Reviews of Baseball and the Baby Boomer
"To Talmage - A Hall of Fame Book" (signed) Carl Yastrzemski
"That's because Boston (author of the 2005 book 1939: Baseball's Tipping Point) does a superb job of striking a chord with baseball fans of the last several decades by pushing the right buttons..."
-- Allen Barra, nationally renowned sportswriter (March 28, 2009)
"Talmage Boston, a trial lawyer and baseball historian, is at the top of his game in this terrific tome that has detailed essays and strong opinions..."
--HARVEY FROMMER, author of sports books
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"A booming homer to right field, right where Maris would have put it."
-- TOM HOFFARTH, LA Times, farther off the wall (April 17, 2009)
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"This is an enjoyable book that drips with the loving emotion of a lifetime baseball fan..."
-- RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN (April 19, 2009)
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"Boston writes today with the same passion he had for the game when his thoughtful father guided him to Cooperstown while a senior in high school to avoid an embarrassing honeymoon."
-- SID DORFMAN, New Jersey Sports
""Opening Boston's book is a bit like wandering in on a good sports discussion in a bar. After you leave, you feel you've not only learned something, but also been honored to be in the company of those telling their tales."
-- ROBERT FRANCIS, Fort Worth Business Press
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"But, it’s a well researched, somewhat uniquely constructed and a very pleasant reading experience - whether you’re a Baby Boomer or not. If you’re a baseball fan, and enjoy reading about it, I recommend that you consider checking out this book."
-- STEVE LOMBARDI, WasWatching.com (March 15, 2009)
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"Different players are heroes to different people. Talmage's selection of principals about whom he chose to write -- from Jackie Robinson to Bart Giamatti -- reveals what matters to him probably better than any traditional Rorschach test ever would. He seems to be at his most passionate -- and good for him -- in defending the feats of Roger Maris and Nolan Ryan from the ravages of the steroid era. But then it's natural that we are invariably more impressed with the players of our youth. They seem to us to be bigger in every way then, and surely more indelible."
-- FRANK DEFORD, from his Foreword, Six time National Sportswriter of the Year, Commentator, National Public Radio
"When I opened Baseball and the Baby Boomer in the first time, my expectations were high for another great baseball history book by Talmage. But more than just history, when I read it, I began to think I was reading a love story -- love of the game, love for its heroes, and love for the values and lessons the game has taught the Baby Boomer generation."
--LOU BROCK, from his Preface, Baseball Hall of Famer
"Talmage Boston's new book is a powerful statement of what baseball has meant to America's fans since World War II -- in the Civil Rights movement, the television era, the challenges to the game's integrity, and the binding of one generation to the next."
--TIM McCARVER, Fox television analyst, Former major league catcher
"Baseball has brought great joy to the life of Talmage Boston, and that joy washed over me as I devoured his book. Baseball and the Baby Boomer perfectly evokes the shared memories of our generation, but speaks to all generations of fans who find pleasure and meaning in baseball."
-- DAVID MARANISS, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Author, Clemente: the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
"Talmage Boston really loves and cares about baseball, and it shows in every page of his new book. I was especially taken by his chapter on John Grisham."
-- TIM KURKJIAN, ESPN baseball analyst, Author, Is This A Great Game, or What?
"Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, Talmage Boston brings new life to our Grand Old Game in Baseball and the Baby Boomer"
-- DAN SHAUGHNESSY, The Boston Globe sports columnist, Author, Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball
"Talmage Boston is a passionate baseball fan and historian. In his book, Baseball and the Baby Boomer, Boston infuses the game of baseball with a strong dose of humanity, integrity, and personal insight. After reading the chapter on my father, I sent Talmage an email saying: "Superb!"
-- SHARON ROBINSON, Vice Chairperson, Jackie Robinson Foundation, Author, Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
"Equal parts passionate fan and clear-eyed historian, Talmage Boston is perfectly equipped to guide us through baseball's rollicking last half-century, as it has changed all the time yet somehow stayed the same."
-- ROB NEYER, ESPN.com baseball columnist, Author, Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends