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David Wright A Baseball Star Who Cares

This series is titled “Sports Stars Who Care,” but what does that mean?  Care about what?  I was really expecting to read about a Roberto Clemente type of person, someone who has the ability to help those less fortunate, isn’t that what caring implies?  David Wright is a NY Mets baseball player who is, most likely, on his way to the Hall of Fame.  He is a talented, exciting, competitive player to watch.  Maybe that’s what this series should be titled, “Exciting Players to Watch.”  But the book is mainly about his successes and how he grew up in a family where the dad was the coach and grandpa got him started with the love of the game.  Sounds like a movie.  But in the series about caring athletes, where is the evidence of caring?  In a total of 48 pages, page 48 is an index, page 47 is ‘Read More’ with internet sites, page 46 is a glossary, page 45 is career statistics, page 43 is a large photo, and finally on page 42 in one paragraph, 32 words, which states that he started he own charity focusing on research for multiple sclerosis.  32 words out of 48 pages–that’s the extent of his caring.  The rest is all about how great he is.  Oh, please!  Thank goodness there isn’t anything negative about his life that young, impressionable readers will pick up on–but couldn’t this have been titled, “David Wright A Baseball Star Who Loves the Game!”