Tis the season. As the summer game segues into fall’s finales, no less than five titles deal with the World Series, including two about the 1975 games between the Red Sox and Reds, one about Don Larsen’s 1956 perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, and But the one that goes back the furthest is The […]
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By Mike Shannon. The University of Alabama Press, 2007 The superstar player has always been considered an artist at his craft. Now it’s time for “real” artists to return the favor. And no one makes a more appropriate subject for such treatment than Willie Mays. This title is categorized as “Visual Arts/Sports History,” a very […]
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Edited by John Thorn, Collins, 2007. Don’t let the slim size of this elegant book fool you. Inspired by an exhibit sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, with essays from some heavy hitters, The Glory Days recaptures a simpler time for baseball and the country. Ballplayers who lived in our neighborhoods, […]
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