Drawing on the reminiscences of forty-five fervent fans, this spellbinding oral history celebrates baseball’s powerful hold on our national consciousness-from a journalist who remembers his excitement when he first saw Jackie Robinson in the majors to a nun who looks back fondly on her stint at the Texas Rangers’ fantasy camp.
DAVID CATANEO is a former baseball columnist and award-winning reporter for the Boston Herald. His previous books include I Remember Ted Williams, I Remember Joe DiMaggio, and Tony C, a finalist for the 1997 Casey Award for the best baseball book. He lives in New Hampshire.