European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                _ Page 8hank Aarons Book pitches shutout with bad message the los Angeles times Ank Aaron baseball s All time Home run King never would have considered playing in the senior league at 57, Aaron won t even play in old timers games because they arc a too  he offers this cautionary advice in i had a Hammer which Harper Collins is promoting As Quot the definitive autobiography of the great slugger. I had a Hammer is a frustrating Book. It is an irritating Book. Lacking wit and Grace it is a hash of unappetizing grievances difficult to Swallow. The Book actually was written by Lonnie Wheeler who warns in the preface that Quot it s a delicate Book because it attempts to Deal with a Many a complaints without complaining a can to be done Lonnie a screed is a screed is a screed. Aarons grievances against baseball arc numerous have been Well publicized and often have been criticized. Aaron says his critics done to understand him Quot they say in a bitter. They say 1 have a Chip on my should i that i read racism into every phrase and discrimination into every decision a if you re Black you be got a Bitch against White society. But if you beat the Odds and achieve Success  there be a useful lesson Learned a positive message to be passed on Aaron and Wheeler offer none. Aarons career is a testament to skill per other and base Bab great Hank Aaron i a pensive mood. Sis tence stamina and deter mat ton but his claim that he was Quot chosen by god to do he lord s work suggests that he son a pseudo biblical ego trip. And when he boasts that Quot one of the Best things i did for Black society was to run a Bowling tournament a he trivializes his Mission Aaron s chief complaint to that Black big leagues have a Tough time getting jobs in baseball when their careers Are Over so do Whites believe it or not. There Are few Job they Are nor Ewy and sue demand results Quot Aaron did get an eco ouzo Pei non. R inning the Adana braves farm Maem f fad he been As Good a a get no few id Diar Jav As he was on the Field he could baud Madis a More telling Point there have been a Doz we Hoove about Aaron s life. I had a Hammer x  or amp a   murder in or Llcy Field by crabby Evers. Bantam 244 pp., $3.95 murder is written by two Guys who apparently know just about everything about the Chicago cubs and about the species of scribe that tends to cover baseball. The two authors have chosen the pen name crabby Evers a As in tinker to Evers to Chance baseball people figure everybody who a anybody knows about that classic double play combination but even the most dedicated cubs fan is bound to learn something new Here since they be included enough lore to fill dozens of baseball cards. As the , the excuse for letting these two Guys do their loveable curmudgeon act is a murder mystery. The Pitcher who is supposed to take the cubs All the Way is shot beneath the stands and the baseball commissioner turns to a retired Chicago sports columnist when the police Don t seem to be getting anywhere. He teams with his gorgeous Young Niece to poke into the off Field jives of the suspects. Of course they come through in the ninth inning and the Niece hints that Unk May have found a new career for his retirement. Crabbe Evers have made a great Start an indication that if they turn this into a series they re bound to have a better Chance at the Pennant than the cubs. Shafton Mil left a United press International skin deep by Timothy Hallman Dutton. 320 up. $13,95 Simeon grist follows the Best traditions of the Angeles hard boiled private investigator Toby vane the to Star grist n hired to watch m skin Litty is a bit of a stereotype him a if he a a baby faced beautify whose Vaty at any Govert time is Likely to contain More pharmaceuticals than your neighbourhood drugstore. 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