Day 38 The Cactus League

If you want to read details about fastballs, double plays, 6-4-3 plays, or other details of playing a game, then you should read a book about baseball proper. Nemens book is a character driven set of linked short stories about people connected with one professional baseballteam in Arizona. The characters include a single mother who works at a concession stand, an organist, a teenager on the cusp of breaking into the major leagues, and Jason Goodyear -- a multimillionaire star who's life is now being consumed by gambling. If you enjoy reading slow stories about flawed characters with well written sentences, then The Cactus League is recommended.