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Mr. Book just finished 1978: Baseball And America In The Disco Era, by David Krell.

This book will be published on April 1, 2025.

This was a very good look at baseball in 1978. There was plenty about the Yankees, including profiles of Reggie Jackson and Ron Guidry, the team’s historical comeback, the “Boston Massacre”, the playoff game against the Red Sox along with the postseason. It also featured other baseball highlights, such as Pete Rose, the Dodgers and much more.

In addition to baseball, the book also looked at pop culture for that year. I was interested in the book solely for the baseball aspects, but still found a bunch of the culture stuff interesting too.

I give this book an A. It is the fifth book that I have read by this author and his second A (The New York Yankees In Popular Culture).

Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

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Mr. Book finished reading this on December 6, 2024.