Saturday, November 7, 2026

REVIEW - THE ANALYST AND THE ALL-STAR by Mel Walker



Daria is in her happy place. A major league ballpark with her dad. She has been a lifelong Georgia Firebirds fan and Isiah Crawford is stepping up to the plate. "Crush" Crawford because he is perfection behind the plate.

And as the team analyst, she knows her stats. Although that isn't the only reason she dragged her dad to an away game. She has had the biggest 'crush' on Isiah since she first laid eyes on him, which her dad teases her about as often as he can.

Thing is, she's been studying baseball stats since she was a teenager, but being in the man's world of baseball, her analytics are questioned or copied by a man in the analytics department.

The blogger of The Sweet Spot is who everyone claims is a genius and can see issues in players before anyone else. If only they knew that the genius Oracle was the woman everyone overlooked during every meeting.

I loved this book! It is very well written and the characters are fully developed and relatable. The Oracle sees the problem and has the stats to back it up.  

Daria knows baseball, but getting taken seriously as a female is an uphill battle. Tired of being ignored by her boss, she takes her reports straight to the General Manager because her numbers don't lie and she plans to let him know who the Oracle is and her timestamped prediction of how their pitcher was going to get Crushed. 

Isiah is the best in baseball... until a fluke accident. The Oracle is the only one who can help him, except no one knows who the Oracle is.

This book is action-packed from cover to cover. If you love baseball, you will love this story. Isiah is struggling to save his baseball career and Daria is fighting to be recognized in a man's world. Highly recommend!


THE ANALYST AND THE ALL-STAR is book one of the LOVE OF THE GAME series

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