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| Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mike Lowell, Rob Bradford
Creator: Josh Beckett
Publisher: Celebra Hardcover
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 61213
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0451225554
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780451225559
ASIN: 0451225554
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEW - IT IS NEW - It is in its NEW dust cover, and it is without a remainder mark
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| Customer Reviews:
 Thank You May 19, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have read many books about various topics, baseball being one of my favorite. "Deep Drive" is an inspirational story about an inspirational player whose core values are to be admired. From the struggles with cancer to the joy of the World Championship and Series MVP, it is truly a special story.The book is worth reading for all baseball fans not just Red Sox Nation.
 great guy, great story, poor book June 5, 2008
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Mike Lowell is an example of a wonderful guy with an unbelievable story. But the book seems like it was rushed to publication and is basically all fluff. It has tons of errors and some passages just don't make any sense at all. I spent 20 minutes on a paragraph once trying to figure out what happened and I never did. Sometimes stories start and drop out before completed.
I don't blame Lowell, who is a ballplayer not a writer. I blame the ghostwriter Rob Bradford, who is a professional journalist in Boston and should know better. I suspect he and the editors/publishers rushed this to print and it shows. The paperback will probably be much better. But even with the novice mistakes fixed, the way the stories are told are just flat and carry none of the intensity that they should have. These are amazing stories! But they are written blandly.
For a good baseball book, check out David Wells' book.
 Both heartwarming and funny! July 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book makes you truly admire Mike Lowell for everything he's accomplished on and off the field. There are moments, where he talks about his cancer diagnosis, and his concerns for his wife and his newborn daughter, and all of a sudden you're on the verge of tears. Then he cracks a joke about Terry "Tito" Francona or David Ortiz, and you find yourself laughing nonstop.
I don't get into books very often, but I thought this one was great!
DEEP DRIVE - DEEP INSIGHT TO A GREAT MAN August 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
THIS BY FAR IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING. FOR ANY TRUE RED SOX FAN, THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ. EVERYTIME I WATCH MY RED SOX PLAY AND MIKE IS UP TO BAT AND HE HAS TWO STRIKES - I WANT TO SAY TO HIM - REMEMBER WIFFLE BALL MIKE, WIFFLE BALL. READ THE BOOK AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND!
DEEP DRIVE July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book very informative. It gave me a better understanding of just what people will do & go through to become who they were meant to be.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in looking beyond the glamour...
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