Backyards to Ballparks: More Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and Beyond
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"What is your favorite memory connected to baseball?" is the simple question asked by author Eric Gray that launched the book Bases to Bleachers, a collection of personal memories. With over 1250 tales collected from around the world, it became evident that one volume of stories would not be enough. And they kept coming.
Backyards to Ballparks: More Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and Beyond is the second volume. The stories are all different...but the heart and soul of the book are the same. They all have in common that tribute to why baseball remains the American pastime, how it connects friends, families, communities. These memories, often more human interest than play-of-game in nature, all have baseball as a setting, but speak to how baseball provides joy and anguish, nourishes family traditions, creates friendships and can profoundly affect you.
Whether the stories are about befriending Hank Aaron because of a mixed music tape, catching or not catching that prized ball, re-telling the memory your grandpa passed down to you, or finding out some life-changing news while at a game, these are stories that will make you laugh, or tear up, and allow you to remember similar events in your life. If you like baseball - great. If you don't, it doesn't matter. You will love these stories. Little Leagues to the Big Leagues, you will find them all in Backyards to Ballparks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
For the fan who loves ALL sports and has fond memories or attending!
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022
This book is for the ultimate sports fan. Having stories told from the fans perspective at some of sports greatest moments really is unique. No one to my knowledge has ever written a book from the fans perspective and their personal, heart felt moments captured in detail. I love this book, as for me... this is almost like reality TV-esque for me as it is real life (reality TV is no longer real life) but tells great stories and really give you a feel of being there as a sports fan!
DJ
Excellent collection of baseball stories
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022
In his second collection of baseball stories from people in all walks of life, Eric Gray has produced another excellent book that will be an enjoyable read for those with at least a passing interest in the game. It isn't often a collection of baseball stories will be from "regular" people instead of those who worked in or played the game, but this one and his first book, "Bases to Bleachers" provide a voice to fans and others who love the game but did not end up making a living from it.
That doesn't mean there are no stories from people in the game - they are included as well. One of my favorites is a pioneering umpire, Perry Barber. She was among the first female umpires in professional baseball and she shares her story in the chapter on umpires. Chapters are broken into various categories of how the storytellers were involved in the game or how if affected them such as special family memories. ...
LSmith
