Sadly, this book was not as awesome or fun as anticipated. Wilker's life doesn't seem eventful enough to merit an entire memoir, and the intriguing gimmick of using baseball cards to tie into events from his childhood isn't always pulled off successfully and sometimes is downright clumsy. I may have better appreciated the book if I was a little bit older and recognized more than a handful of the players on the cards. I did enjoy Wilker's descriptive writing about baseball that clearly demonstrates how much he loves the sport as well as the way that he provides some insight and amusing observations about the cards and the players.