Peanuts and Crackerjack: A Treasury of Baseball Legends and Lore

Cataneo, David

ISBN 10: 1558531009 / ISBN 13: 9781558531000

Published by Rutledge Hill Pr, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peanuts and Crackerjack: A Treasury of Baseball Legends and Lore
• Publisher: Rutledge Hill Pr
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558531009
• ISBN 13: 9781558531000
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Gathers baseball anecdotes concerning spring training, travel, superstitions, fans, managers, eccentric players, and World Series games

Reviews

As the author suggests, the romance of baseball is rooted largely in its lore and legends. To further the notion, he offers a succession of anecdotes spanning a variety of topics, including superstitions, practical jokes, travel tales, injuries, off-field transgressions, and salary disputes. A majority are set prior to 1950 and have a definite New England flavor (Cataneo is a Boston sportswriter). They are stories a bat boy might have overheard in a dugout during a lengthy rain delay. Some are not only humorous but insightful as history, while others in their puerility only reinforce the impression of the national pastime as a little boy's game. In all, a marginal choice for subject collections.
- William H. Hoffman, Ft. Myers - Lee Cty. P.L., Fla.
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