Review: The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved

October 15, 2006

As former professional athletes move deeper and deeper into senior citizen status, it 11590245becomes increasingly interesting, akin to listening to our grandparents discuss what life was like “in the day.”

Baseball has always “enjoyed” a reputation that is almost a necessity, given its relatively slow pace. There is plenty of time to think, to talk. Many teams hire former players whose sole purpose seems to be to put current events into juxtaposition with the way things were when they were on the field. Some fans love it, some hate it.

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