Extra Innings: Writing on Baseball

by Richard Peterson

Where can we find the truth about baseball? In nostalgic stories of the timeless bond woven between fathers and sons on the field? Or in stinging expos?s about manipulative owners, abusive coaches, and greedy players?

In a series of astute reflections on baseball histories, biographies, personal reminiscences, and fiction, Richard Peterson explores how baseball writers have generated and challenged the narrative myths of the sport and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252069609
• ISBN13: 9780252069604
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"