6/26/2023 0 Comments The Last Headbangers by Kevin Cook![]() ![]() In Art's later years, Kevin phoned him almost every night to talk baseball. Framing The Dad Report is the story of Kevin Cook's own father, Art Cook, a minor-league pitcher, a loveable rogue with a wicked screwball. Buddy Bell leads a generation of big-leaguers determined to open their workplace-the clubhouse-to their kids. Ike Davis and his father, a former Yankee, debate whether Ike should pitch or play first base. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dan Haren regrets the long road trips that keep him from his kids. In visiting these legendary families, Cook discovers that ball-playing families are a lot like our own. Michael Jordan walks away from basketball to play minor-league baseball-to fulfill his father's dream. Aaron Boone follows grandfather Bob, father Ray, and brother Bret to the majors-three generations of All-Stars. Cook takes us inside the clubhouses, homes, and lives of many of the greats. Almost two hundred father-son pairs have played in the big leagues. In The Dad Report, award-winning sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons-from the sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father-share the game. Baseball honors legacies-from cheering the home team to breaking in an old glove handed down from father to son. ![]()
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