Kirjailijakuva

Jorge Posada

Teoksen Play Ball! tekijä

5 teosta 233 jäsentä 4 arvostelua

Tietoja tekijästä

Jorge Posada made his major league debut in 1995. He was a five-time All-Star and won five Silver Slugger Awards and five World Series with the New York Yankees. He retired at the end of the 2011 season, and now works as a guest instructor at the Yankees' spring training camp. Jorge and his wife, näytä lisää Laura Posada, have two children, Jorge Luis and Paulina, and live in Florida. näytä vähemmän

Tekijän teokset

Merkitty avainsanalla

Yleistieto

Sukupuoli
male

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

I really enjoyed reading this and getting to know the personal life of one of my favorite Yankees and his wife. I loved that they both took turns telling their story and had little blurbs from other people put in the middle. It's such a sweet story and makes you stop for a second and think about how we take things for granted. I recommend for baseball lovers, Yankee fans or people who want children!
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
IntrovertedBooks | Mar 26, 2018 |
I used to enjoy these memoirs but, like Mariano Rivera's, this one did little for me. Maybe it's because Posada is one of those what you see is what you get guys. Maybe it's because his story is one of talent perfected through hard work, and maybe it's because he was never a very public fellow or a character. For Yankee diehards only, I'd say after reading it.
½
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
nmele | Nov 3, 2015 |
There was a general lack of flow that I couldn't get past in this book. It seemed like a series of moments that didn't really share a narrative thread. I don't know if changing the organization of the pages would have helped, but it seemed like too many ideas were thrown in without enough concern for their order. Each event in the story is described vividly and I was interested, but I couldn't follow from one page to the next. I didn't get the Yankee Stadium part at all. I imagine it was inserted to appease the Yankee fans that are almost undoubtedly the target audience, but it didn't connect to what was happening around it. It seemed like an interruption to the story. I don't think I'd recommend this to my baseball fans unless they were really interested in Jorge Posada or the Yankees.… (lisätietoja)
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
matthewbloome | 1 muu arvostelu | May 19, 2013 |
Summary: This book is about Jorge Posada who played for the Yankees as a catcher. Jorge's Dad is trying to teach him to be a switch hitter, which is to be able to hit on his left or right side. Jorge struggles with this but keeps practicing and never gives up. He doesn't understand at first why his coach and Dad insist that this is so important to learn but soon finds out in an important game against a rival team who is Dad coaches. He ends up learning how to switch hit and it benefits him.

Personal Reaction: I enjoyed reading this book. It describes how important persistence is and how if you want something bad enough you have to work for it. In the book Jorge has a dream to play in the Yankee stadium and he eventually does thanks to his hard work.

Classroom Extension Ideas: This book could be used to introduce many different kinds of sports, different careers, or a lesson on practice.
… (lisätietoja)
 
Merkitty asiattomaksi
ginaolivas | 1 muu arvostelu | Oct 23, 2011 |

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Tilastot

Teokset
5
Jäseniä
233
Suosituimmuussija
#96,932
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.3
Kirja-arvosteluja
4
ISBN:t
22
Kielet
1

Taulukot ja kaaviot