Baseball . . . The Perfect Game: An All-Star Anthology Celebrating the Game's Great Players, Teams, And Moments - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896586685 ISBN 13: 9780896586680

Publisher: Voyageur Pr, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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."

About the Author:

Josh Leventhal has been an avid baseball fan for as long as he can remember, reading baseball stories and pouring over statistics in the Baseball Encyclopedia. He has written or compiled six books, including the best-selling Take Me Out to the Ballpark, Baseball...The Perfect Game, Baseball and the Meaning of Life, and The World Series: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fall Classic, now in its fourth edition. A native New Yorker, he cheers for the Minnesota Twins in his adopted hometown of the Twin Cities, although the Pittsburgh Pirates will always remain dearest in his heart. He is an editor at Voyageur Press and lives in St. Paul.

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyageur Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0896586685
• ISBN 13: 9780896586680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 223
• Editor: Leventhal Josh