Called Up: Stories of Life and Faith from the Great Game of Baseball

by Dave Dravecky and Mike Yorkey

Book Overview

During eight seasons of major league baseball, pitcher Dave Dravecky learned more than the importance of getting ahead in the count or wasting a pitch when he had the batter in the hole with an 0-2... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031025230X
• ISBN13: 9780310252306
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting, humorous and inspiring

My 13 year old son not only declares this as the best devotional book he's read, but he also claims it to be the best book of sports stories he's read. I think he finds the "unexpected" among the stories. He took the book along to camp and shared with his peers the funny and inspiring quotes and bits of trivia, which prompted conversation in those awkward moments among "strangers". My husband is currently reading it and my brother-in-law has asked to be next in line, which means this book spans a generation of baseball lovers. My son tells me to keep my eye open for other publications by Dave Dravecky.

Excellent Reading

If you are a christian and love baseball, I highly recommend this book. It's almost like sitting in your living room chatting with Dave Dravecky about baseball, life and christianity. Takes baseball players and issues past and present and puts a christian spin on it. I'm not a big reader, but I couldn't put this book down.

Entertaining

Well this really wasn't a "life-changin" kind of book but it was very entertaining. I am a big baseball fan and I absolutely loved Dave's baseball stories from a christian perspective. It's got some great stories about different players and a good perspective on being a christian in the major leagues. If you are a fan of sports then I definately recommend this one.