| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 210 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Sport in American life |
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Sport in American life.
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| Contents |
At the park / Kevin Baker -- My glove : a biography / Stefan Fatsis -- My brilliant career / Susan Perabo -- Field of dreams / George Plimpton -- The Southworths / Michael Shapiro -- The bat / Philip F. Deaver -- My outfield / J.D. Scrimgeour -- Oriole magic / Elizabeth Bobrick -- Nostalgia : the 1950s and my mitts / Christopher Buckley -- An ode to baseball caps / Frank Deford -- Pesäpallo : playing at the edge of the world / Caitlin Horrocks -- Freddy the Fan / Sean Wilentz -- The inherent human transgression that is umpiring : a Slovene case study / Rick Harsch -- First base of last resort / Matt Wood -- Ya gotta believe / John Thorn -- Take me back to the ball game (variations on a theme) / Warren Goldstein -- My glove / Katherine A. Powers -- Spring training lights / Jake Young -- The baseball pastoral / Jeff Greenfield -- On the ball / Roger Angell. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Anecdotes.
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Baseball -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Gutkind, Lee.
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Blauner, Andrew.
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| ISBN |
9780870745225 alkaline paper |
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0870745220 alkaline paper |
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