The following is an excerpt from Here’s the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising by Roberta J. Newman (March 2019) . From Chapter 5: Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet . . . and Beer, Cigarettes, … Continue reading Excerpt: Here’s the Pitch
Former major leaguer and author Jim Piersall died earlier this month at a care facility in Wheaton, Illinois, after a monthslong illness. He was eighty-seven years old. Piersall played baseball in the 1950s and 1960s for the Boston Red Sox, … Continue reading Remembering Jim Piersall
With this reading list, the long baseball-playing days of summer don’t have to come to an end. A Game of Their Own by Jennifer Ring From baseball’s history of shunning girls from the game to the undeniable success of the … Continue reading Reading List: At the Old Ball Game
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