Is This a Great Game, or What?, by Tim Kurkjian is an excellent baseball book for baseball fans. George F. Will of the New York Times says it “is like a leisurely lunch with Tim.” When you read this book, that is exactly how you feel. Kurkjian collects baseball stories throughout his career. If you read this book you will find yourself quoting stories from the book.
I really love the human element of baseball that is shown in this book and it is not just the human element of the players that Kurkjian shows. He shows the human elements of the media, of the managers, of the fans, of fanatics and of Baseball Analysts of TV.
At the start, the book is a claim of why Baseball is the best sport, to which Kurkjian provides a superfluous examples. This turns into the only negative aspect of the book, as this arguement pops up again alot. But when I say negative, I was really searching for something in this book that I didn't like. This really is an excellent baseball book. If you are a baseball fan, you need to read this book.
