for these). This was a well-written but mostly depressing story about a minor league baseball player, Edward Everett, who gets his chance to play in the big leagues for a couple weeks...

from DMO

There are many books about baseball that convey the magic of the game, the feeling of being suspended in a moment when you are either playing or watching and nothing else seems to matter. Parts of this book did indeed convey those magical moments, but even more than that the book showed the unfor...

from yankeesfan1

Big baseball fan here, so the appeal of this book was obvious to me. I found it to be an enjoyable read, a good reminder of the long road that baseball players travel to get to the big leagues, and the many who don't make it. The characters are very well written and intriguing, and I think the bo...

from Mike_Buckley

"The Might-Have Been" is a book about minor-league baseball. Or is it? Joe Schuster's first novel is set in the world of baseball, but it could have just as well been set in any number of professions. As the title suggests, it's a book about what might have been. While baseball is the backdrop, i...

from michigantrumpet

I've loved baseball ever since my father taught me to keep score in the upper deck bleachers of Tiger Stadium. I love it in all of its forms from the World Series to MLB Spring Training to the Minor Leagues to college ball and the Cap Cod League down to Little League. I've been there for it all b...