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HOW SOME PLAYERS FIND A STATE OF DIAMOND CLARITY...
| My copy of Flamethrowers: Carlton & Gossage, by Bill Gutman, (Photo by Mark C. Taylor) |
Why did I recently read the baseball book Flamethrowers: Carlton & Gossage, by Bill Gutman, when it was probably intended for 6th graders?
Well, because Steve Carlton is my favorite baseball player.
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When I found Flamethrowers in a box of books marked 50 cents at one of my favorite used bookstores, I had to get it. There was a book about Steve Carlton that I didn&#;t even know about!
As you can tell from the title, Flamethrowers focuses on two pitchers who ended up in the Hall of Fame: Steve Carlton and Rich &#;Goose&#; Gossage.
Bill Gutman tells us their backstories and takes us through their careers, year by year. Flamethrowers is written well, for what it is, and although I don&#;t think Gutman interviewed either Steve Carlton or Goose Gossage for the book, he sprinkles it with quotes from newspapers and other sources.
(I&#;m assuming Gutman used other sources,