I particularly like that the reviewer is in agreement with what I wrote here as I was putting the book together; I knew that the book I was writing was not definitive and in-depth, and I've stated as much many times.
I'm not using that as an excuse at all. I knew what the book was, which is why I agree with the critic.
I agree that the subject deserves much more, but as I confessed I have neither the resources nor the energy (nor the interest) to write such a book.
One might ask, well, why bother to write a book at all if you know it's not going to be comprehensively pleasing to people? Fair question. I wish I knew the answer.
Perhaps it's just because I felt compelled to write and publish something, which I guess is a base instinct in these times. I should probably check myself before I try anything quite so stupid again.
Re: the "inaccuracies" of how the end of baseball came in Portland, I wrote from an observer's standpoint. It looked to me like the powers-that-be couldn't get a deal done for a baseball stadium in Portland. Since there is no stadium in Portland I guess I got that part correct, at least.
Now if there is somebody else I should have blamed other than those the public might deem responsible, so be it.
Hey, this is the book's first review at Amazon. Keep 'em coming, folks.
TS
P.S. I think I've finally fixed all the typos, but there may be a straggler here and there.
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