Father and child reunion

July 9, 2010

With apologies to Paul Simon.

These came too late for Father’s Day, but I’ve noticed a lot of “father-son” themes lately.

  • Currently reading Will Leitch’s Are We Winning: Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball, which mixes baseball and familial observations. Look for a podcast featuring an interview with Leitch late next week. Similarly, Doug Glanville writes lovingly about his dad (and mom) in his memoir, The Game from Where I Stand.
  • The New York Times published this piece on Cincinnati Reds’ reliever Arthur Rhodes, who lost a young son a couple of years ago.
  • USA Today ran this piece on Jeff Gillenkirk’s novel, Home Away, a story of a major league pitcher who casts aside a promising career in order to raise his son. (You can hear my interview with Gillenkirk here.)
  • And here’s another family moment:

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