The Pecan Park Eagle

“How long are you going to live with that crack in the wall?” ~ Nolan Ryan

Eight Mythical New Eighth Wonder Books By Title, Author, Purpose and Critical Comment:

1. “How Long Are You Going to Live with That Crack in The Wall?” by Nolan & Reid Ryan. ~ a Father and Son Troubleshooter Book on How to Evaluate MLB Organizations from the Top Down. Critical Media Comment: “I love baseball leadership and infrastructure repairs!”
2. “Fundamentals of Fielding, Running, and Hitting in Baseball” by Carlos Gomez. ~ “Damifino” sums up the purpose. Author’s Critical Comment: “Don’t look at me!”
3. “Crooks and Creeps Prey on the Peeps; Who Says That Voting Can’t Hurt Us?” by E. Pluribus Unum. ~ Exploring the “Evil of Two Lessers”, says Prof. Rick Bush. Critical Media Comment: “Watermelons are no longer sweet and neither are our presidential candidates.”
4. “The Pokemon Precedent” by A. Mindless Soul. ~ Whoever captures the most Pokemons between now and November 1st gets to be President. Critical Media Comment: “Could that really be more dangerous than what we are doing now?”
5.  “Sue Baseball? No way; That Would Be Like Suing the Church!” by Barry Bonds, et al. ~ Tainted by association, if not conviction of HGH use,  several past stars consider their options to passive blackballing by the HOF.  Critical Media Comment: “The convicted pedophile priests had a better chance at beating their far more horrendous and offensive charges.”
6. “How To Hit Your Way Out of a Paper Bag” by Alex Bregman ~ Hints: Make sure the paper is very thin and slightly wet before advancing to the plate. Critical Media Comment: “Nobody’s perfectly awful. Your 1 for 34 start (including an 0 for 2 extention in your first two times up in Thursday’s August 4th game) proves that point. Then you singled to center in the 6th to break the skein. ~ Way to go against that soggy thin paper bag!”
7. “Happ and Stance” by J.A. Happ ~ Blue Jays pitcher Happ describes how his early problems as a hitter made it “Happ and Stance” – not happenstance – that caused his conversion to pitching. Critical Media Comment: “It happens every spring – to somebody.”
8. “A Dummy’s Experiential Guide to Quality in Fly Paper” by Jeff Goldblum. ~ The star of the 1986 movie version of “The Fly” describes how changing the quality of your fly paper can change the world. Critical Media Comment: “I picked it up and couldn’t put it down.”

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Bill McCurdy

Publisher, Editor, Writer

The Pecan Park Eagle

Houston, Texas