SWING AND A HIT Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me

Paul O'Neill is remembered by baseball fans as a passionate, hard-nosed competitor, and that spirit comes through in Jack Curry's narration of his memoir. Curry, who was also O'Neill's coauthor, must have absorbed some of the intensity of the five-time World Series champion. His performance is well paced and delivered with the confidence of a sportscaster, and his familiarity with the game means he never mispronounces a name or sounds like he's encountering a baseball term for the first time. But there's also enough warmth in Curry's voice to capture the emotion O'Neill expresses when he moves away from talking about hitting and reflects on his family, and on his best and worst moments in uniform. D.B. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2022]