Book Log 2008 #1: Crazy '08 by Cait Murphy

An appropriately-titled book to start the year, it gives the lowdown on what was probably baseball's wildest year to date. The focus is more on the NL race, specifically on the Cubs and Giants, while the AL is given less attention. All of the highlights are hit, both in baseball and outside of the game, and that may be the book's biggest weakness. Some of the asides (both in self-contained chapters and in the middle of others) sometimes distracts from the baseball, to the point where you kind of forget that that's the main subject of the book.

Murphy also seems fond of old-timey baseball jargon, which I got used to after a bit.

I think I'd have liked something more focused on the baseball, but it's a good read to keep the hot stove burning.