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 Voices of Summer: Ranking Baseball's 101 All-Time Best Announcers $15.95 Because there is really nothing like it, Smith's 'Voices of the Game' works despite the author's continual self-indulgence. The stories remain compelling even when the author is offering prose that is, at most times, numbing. Smith is the authorial version of a speaker in love with the sound of his own voice. Like his dreary MLB Blog, Smith's 'Voices of Summer' is nothing but bits and pieces of fluffy rambling rehashed, regurgitated, and spun over and over and over again. The ratings system, which Smith seems to be quite proud of, is not really all that impressive and appears to offer a weak excuse for Smith to tell readers all about his favorites. Granted, I wasn't looking for objectivity here, but why bother...just rate the voices and give us your opinion. Unfortunately, Smith's opinions are mostly incoherent blurbs in which the author mixes odd bits of old books with choppy sentences that pretend to grand eloquence. What should have been a pleasant book about a very pleasant subject was, all too often, a painful and sickening experience. Sickening? Yes. Sickening. I wanted my money back less than halfway through. I gave it one star, which was being generous since I ended up loathing this book. Worse, it actually makes the failings of 'Voices of the Game' more telling. For a former presidential speech writer, Smith is a pretentious and overly wordy author who, frankly, just isn't that good. This book was a sham and one wonders what he can offer in an upcoming biography of Mel Allen that others - more talented by far - have not already offered. Bottom line. Avoid this stinker and, if you have to read Smith, pick up 'Voices of the Game' because everything in this book is there in a more coherent and interesting format.  VIN SCULLY HALL OF FAME COMMEMORATIVE LOS ANGELES DODGERS BASEBALL GAME ANNOUNCER SPORTS UNION 76 POSTER $49.95 This is a Union Oil Company of California / Union 76 Gas Station Promotional Major League World Series Championship Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Team, Player, and Celebrity Poster of the famous Dodger Blue Broadcaster - Announcer and Hall of Fame Inductee Vin Scully! This quality matt finish Professional Baseball Commemorative Poster features a copy of Vin Scully's speech he presented upon receiving the Ford C. Frick Award during the Cooperstown, New York Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on the rear of the poster... The original artwork was created by the Grammy Award for Art Design Winning Artist Nicholas Volpe. This Premier Painter / Art Designer has done scores of Television and Cinema Production Art and Designs, leading Film and TV figures, and also has a lifetime contract to do the portraits each year of the Actor and Actress who win the Oscar Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Performance! These 8.5" x 11" realistic and detailed Promo Dodger Portraits were available for a very limited time in 1982.. The poster was commissioned exclusively by the Union Oil Company of California as a salute and tribute to the dynamic 1981 World Series Championship Winning L.A. Dodgers! They look great framed and would compliment any Dodger Fan Club Memorabilia Collection or Sports Theme Decor!  SBC SBC-40 Stand-Alone Talking Caller ID Announcer $29.95 A little bit difficult to understand, but if listen carefully can tell who is calling most of the time. Wish it repeated number and name. |
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