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At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell--"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a stripper rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium to kiss Johnny Bench, temporarily disrupting a game attended by President Nixon and his family. These are just some of the great, quirky, and comic moments in the annals of baseball recorded in THE GREATEST BASEBALL STORIES EVER TOLD. Here also are profiles of such legendary figures as Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Yogi Berra, essays that explore the complexities and pleasures of the game, even an excerpt from the movie Bull Durham. This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever played so much as a game of catch.

Contributors include:

John Updike
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Abbott & Costello
Ring Lardner
Bill Barich
Zane Grey
David James Duncan
Al Stump
Pete Hamill
P.G. Wodehouse
Damon Runyan
Roy Blount, Jr.
Richard Ben Cramer
Gay Talese
A. Bartlett Giamatti
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    Globe Pequot
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    June 3, 2014
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  6. ISBN-10
    1592280838
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1592280834
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"Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is "The Greatest (fill in the blank) Stories Ever Told", anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading." —The Lexington County Chronicle

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From the olden days of flannel uniforms and metal spikes to those of retractable-domed stadiums and nine-figure player salaries; from the golden era of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb to that of present-day sluggers like Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey, Jr., perhaps no single athletic pursuit has managed to capture the imagination and devotion of the sporting public as much as the game of baseball. And it is no wonder that some of our finest writers have weighed in on this rich and fascinating subject.
In The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told, editor Jeff Silverman collects some of the best writings, both fact and realistic fiction, that reflect the resonant history, tradition, agony and ecstasy of what has been affectionately dubbed our national pastime.
With contributions from: John Updike, Gay Talese, Pete Hamill, Gary Smith, Roy Blount, Jr., Red Barber, Zane Grey, Vin Scully, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and many more.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Globe Pequot; First Edition (June 3, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592280838
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592280834
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.988 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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N. Sausser
5.0 out of 5 stars Every Chapter A True Joy
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2005
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I don't know if these are truly the greatest baseball stories ever told, but they are certainly entertaining. I am a baseball fan, but I'm not especially learned in baseball history. These stories, all by a different author, have deepened my love for the game and engendered appreciation for the men who play the game, past and present. I admit up front that I am a die-hard Dodger fan. The chapter by Vin Scully on Sandy Kofax's perfect game gave me goose bumps. I learned my love of baseball from my father, so the chapter by Doris Kearns Goodwin was especially meaningful (brought tears to my eyes). She tells how her father taught her to keep a score book for the Brooklyn Dodger games, then relay to him, play by play the entire game when he came home from work. She tells how, when the score was close toward the end of a game, she had to ask her mother to take notes while she left the room because the anxiety was just too much to bear. I, too, have had to do this. Of course, the first chapter with Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" is a classic whether you are a baseball fan or not. I enjoyed every page of this book and plan to pass it along to grandkids who also love the game of baseball.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous collection
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2018
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What an amazing collection of baseball stories. The writers represent a virtual Murderers' Row of their craft: John Updike, Gay Talese, W.C. Heinz, Red Smith, Ring Lardner, the incomparable Roger Angell, even the former commissioner of baseball A.Bartlett Giamatti. Besides the classic profiles of Hall of Famers like Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio and Cal Ripkin, the book is full of surprises -- like Vin Scully's call of the final inning of Sandy Koufax's perfect game, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's account of how she used to keep score for her father when she was a kid, and a short story by Zane Gray, who, it turns out, played minor league baseball before making his name as one of the most popular writers of Western stories. My favorite story in the book was by a writer named Al Stump, who tells the crazy story of how Ty Cobb hired him to help Cobb write his autobiography. Two others that really captured the soul of the game were a beautiful essay built around an autographed ball from Mickey Mantle and a short story by the author of "Shoeless Joe," the novel that became the movie "Field of Dreams." This is one anthology that truly hit it out of the park for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Berra was renowned as one of the best handlers of pitching staffs in either league
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2016
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A FEAST, A VERITABLE FEAST! I received this book on the 23rd of July, and I've been having a ball with it. Some of the stories are familiar to me because I've seen them elsewhere, but others are new. One of my favorites is the one about Yogi Berra and his connection, or lack of it, with yoga---however, I must mention two glaring omissions. The first is when the Yankees hired Bill Dickey to teach Berra how to catch; he said "Bill Dickey is learning me all his experience." Strictly speaking, this is not really a Yogi-ism; this usage was very common in Shakespeare's day, and if you read any of the plays you'll find this and other such vagaries of the English language. Second, nothing was mentioned about the fact that Mr. Berra was renowned as one of the best handlers of pitching staffs in either league. He knew his moundsmen as no one else could; he knew when a pitcher just needed a steadying hand and which one needed a good goosing to get him going. In any event, a most entertaining and enlightening read.
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Christine Remson
4.0 out of 5 stars Baseball
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Son loves baseball ans needs to practice his reading so this was perfect
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R. L. Roush
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought as gift
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2023
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Great nephew (13yr) enjoyed the book.
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Jean M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Love baseball? This DVD is for you. Great stories!
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2022
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Purchase is for our son, who is a baseball fan. I'm sure he will love the stories here.
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Kahlua’s Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for a Baseball Fan
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2020
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I gave this to my husband for his birthday. He really is not much of a reader, but he immediately sat down with it and spent quite some time reading it. It made a very good birthday present.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just as pictured
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My grandson likes it
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Simon Cliche
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2016
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Baseball, the most poetic sport in the world!
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Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars The stories themselves are truly some of the greatest ever. They're worth re-reading again and again
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2014
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There a handful of typos scattered throughout the book, but nothing too distracting. The stories themselves are truly some of the greatest ever. They're worth re-reading again and again.
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Frederic Laurin
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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ROBERT LARUE
4.0 out of 5 stars Bonnes histoires à lire
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Ce sont des récits très intéressants
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