Shoeless Joe

1. KINSELLA, W. P. Shoeless Joe. Ballantine books: New York: 1982 2. The story starts when Ray Kinsella, the main character, is talking about his hero Shoeless Joe Jackson who once played left field in baseball. When Ray went to the ball park he was hearing, in his head, the voice of the announcer that was saying “ If you build it, he will come.” Ray started building his dream ball park in his cornfield. He remembered the last …

…reading this book is that you don’t have to win all the time when you play sports. Most of the time, it is not the players that get blamed for a losing streak, it is the coach. The players should not get blamed for losing. Every team loses sometimes. The players don’t give up because they find something in their heart that tells them to do their best and not to give up.