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The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

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The Catcher Was a Spy

De: Nicholas Dawidoff
Narrado por: Jeff Kramer
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The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for the OSS during World War II. Here, Dawidoff provides "a careful and sympathetic biography" ( Chicago Sun-Times) of this enigmatic man.©1994 Nicholas Dawidoff (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Béisbol y Sóftbol Deportes Ejército y Guerra Guerras y Conflictos Histórico Militar Política y Activismo Políticos Segunda Guerra Mundial Espionaje Guerra Chicago Baseball Spy
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I only discovered this book after someone shared a short article about Moe Berg and I decided I wanted to know "Moe".

Another review complained about the incessant interruption of baseball statistics, but I found that to be pertinent in describing Berg's career ups and downs. Plus, I love statistics as any real fan does. But, honestly, they are neither a distraction nor overwhelming for even a novice fan of the game.

Where the other review did get the book right was the later half. Although I didn't stop listening nor was I tempted, the entire last half of the book focused on the rest of Berg's life; the part that wasn't about Baseball or Espionage. Berg lived a life of a Vagabond after WWII, living off the good will of others who thoroughly enjoyed his company and stories. However, the book becomes rather dull, much like Berg's repetitious stories that became tiresome after hearing it over and over again. For that, the story received a four star rating from me.

The first half of the book is really the heart and soul of this story. Regardless of the veracity of Moe's anecdotes as well as his proficiency as a baseball player, this is an inimitable tale of an eccentric, yet interesting person.

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Fascinating and very well researched biography. Narrator handles it very well. Was made into a movie that came out in 2018.

Excellent

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Very interesting book. yet a sad, almost tragic life which was a life in which berg frritted away the last third, sans happiness, sans love, sans joy.

The catcher was a spy

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The catcher was a spy
Tracing this you might even know why
He carried a gun to shoot down Germans
And some are Horst
And some were Herman’s

Excellent

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Mow Berg was a hot mess. I could have lived without learning the details of his sad life.

Sad and depressing

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The brainiest guy in baseball who also worked for OSS during WW2
An interesting character but not worth a whole book

Interesting person fair book

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for a book about a highly educated man who spoke several languages it is beyond me why Audible picked a narrator that was not up to the task. this man mispronounced literally hundreds of words. it was hard to pay attention to the story because of this jarring set mispronunciations.

As for the story, it should have been drastically edited. it was fairly interesting in the first third and then tapered off into banality for the remainder.

horrible narration!

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If you are interested in Moe Berg, this is a great book. Just throw out the last chapter with all of its psychological belittling of Mr. Berg.

Excellent, except for the last chapter

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If you watched the movie and then thought you knew Moe Berg:s story you are just as wrong as I was. The movie didn't do this man justice. This book gives a farm better representation of Moe Berg. This book gives you a true sense of his personality, quirks, obsessions and who this eccentric and interesting man really was.

Very interesting Read - Way Better Representation Than the Movie

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Audible needs to go and edit thus production. There are numerous times that the narrator repeats sections.

Need some editing

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