The Little Red Book of Baseball Wisdom

Wayne Stewart (Author) Roger Kahn (Author)

Description

With a Foreword by Roger Kahn, author of the legendary baseball book The Boys of Summer, here are words of wisdom and whimsey by players, managers, writers, and sportscasters, that will entertain and educate any baseball fan.

The Little Red Book of Baseball Wisdom unearths a treasury of quotes reflecting more than a century's worth of history from our national pastime. Featuring contributions from:

Hank Aaron
Walt Whitman
Leo Durocher
Ty Cobb
Ted Williams
Yogi Berra
John Updike
Dizzy Dean
Lou Gehrig
Casey Stengel
And many more!

Novelist W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe which became the movie Field of Dreams, wrote that baseball is "a game where little gems of wisdom or whimsy can be created in the dugout, the bullpen, or the press box during long, hot afternoons and evenings of baseball."

Product Details

Price

$16.95 $15.76

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Publish Date

June 05, 2012

Pages

224

Dimensions

5.1 X 7.1 X 1.0 inches | 1.1 pounds

Language

English

Type

Hardcover

EAN/UPC

9781616087180

BISAC Categories:

Sports & Recreation - Baseball & Softball

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About the Author

Wayne Stewart has been a professional sportswriter for more than thirty-five years and has authored thirty books, including Name that Ballplayer, You're the Umpire, and The Little Giant Book of Basketball Facts.

Formerly a community organizer and university professor, Roger is now a small business owner. He has been associated actively with Crested Butte and other tourist towns and recreation communities for over 50 years. To describe these new enclaves that have always attracted adventurous, creative, affluent people, he has coined the term for them, recreation exurbs.

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