Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball
edited by Philip F. Deaver
“Baseball fans who yearn for the days of Ring Lardner will find in this collection ample evidence that gifted writers still celebrate America’s national pastime. Readers will recognize the satisfying fusion of literature and sport when, for instance, itinerant storyteller William Least Heat-Moon reflects on the resonant vocabulary of bygone sports commentators. There are numerous other double-play delights here, as when novelist Lee Martin recalls how his crippled father once hit fly balls to him in the lengthening shadows of twilight and when poet Earl Braggs transforms a set of cherished baseball cards into a metaphor for the redemptive power of remembered love. Predictably, some contributors betray passions for a favorite team-Yankees or Red Sox, Cardinals or Cubs. But the heavy hitters hit the ball over all these partisan fences, reminding readers that a great game unites us all. Fans will treasure this book.” –Booklist
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