For the Love of Baseball: A Celebration of the Game That Connects Us All

By Lee Gutkind

Book Overview

Stefan Fatsis sends his "stunningly perfect, consummately perfect, why-would-anyone-use-anything-else? perfect" glove to be restored by the glove designer at Rawlings. Frank Deford makes the case that the baseball cap may be the most universal article of clothing ever designed. Roger Angell considers why it is that pitchers are "so much livelier and more garrulous than hitters." George Plimpton reflects on the slow demotion of aging or slumping players from pitcher to first base, to the outfield. United by the authors' fervent love of the game, each chapter in this book reminds us of the unique role baseball plays in our national history and collective imagination. In addition to the authors mentioned above, the lineup includes: - Kevin Baker - Jeff Greenfield - Katherine A. Powers - Michael Shapiro - John Thorn - Sean Wilentz - And more Published previously as Anatomy of Baseball and Great Baseball Stories , this wide-ranging collection now includes pieces by A. Bartlett Giamatti, Gay Talese, Matthew McGough, and George Vecsey. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629142476
• ISBN13: 9781629142470
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

If you love the game, you'll love the book

They say, once you get (beach) sand between your toes, you can never get it out. Well I say, once you get (a glove's) leather on your hand or the smell of the infield in your nose, you can never get it/them out. The short stories (by a veritable plethora of writers) all connect with the baseball fan and player in us. Some so much that I actually teared up reading them. If you played the game (at any level) you can often taste, smell and at times, feel the action being described. If you've never played but love the game as a fan, you too will be drawn in and seduced by some of these stories. I ranked each story/Chapter from 1-10, the overall book averaged a strong 8 1/2-with a bunch of "10s." Buy it for every baseball love you know-including your self