This was 18 kinds of depressing. Wow.

Great book. Total tearjerker by the end.

Very touching! I would have loved this as a kid and thoroughly enjoyed it as an adult.

Really great read. Ending came together in a very satisfying way.

I haven't read the novel in a decade or so and I cannot bring myself to watch the television show. This was a really good visual representation of the novel. The art is beautiful.

This was a little precious for my tastes.

This shares a bit in common with “The Golem’s Mighty Swing,” another terrific GN by James Sturm. Both books are about minority traveling baseball teams. The story was effective and moving, but it was barely about Satchel Paige. I can see why this “bait and switch” was used because I don’t know that I would have picked the book up otherwise. It is a good primer of athletics in the Jim Crow south.

I was less and less invested as the issues went on.