Book Description
Red Stockings and Black Sox. Bums and Bosox. The Professor and the Spaceman. Cobb and Ruth. Matty and Satchel. The Man and Rapid Robert. Williams and Bonds. Say Hey and Sandy. Hammerin’ Hank and Slammin’ Sammy. From the heroic hits to the heart-breaking slumps, baseball inspires writers from all walks of life to reflect on the game and its place in our lives. Lavishly illustrated with photos and memorabilia, "Baseball . . . The Perfect Game" presents the greatest writings about the diamond’s greatest players, teams, and seasons. It provides a literary history of baseball through memoirs, essays, contemporary news accounts, and fiction. This collection includes writings by Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Plimpton, Roger Angell, Harvey Frommer, John Thorn, and many more.

From the Publisher
Josh Leventhal is the author of the best-selling "Take Me Out to the Ballpark" and "The World Series: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fall Classic."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Red Stockings and Black Sox. Bums and Bosox. The Professor and the Spaceman. Cobb and Ruth. Matty and Satchel. The Man and Rapid Robert. Williams and Bonds. Say Hey and Sandy. Hammerin' Hank and Slammin' Sammy.

From the heroic hits to the heart-breaking slumps, baseball inspires writers from all walks of life to reflect on the game and its place in our lives. Lavishly illustrated with photos and memorabilia, "Baseball . . . The Perfect Game" presents the greatest writings about the diamond's greatest players, teams, and seasons.

It provides a literary history of baseball through memoirs, essays, contemporary news accounts, and fiction. This collection includes writings by Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Plimpton, Roger Angell, Harvey Frommer, John Thorn, and many more.