The Henry Wiggen Blog (“Sports, Journalism, Kansas City and everything in between”) features several review of classic baseball titles.
Among them:
- Prophet of the Sandlots, one of the best books about the scouting system
- The Celebrant, Eric Rolfe Greenberg’s novel of the New York Giants of Mr. McGraw
- Shoeless Joe, by W.P. Kinsella, the basis for the film Field of Dreams
- The Natural, by Bernard Malamud (naturally)
The reviews, by Matt Kelsey, are thoughtful and literate and bring to mind, at least in the case of Prophets, titles that might be overlooked.
For those wondering about the title of the blog, Wiggen is the fictional pitcher-cum-author in the notable series by the late Mark Harris.
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