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Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own – by Mike Greenberg

Posted on 04/14/2023 by Mark

When I saw this book, I wasn’t sure what it was about, but I still proceeded to read it. I guess, you can say, I was intrigued by the title and the author.

The title, Got Your Number, hits close to home as for almost 20 years, I was a high school football statistician, so numbers were my thing. Plus, I enjoyed scanning the official NBA guides which was filled with stats of all kinds.

As for Mike Greenberg, I watched him on ESPN and would often have Mike and Mike playing in the background while I got ready for work in the mornings.

So, basically, the premise for this book is he took the numbers 1 through 100 and assigned an athlete or a team to represent each number either by their jersey number or the year that that athlete or team accomplished something magnificent. It was a few pages for each number, but those pages were filled with numbers.

The majority of teams and athletes, I knew of, but some I had no clue. I did like trying to guess who the next number would be, and I was wrong most of the time.

By the time I got to 80, I was tired of reading it, but I still managed to complete it. It was just a bit much for my little brain.

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Hi, I am Mark. I started writing in 2011 about high school football, daddy blogging since 2015, and reviewing books since 2023. My writing style is unique, my sense of humor is a little crazy, and I’m not embarrassed to share any of it. You can email me at thedadspeaks@icloud.com.

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