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The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

Jeff Silverman
3.74/5 (257 ratings)
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Thirty great essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.


Who's on first? / Abbott & Costello --
Wait till next year / Doris Kearns Goodwin --
The web of the game / Roger Angell --
Alibi Ike / Ring Lardner --
Ty Cobb's wild ten-month fight to live / Al Stump --
Hub fans bid kid adieu / John Updike --
Casey at the Congress --
Going to the moon / Bill Barich --
The birth of Joe Hardy / Douglass Wallop --
A Scotchman, a phantom, and a shiny blue jacket / Willie Morris --
On Jackie Robinson / Red Barber --
A Mickey Mantle koan / David James Duncan --
The catch / Arnold Hano --
Old well-well / Zane Grey --
His most prized possession was that '54 Eddie / Ron Shelton --
Keith / Pete Hamill --
Baseball players called her Ma / James T. Farrell --
The pitcher and the plutocrat / P.G. Wodehouse --
One down, 713 to go / Damon Runyon --
Roger Maris / Jimmy Cannon --
Home run fever / Gary Smith --
Woman whiffs Ruth and Gehrig / William E. Brandt --
The silent season of a hero / Gay Talese --
A native son's thoughts / Richard Ben Cramer --
K as in Koufax / Vin Scully --
The rocky road of Pistol Pete / W.C. Heinz --
One vote for Morganna / Red Smith --
Yogi / Roy Blount, Jr. --
The thrill of the grass / W.P. Kinsella --
The green fields of the mind / A. Bartlett Giamatti
Format:
Pages:
pages
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Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1592280838
ISBN13:
9781592280834
kindle Asin:
B0D1TY2S7M

The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond

Jeff Silverman
3.74/5 (257 ratings)
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Thirty great essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.


Who's on first? / Abbott & Costello --
Wait till next year / Doris Kearns Goodwin --
The web of the game / Roger Angell --
Alibi Ike / Ring Lardner --
Ty Cobb's wild ten-month fight to live / Al Stump --
Hub fans bid kid adieu / John Updike --
Casey at the Congress --
Going to the moon / Bill Barich --
The birth of Joe Hardy / Douglass Wallop --
A Scotchman, a phantom, and a shiny blue jacket / Willie Morris --
On Jackie Robinson / Red Barber --
A Mickey Mantle koan / David James Duncan --
The catch / Arnold Hano --
Old well-well / Zane Grey --
His most prized possession was that '54 Eddie / Ron Shelton --
Keith / Pete Hamill --
Baseball players called her Ma / James T. Farrell --
The pitcher and the plutocrat / P.G. Wodehouse --
One down, 713 to go / Damon Runyon --
Roger Maris / Jimmy Cannon --
Home run fever / Gary Smith --
Woman whiffs Ruth and Gehrig / William E. Brandt --
The silent season of a hero / Gay Talese --
A native son's thoughts / Richard Ben Cramer --
K as in Koufax / Vin Scully --
The rocky road of Pistol Pete / W.C. Heinz --
One vote for Morganna / Red Smith --
Yogi / Roy Blount, Jr. --
The thrill of the grass / W.P. Kinsella --
The green fields of the mind / A. Bartlett Giamatti
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1592280838
ISBN13:
9781592280834
kindle Asin:
B0D1TY2S7M

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