Tag: Baseball
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Hanover Tigers, Memory, and Place
Eternally trying to post more and to allow myself to post more scattered thoughts and fragments. Thus, a small note from Ritter’s fanastic The Glory of Their Times. For those who’ve forgotten, the book is an oral history of baseball at the turn of the century and, in my opinion, the best thing written on the sport.…
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Against Flatness in Baseball
Lawrence Ritter’s The Glory of Their Times is the greatest book on baseball ever written. It’s an oral history of the game at the turn of the century, and it’s utterly charming. The love of the game, the sheer fun of playing shines through on almost every page. The game was more colorful then, chaotic and…
Dan Yingst 