- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: The Lyons Press; First edition (Nov 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 158574364X
- ISBN-13: 978-1585743643
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,623,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"One of the best compilations I've seen is the The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told."--Orlando Sentinel
"Here are two books certain to appeal to fans of the diamond and the links. The first includes several oft-anthologized works, but some unusual pieces, too. The second contains essays by so many important writers that it can safely be called a hole-in-one." --The Dallas Morning News
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Twenty-seven essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The Title Says It All,
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This review is from: The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told (Hardcover)
The baseball stories that make up this book make it possible to call this book the the Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told. These stories have appeared in years past in the three Fireside books of baseball that are currently out of print. Since they are no longer available it would be advisable for you to strike while the iron is hot and buy this book. The book contains both fiction and non-fiction and certainly doesn't cover all the great stories that the Fireside books contain, but you can't argue with the thirty that make up this book. I would especially recommend this book for youngsters interested in baseball literature who weren't around to enjoy the Fireside books.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An instant Hall of Famer,
By Pressbox Alum (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told (Hardcover)
This is an absolutely super collection of baseball stories. There's alot of familiar stuff in here -- how could it be called the "Greatest" without John Updike's story on Ted Williams or Gay Taleses's on Joe DiMaggio -- but where the book really steps to the plate is in its surprises: like the fiction by Zane Grey and P.G. Wodehouse, whom I associate with other arenas, and tremendous non-fiction from Al Stump (on Ty Cobb), Bill Barich (on Russian barnstormers), and a completely unexpected Red Smith (on Morganna the Kissing Bandit and Johnny Bench.) This is a book aimed right for the baseball fan's heart. It certainly pierced mine.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great writing about a great sport,
This review is from: The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told (Hardcover)
There are those who prefer football or basketball, but I'll take baseball. It has a pace that some may find slow, but I think of as more leisurely, allowing suspense to build slowly and often leaving the conclusion unknown until the final out. If you're down twenty points in football with a minute left, there's no way you're going to win; if you're down three runs (a similar three scores as in the football example), there is at least still a chance.The dramatic twists of fate in baseball are only part of makes the sport great. There is also the rich history and the colorful characters. And unlike almost any other team sport, baseball lends itself well to the narrative structure; when you read about a baseball game, you can picture exactly what happened. An entire game could be described on paper and you can see it all in your mind; try this with a basketball game and you'll be disappointed. Thus this book. Take some of the great writers (in sports or otherwise), give them the best sport to write about, and you can't go wrong, and this one doesn't. As an anthology, not every story is equally fantastic, but they are all good. They serve as a reminder of what makes baseball great: its drama, its history and its character.
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