Actor Edward Herrmann made almost as unlikely a baseball player in A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, a 1978 made-for-TV movie as Tony Perkins did in Fear Strikes Out, but he makes an excellent narrator on Jonathan Eig’s 2005 biography of the Iron Horse.
Here’s a slide show/audio excerpt from the book:
Eig also appear on CSPAN-2’s Book TV program to discuss his latest baseball work, Opening Day.
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