When David Ross announced that he would be retiring following the 2016 season, he agreed to keep a journal to use as the basis for a memoir about his career.  Little did he know that the season would end with the Cubs finally breaking their 108 year curse and winning the World Series, or that he would hit a home run in his final at bat in game 7 against the Indians.  Using that magical season as the through line, Ross tells tales of his career and how he learned to become a good teammate.

Ross, alongside co-authot Don Yaeger, does a good job of switching between his personal story and the trip through the 2016 season.  His is one of the surprisingly few books written about the season, and the only one from an insider.  From that perspective, it was well worth the read.