Review: More than a baseball story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2010
Which is worst, being a masochistic Cubs fan who knows your team will lose or a Boston Red Sox fan, who's team continually knocks at the door, yet can't seem to win the ultimate prize by coming out on top in the World Series?  Genius scientist and diehard Red Sox fan Greg Patterson has an opinion and decides to do something about it.  With a not-so-subtle nod to the "Back to the Future" movies Patterson sets out to fix this problem at what is generally acknowledged as the beginning, the events surrounding the trading of Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees in 1919.I'm no sports guy, but found the story easy to follow despite that.  Most with even a passing acquaintance to sport will have picked up enough baseball facts to follow that part.  But at its heart "Turning Back the Clock" is more than a simple fantasy/sci-fi novel or a baseball story or a glimpse at history, although it is all of those.  It's also a lesson in doing the right thing.  In seeing a need and filling it.  And a bit of a love story as well.