Baseball
Author: Vecsey, George
ISBN: 9780812978704
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Mar 2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
"An extraordinary book...stories emerge like bright threads to establish the whole fabric of baseball" - I>The Boston Globe /I>BR>BR>b>"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 i>The Number/i>br>/b> br> b>In i>Baseball/i>, 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. /b>br>br> i>Baseball/i> 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, i>Baseball /i>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. br>br> Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey's charm, i>Baseball /i>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.br> b>br> "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."-/b>i>b>The Louisville Courier Journal /b>br> /i>
ISBN: 9780812978704
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 11 Mar 2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
"An extraordinary book...stories emerge like bright threads to establish the whole fabric of baseball" - I>The Boston Globe /I>BR>BR>b>"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 i>The Number/i>br>/b> br> b>In i>Baseball/i>, 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. /b>br>br> i>Baseball/i> 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, i>Baseball /i>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. br>br> Reverent, playful, and filled with Vecsey's charm, i>Baseball /i>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.br> b>br> "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."-/b>i>b>The Louisville Courier Journal /b>br> /i>
