Get Up, Baby!: My Seven Decades With the St. Louis Cardinals
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Author：Mike Shannon
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Jake，
If you are taking the time to read reviews on this book， it is for you。 If you have never heard of Mike Shannon and Rick Hummel， it is most definitely not for you。
Bill Pence，
In this enjoyable book， Mike Shannon shares stories about his life as an athlete and his 50 years in the St。 Louis Cardinals’ broadcast booth。 The book was written with Baseball Hall of Famer Rick Hummel， who has covered baseball for the St。 Louis Post-Dispatch for 50 years。 Many will not know Shannon was an incredible athlete。 Although he went into professional baseball， he is the only athlete to have won the best high school basketball player and best football player awards in the state of Mis In this enjoyable book， Mike Shannon shares stories about his life as an athlete and his 50 years in the St。 Louis Cardinals’ broadcast booth。 The book was written with Baseball Hall of Famer Rick Hummel， who has covered baseball for the St。 Louis Post-Dispatch for 50 years。 Many will not know Shannon was an incredible athlete。 Although he went into professional baseball， he is the only athlete to have won the best high school basketball player and best football player awards in the state of Missouri in the same year。 Shannon was an outfielder when he got to the major leagues with the Cardinals in 1962， but much of his time ended up being spent at third base。 He played in three World Series， and hit a home run in each series。 Shannon had to retire as a Cardinals player at age 31 due to a serious kidney ailment （nephritis）。 When Harry Caray left as one of the Cardinals’ broadcasters， Shannon was hired by KMOX radio。 He would remain in that position for 50 years， retiring after the 2021 season， at 82 years of age。 Shannon is known for his many “Shannonisms” He acknowledges that he’s had some “head-scratching lines” over the years， but writes that there was always a method behind his madness。 The title of the book is from his call for home runs， specifically from his call on Mark McGwire’s 70th on the final day of the 1998 season。 It was a line drive that barely cleared the left-field wall。 In addition to being a player and a broadcaster， Shannon has also owned a number of restaurants， including one nearby Busch Stadium II in downtown St。 Louis。 That was where his popular Live from Shannon’s show would be broadcast from on Friday and Saturday nights after Cardinal home games。 I enjoyed listening to that show many times on the long ride home on I-55 late at night after attending a game。 Shannon writes that it was those shows， along with conversations he had with people during rain delays， that are the things he most enjoyed about his 50 years in broadcasting。 Shannon is outspoken in his opinions， about major league baseball， indicating that baseball doesn’t need all the changes that are being made， and the high cost for a family to come to a game。 He writes “I just tell the truth。 I’ve always been me。 Period。 Take it or leave it。 You get what you get with me。 I don’t sugarcoat anything。” I enjoyed reading about Shannon’s picks for baseball’s all-time team， as well as his all-time Cardinals team。 I also enjoyed the thoughts about Shannon from others （Tony LaRussa， Tim McCarver， Joe Buck， Bob Uecker， Vin Scully and many more）， that are included at the end of each chapter。 Many share their desire that he be in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a broadcaster。 He is a member of the Cardinals Hall of Fame。 Shannon writes about his six children， his first wife Judy， who died of brain cancer in 2007 after 48 years of marriage and his second wife Lori。 Shannon contracted COVID in October， 2020， and was in the hospital for 15 days。 He writes that the virus has stripped him of much of his vibrancy， and he now walks with a cane。 This is a book that will be enjoyed by Cardinals fans who watched Shannon play and listened to him in the broadcast booth for 50 years。 。。。more
