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Essays on Baseball
Southern Illinois University Press
April 2008
On Sale: April 1, 2008
232 pages
ISBN: 0870745220
EAN: 9780870745225
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"These charming essays on baseball themes range from
topics like first gloves--mine was a Rawlings Marty Marion
model--to the tragic story of the Billy Southworths, father
and son, to being relegated to right field or having
troubles playing first base. These are tasty morsels."--Fay
Vincent, former baseball commissioner "Twenty wonderful
writers--that's just enough for two full all-star teams--and
two designated hitters."--Christine Brennan, USA
Today sports columnist Stefan Fatsis sends his
"stunningly perfect, consummately perfect,
why-would-anyone-use-anything-else? perfect" glove to be
restored by the Glove Designer at Rawlings; Susan Perabo
considers retiring from her imaginary career in the majors
and assesses the likelihood of women finding actual careers
on the baseball field; Sean Wilentz imagines a Cooperstown
Fans' Hall of Fame, with its cowbells, frying pans,
bedsheet banners, and more. And in one of the three
previously published, now classic pieces in the collection,
George Plimpton reflects on the slow demotion of aging or
slumping players from pitcher to first base, to the
outfield. United by the authors' fervent love of the game,
these essays remind us of the unique role baseball plays in
our national history and collective imagination. A
collaboration between SMU Press and the literary journal
Creative Nonfiction.
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