Fuel Baseball magazine, Spring 2010 "In the tradition of The Boys of Summer , The Last Best League is about dreams fulfilled and dreams denied; it's about Cape Cod and the rites of summer; and about the way one small town grows to love a group of young men coming of age in America." "A captivating, timeless brew of scuffed baseballs, white sand, and pristine dreams."-- Booklist "A wonderful, dramatic, thoroughly absorbing book."-- Boston Globe "An engrossing portrait of marvelously gifted boys in men's bodies--swaggering one moment, full of uncertainty the next."-- U.S. News and World Report Cape Code Times "Bookshelf," 6/29/14 "If you're a Cape Cod Baseball League groupie or just a lover of small-town, (maybe) big-name baseball, check out this seminal book on our very own summer league.Major league scouts, local sports writers and of course the college players are all here, taking what we see as good fun and making it the serious summer it can be for many players on the verge of greatness.

" San Francisco Book Review, 9/10/14 "This is more than the story of one team through one summer. Collins knows the game of baseball and is kind enough to share his deep knowledge of the game with the reader in a way that any reader can appreciate, no matter their own level of baseball knowledge. Collins hits a grand slam with this book." Off the Bench, 5/29/15 "Collins' masterfully whimsical baseball storytelling is a gift only given to former players." Barnes and Noble Review, 3/29/16 "One of the half-dozen best baseball books ever written.One of the most human baseball books.Enshrines what happens off the field just as readily as it hallows the moments on the diamond.".