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From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the question is when will the Cubs ever win a game they have to have. In October 1908, though, no one would have laughed: The Cubs were, without doubt, baseball's greatest team—the first dynasty of the 20th century. </p>
Crazy '08 recounts the 1908 season—the year when Peerless Leader Frank Chance's men went toe to toe to toe with John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's New York Giants and Honus Wagner's Pittsburgh Pirates in the greatest pennant race the National League has ever seen. The American League has its own three-cornered pennant fight, and players like Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and the egregiously crooked Hal Chase ensured that the junior circuit had its moments. But it was the National League's—and the Cubs'—year. </p>
Crazy '08, however, is not just the exciting story of a great season. It is also about the forces that created modern baseball, and the America that produced it. In 1908, crooked pols run Chicago's First Ward, and gambling magnates control the Yankees. Fans regularly invade the field to do handstands or argue with the umps; others shoot guns from rickety grandstands prone to burning. There are anarchists on the loose and racial killings in the town that made Lincoln. On the flimsiest of pretexts, General Abner Doubleday becomes a symbol of Americanism, and baseball's own anthem, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," is a hit. </p>
Picaresque and dramatic, 1908 is a season in which so many weird and wonderful things happen that it is somehow unsurprising that a hairpiece, a swarm of gnats, a sudden bout of lumbago, and a disaster down in the mines all play a role in its outcome. And sometimes the events are not so wonderful at all. There are several deaths by baseball, and the shadow of corruption creeps closer to the heart of baseball—the honesty of the game itself. Simply put, 1908 is the year that baseball grew up. </p>
Oh, and it was the last time the Cubs won the World Series. </p>
Destined to be as memorable as the season it documents, Crazy '08 sets a new standard for what a book about baseball can be. </p>
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评分我必须提到这本书在情感冲击力方面带来的震撼。它没有用廉价的煽情手法来博取同情，而是通过展现人物在极端困境下所展现出的坚韧与脆弱，来触动最深层的人类情感共鸣。那些关于友谊、背叛、牺牲的主题，被处理得无比的真实和复杂，没有绝对的好人或坏人，每个人都在自己的立场上做出了艰难的抉择。特别是主角面对宿命时的那种无力感和最终奋起反抗的瞬间，让我热泪盈眶。这种对人性的复杂性的深刻洞察，让这本书超越了一般的娱乐读物，达到了对生存状态的深刻探讨的层面。
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评分坦白说，这本书的叙事节奏把握得相当巧妙，开头部分的铺垫虽然略显缓慢，但一旦进入主线，那种力量感和紧迫感就如同洪水猛兽般席卷而来。作者似乎非常擅长玩弄读者的情绪，总能在关键时刻抛出一个让人措手不及的转折，将故事推向一个全新的高度。我特别欣赏作者对于环境氛围的渲染能力，那种压抑与希望交织的独特气质，通过精准的词汇选择和独特的句法结构，被烘托得淋漓尽致。对于那些习惯了快餐式阅读的读者来说，这本书可能需要更多的耐心去品味，但一旦你投入其中，回报是巨大的——你会发现自己被卷入了一场精心编排的思维迷宫，每解开一个谜团，都伴随着智力上的巨大满足感。
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