false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168272978m/31253.jpg 31253 1 Robert Frost never felt more at home in America than when watching baseball "be it in park or sand lot." Full of heroism and heartbreak, the most beloved of American sports is also the most poetic, and writers have been drawn to this sport as to no other. With <i>Baseball: A Literary Anthology</i>, The Library of America presents the story of the national adventure as revealed through the fascinating lens of the great American game. <br><br> Philip Roth considers the terrible thrill of the adolescent centerfielder; Richard Ford listens to minor-league baseball on the radio while driving cross-country; Amiri Baraka remembers the joy of watching the Newark Eagles play in the era before Jackie Robinson shattered the color line. Unforgettable portraits of legendary players who have become icons-Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Hank Aaron-are joined by glimpses of lesser-known characters such as the erudite Moe Berg, who could speak a dozen languages "but couldn't hit in any of them." <br><br> Poems in <i>Baseball: A Literary Anthology</i> include indispensable works whose phrases have entered the language-Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" and Franklin P. Adams's "Baseball's Sad Lexicon"-as well as more recent offerings from May Swenson, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Martin Espada. Testimonies from classic oral histories offer insights into the players who helped enshrine the sport in the American imagination. Spot reporting by Heywood Broun and Damon Runyon stands side by side with journalistic profiles that match baseball legends with some of our finest writers: John Updike on Ted Williams, Gay Talese on Joe DiMaggio, Red Smith on Lefty Grove. 31555 4 3 2002 Baseball: A Literary Anthology total:26|5:10|4:12|3:4|2:0|1:0| 26 110 52 6 5 1 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jul 17 08:49:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 14:42:00 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 10:02:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 10:03:37 -0700 2009 (Thanks, Raph!)]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 09 16:51:40 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 02:54:23 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 16:51:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 11:22:50 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 22:13:01 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Aug 28 20:53:49 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 20:55:37 -0700 2007 Roger Angell, for which I will be forever grateful. Literature of Baseball is still one of my favorite pointless liberal arts education classes.]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 02 19:59:44 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 20:00:16 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 21:03:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 21:03:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 16:59:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 16:59:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 14:28:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 14:28:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 16:41:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 16:41:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 07:47:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 07:47:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 12:35:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 12:35:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 07:06:45 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:06:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 27 18:50:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:50:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 06:49:34 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:49:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 05:39:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:08:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 17:30:41 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:30:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 19:46:08 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:46:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 11 21:21:11 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:13:23 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 21:21:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 19 18:43:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:43:05 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31253