Comments on: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Tue, 21 May 2013 08:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Eddie Lee Whitson KO http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/#comment-83022 Eddie Lee Whitson KO Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:08:41 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=60244#comment-83022 There's a difference between "not finding dirt" and "not finding a story" - at least one that we haven't already heard/read/seen before. Perhaps this book was written too soon? And by the wrong person? There’s a difference between “not finding dirt” and “not finding a story” – at least one that we haven’t already heard/read/seen before.
Perhaps this book was written too soon? And by the wrong person?

]]> By: The Hawk http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/#comment-83021 The Hawk Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:50:36 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=60244#comment-83021 I can't find much fault with what the reviewer is criticizing. I can’t find much fault with what the reviewer is criticizing.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/#comment-83020 RagingTartabull Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:12:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=60244#comment-83020 for the life of me I can't imagine this book being good. that being said if I see it for $8 at Strand a year from now, I'm sure I'll get it. for the life of me I can’t imagine this book being good.

that being said if I see it for $8 at Strand a year from now, I’m sure I’ll get it.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/#comment-83019 Alex Belth Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:22:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=60244#comment-83019 1) Interestingly, that's the theme of Jonathan Eig's review of George Vecsey's new Stan Musial book. http://nyti.ms/mLHu0D 1) Interestingly, that’s the theme of Jonathan Eig’s review of George Vecsey’s new Stan Musial book.

http://nyti.ms/mLHu0D

]]> By: rbj http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/06/06/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/#comment-83018 rbj Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:33:41 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=60244#comment-83018 "Sandomir notes that the darkness never arrives perhaps because it doesn’t exist. The book is dutifully researched, he writes, but “O’Connor rarely elevates his material beyond a narrative about Jeter’s greatness as a man and player. A straightforward storyteller, he gods up his subject without irony, detachment or recognition of the hyperbole that comes with so much positive testimony.”" Maybe because there isn't a "darker" side to Derek? Why do we have to make people be more complicated than they are? Sure there are Bing Crosbys, with a public persona and a much worse private one, but that's not everyone. Derek's always wanted to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, was blessed with the talent and worked hard to make that dream come true. He's enjoyed his bachelorhood as a World Series winning NYY player, with no scandals erupting. Can't we just leave it at that? “Sandomir notes that the darkness never arrives perhaps because it doesn’t exist. The book is dutifully researched, he writes, but “O’Connor rarely elevates his material beyond a narrative about Jeter’s greatness as a man and player. A straightforward storyteller, he gods up his subject without irony, detachment or recognition of the hyperbole that comes with so much positive testimony.””

Maybe because there isn’t a “darker” side to Derek? Why do we have to make people be more complicated than they are? Sure there are Bing Crosbys, with a public persona and a much worse private one, but that’s not everyone. Derek’s always wanted to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees, was blessed with the talent and worked hard to make that dream come true. He’s enjoyed his bachelorhood as a World Series winning NYY player, with no scandals erupting. Can’t we just leave it at that?

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