The Quotable Baseball Fanatic
by Edited by Louis Rubin, JrFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): The Lyons Press
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Summary
The most witty and insightful things ever said about America's favorite pastime.
Author Biography
LOUIS D. RUBIN, JR., a lifelong baseball fan, was a distinguished professor of literature at the University of North Carolina for forty years. The founder and editorial director of Algonquin Books until his retirement in 1991, he is also the author or editor of dozens of other books. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| The Nature of the Game: Some Observations, Philosophical and Otherwise ... | p. 3 |
| The Good Old Days: Back When Baseball Was Baseball ... | p. 23 |
| Losers: And Some Get Rained Out ... | p. 35 |
| Batting | p. 43 |
| The Long Ball and the Home Run Derby | p. 53 |
| Base Running: Ducks on the Pond ... | p. 57 |
| Pitching: I Used to Have a Rifle ... | p. 59 |
| The Wet One: And Other Odd Deliveries ... | p. 71 |
| Catching: The Man in the Iron Mask ... | p. 75 |
| Defense: Playing the Field ... | p. 79 |
| Retirement: Learning to Be a Normal Person ... | p. 85 |
| Managers: Peerless Leaders and Others ... | p. 91 |
| Men in Blue: If That's You, Leo, He's Out ... | p. 101 |
| Scouting: Beating around the Bushes ... | p. 117 |
| The Negro Leagues and the End of the Color Line | p. 121 |
| The World Series | p. 127 |
| Patrons of the Game: American Sportsmen in Action ... | p. 129 |
| The Hall of Fame | p. 147 |
| Continuity and Innovation: Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides ... | p. 151 |
| Stadia: Green Monsters and Ivy Walls ... | p. 157 |
| Problems: Beanballs, Black Sox, Drugs, etc. ... | p. 165 |
| The Business of Baseball: Talking Dollars and Sense ... | p. 169 |
| Owners and Administrators: The Bucks Stop Here ... | p. 175 |
| Commissioners: From Landis to Selig ... | p. 183 |
| Baseball Wives: Family Considerations ... | p. 187 |
| Sportswriters and Other Scribes: The View from the Press Box ... | p. 193 |
| Radio and Television: The Game by Voice and Image ... | p. 203 |
| Personalities: Assorted Ballplayers ... | p. 209 |
| Those Quoted | p. 315 |
| Sources | p. 343 |
| Index | p. 361 |
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