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From hardworking farm boy growing up in postWWI Van Meter Iowa to theyoungest AllStar and longestlived Hall of Famer sharpwitted Bob Fellerdistills nine decades of hardearned wisdomgleaned from experiences both onand off the diamondin his new Little Blue Book of Baseball Wisdom a sequelto his bestselling Little Black Book of Baseball Wisdom. Feller writestellingly of the stars of his generation but also shares the essential virtueswhich made him so successfullife lessons he learned from his father whoeager to showcase his sons baseball talent built a field of dreams on theirIowa farm when Feller was still a teen lessons he learned fighting for hiscountry in WWII and lessons he learned subsequent to his baseball career. Ishe opinionated? You decide. When Negro League baseball star Buck ONeil failedto get voted into the Hall of Fame Feller said What the hell do thesecommittee members know about baseball? I know more about Aristotelianmetaphysics and string theory than they do about baseball. Its gems like thisthat make the Heater from Van Meter one of the most respected voices in thegame and make Bob Fellers Little Blue Book of Baseball Wisdom a book nobaseball fan of any age or any era will want to be without. «
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