I just finished reading 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal. Yes the actor. It's the story of his childhood and growing up. Billy lost his father at age 15, I lost mine at age 24. Billy has an extreme love for baseball as do I so I've always had a connection with him one could say.
His book is excellent!! It's a fast easy read, and it will make you smile, laugh, cry, and most important laugh some more. (Yes I'm man enough to admit I cried, the chapter where he loses his dad was very tough to read)
He took the title from approximatly the number of Sundays he got to spend with his father, because that was the important day of the week for them. I highly recommend reading this if you have the slightest interest.
That's it just wanted to jot those thoughts down.
-Mark