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Baseball: a History Of america's Favorite Game
[Paperback - 2008]
george vecsey
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Publisher: Modern Library Classics Usa | ISBN: 9780812978704 | Pages: 272
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"Football is force and fanatics, basketball is beauty and bounce. Baseball is everything: action, grace, the seasons of our lives. George Vecsey s book proves it, without wasting a word."--Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number

In Baseball, one of the great bards of America s Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of the sport, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. George Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the game, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and performs a marvelous feat: making a classic story seem refreshingly new.

Baseball is a narrative of America s can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die-hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the game s big-money establishment. It s a celebration of such underdogs as a rag-armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure-handed fielder named Curt Flood, both of whom flourished as true great men of history. But most of all, Baseball is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation s pastime and the fans, who ve remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.

Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey s charm, Baseball begs to be read in the span of a rain-delayed doubleheader, and so enjoyable that, like a favorite team s championship run, one hopes it never ends.

"Vecsey possesses a journalist s eye for detail and a historian s feel for the sweep of action. His research is scrupulous and his writing crisp. This book is an instant classic--a highly readable guide to America s great enduring pastime."--The Louisville Courier Journal

About the Author

George Vecsey, a sports columnist for The New York Times, has written about such events as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics but considers baseball, the sport he s covered since 1960, his favorite game. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner s Daughter (with Loretta Lynn), which was made into an Academy Award--winning film. He has also served as a national and religion reporter for The New York Times, interviewing the Dalai Lama, Tony Blair, Billy Graham, and a host of other noteworthy figures. He lives in New York with his wife, an artist.

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